TURKEY
ENVER PASHA, AUTOCRAT, ~■ THE WRETOELED SUI/TAN. A JOCKEY'S STORY. Received August IT, 10.30 p.m. Athena, August 1". Field, Eiiver Paahii's English jockey, .who lias heen detained at Constantinople since the war, lias been released. He says that Enver's power was so great that even the Germans daren't ■thwart him. When Euver went to the Gallipoli front, General von Sanders deeuiod it advisable to remain in Constantinople. Tmjco-Gefrmaii relations are strained, and many Turkish recruits are greybeards, unequipped with rilles ■and ammunition. Field adds that Constantinople is spy-ridden, and the war is disoussed only in whispers. The Sultan attended the Selarulik on Friday) for the first time for months. .He is still in bad health, and doe.3 not attend to State Irusiness, but spends ,his days puffing at a hookah and supping Mostic. The Old Turks have not lost their power, and although they are .constantly shadowed, they are secretly deliberating. The few Englishmen remaining in Constantinople are noit permitted outside the city, and are sometimes flogged for alleged offences.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1915, Page 5
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