Chapter II: Foreword

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An Englishwoman in Angora ix

List of Illustrations xv

CHAPTER I

On Board the _Pierre Loti_—Turkey’s Debt 17
to Loti’s Magic Pen

CHAPTER II

Turkey and Tolerance—A Friendship Wasted 22

CHAPTER III

Malta: the Name I was to Hear Throughout 29
Anatolia

CHAPTER IV

Athens—“We Have Loved Helen; Must We 36
Divorce Her?”

CHAPTER V

Smyrna: a Picture of Desolation 43

CHAPTER VI

British Chivalry!—Brave Women a 54
Nuisance!

CHAPTER VII

Smyrna—God’s Work—The Exquisite 60
Sunset—Man’s Work—War

CHAPTER VIII

Emotions and Impressions—“On the 71
Way”—Nowhere to House the Poor People

CHAPTER IX

More Impressions-“Sitting Amidst an Army 79
of Supposed Savage Fanatics, Debating
the Greatness of God”

CHAPTER X

A Journey on Foot—A Country Made by God, 85
untouched by Man

CHAPTER XI

A Public Meeting at Ouchak—Hospitality—A 94
Sacred Rite

CHAPTER XII

A Luggage Train—The Worst Stage of My 104
Whole Journey

CHAPTER XIII

A Third-Class Compartment—A Frenchman 114
Amongst the Ruins

CHAPTER XIV

In the “Train de Luxe”—The Supreme Good 122
Fellowship of English
Laughter—Journeying Towards the Cradle
of New Turkey

CHAPTER XV

Angora I.—Entering a “Brotherhood”—An 132
Atmosphere of Camaraderie

CHAPTER XVI

Angora II.—At the Home of My Kind and 141
Courteous Host

CHAPTER XVII

Angora III.—The Marvellous Atmosphere of 147
a Great Birth

CHAPTER XVIII

The Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha—The 159
Greatest Man in Turkey To-day

CHAPTER XIX

An Interview with the Ghazi Mustapha 174
Kemal Pasha

CHAPTER XX

Mustapha Kemal Pasha—The Man Who is 179
Master of His Fate

CHAPTER XXI

A Turkish Cabinet—The Three Best-Known 192
Ministers—A Cabinet of Young Men

CHAPTER XXII

Turkish Cabinet—The Less-known Ministers 198
of the Sovereign State

CHAPTER XXIII

The Foreign Colony in Angora—A Group of 202
Foreign Personalities

CHAPTER XXIV

Halidé Edib Hanoum, Author and Patriot—A 205
Woman Dowered with the All-Conquering
Gifts of the Truly Brave

CHAPTER XXV

Hospitals—Schools—Education and the 215
Nationalist Writers—The Days Pass, but
There is Still Much to Be Done and
Seen

CHAPTER XXVI

Last Days in Angora: Excursions, 226
Conversations, Picnics—HAÏDAR Bey’s
Party

CHAPTER XXVII

Rome, the Eternal City—A Visit to the 239
Catholics in Angora

CHAPTER XXVIII

Three Diplomats at Rome—The Guardianship 249
of the Holy Tomb

CHAPTER XXIX

_En Route_ for Constantinople—A Night at 254
Bilidjik Under the Frost-Laden Skies

CHAPTER XXX

From Bilidjik to Broussa by Yaili—After 259
the day’s Roughening Experiences one
can Sleep whatever the Accommodation

CHAPTER XXXI

A Few Days in Broussa—The True Islam 273
Atmosphere

CHAPTER XXXII

Constantinople No Longer the Capital—The 285
Heart and Spirit of Turkey are in
Angora

CHAPTER XXXIII

Lausanne Palace Hotel—The Home of 298
Turkey, France, and Japan—“Every
Possible Phase of Complete
Internationalism”

CHAPTER XXXIV

Turkey and the League of Nations—The 313
Parliament of Nations Must Be Truly
Impartial and International