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HOW TURKEY FARES TO-DAY LIFE AND HOPE IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

A correspondent in whom the Daily News (London) has every confidence scads this article as a further expression of the

THE FIRST SERVANT OF THE STATE. MOTHERHOOD RECOGNIZED. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT TO THE TIMES"]

Cinderella has paid her first visit to

honourable in her own eyes and in the

FORTUNES FROM WASTE PRODUCTS.

"[BY 6.80., X.I.C."']

WHAT BRITAIN HAS DONE.

IN THE WAR.

LORD NORTHOLIFFE'S FIVE

POINTS. In the offices of a certain London chemical firm there is an attractive-look- Lord Northoliffe's speech at the Now ing diagram. It is a large tree; but upon York branch of the Ovorsens Club, New

views of a foreign official who has had the King's Palace; she has been made close inspection it is plain that it is not York, recently, gave some important facta. eyes of the world, she has received the an ordinary tree. Each branch is labelled and figures about the work of the British reward of public honuge for the menial with a chemical name, and many of them in the great war.

In the first place (he said) Britain har serviers she has rendered; she who was are coloured. Upon the trunk one may

recent opportunities of personally in vestigating the everyday conditions of life in Turkey

The Turk, in his fatulistic ways i enduring stoically the miseries of the war, and still clings to the hope that the good list of all has appeared for a moment read coal-tar," and the mysterious bottled up the German High Sea Fleet, soon be restored. A diplomatist of stand to her rags and her drudgery, but the presents a substance derived from oval-raiders, and prevented Great Britain and old days of peace, plenty and idleness will as the first of all. She has gone back now diagram is explained. Every brunch re-swept the trade routes clear of German ing gives me the following description of world has changed. Her position in retar, and one is astonished at the large France from being blockaded by sea and strangled. The British Navy saved Life in Constantinople as it was on June lation to it is revolutionized, and she has number of the branches, although as a

been transfigured very gloriously before matter of fact these branches represent democracy in the early days of the wa 2nd. He said :-

It is almost impossible to give a com- our eyes and in her own. I refer, of only the main derivatives, and formi a plete picture of present-day conditions in course, to Baby Week and Motherhood.

If we read carefully over the branches, the Ottoman Empire, because even the Before July 1st Motherhood was thery small proportion of the total. must inquiring foreign resident in Turkey only profession which was not recognized we shall and examples of dyes (en finds his efforts to obtain accurate infor- at all. Mothers were the one class who sented by the coloured on wore tumbling to apparent disaster.

substances, disinfectants, mation persistently baulked. No diplo by universul consent, even by their own flavouring matist is allowed to leave Constantinople, tacit submission, had all duties and no photographic chemicals, explosives, sul except, of course, to return home; and rights, owed every service and received vents, etc,

At one time coal-tur was looked upon communication between ambassadora and noue, and were expected to work con ministers there, and consuls and vice-con- tinuously without requiring relaxation as an unpleasant by-product of gas-mak. suls at Smyrna, Beirut, Damascus, and No public opinion claimed better condi-ing, difficult to deal with, and difficul Jerusalem, are limited and extremely irtions on their behalf. Scanty was their to get rid of. The number of chemists regular. Only one non-Turk has succed reward for success, bitter was their retri. who have investigated this substance is

In the fourth place, we have raised ed in getting through from Smyrna to bation for failure. In many cases the of course, enormous, and they have comme

He strugghs for life was arduous and bitter from every country; but we are always huge popular loans for the conduct of Coustantinoplo for nearly a year.

proud to remeraber that it was an Eng the war; the last Victory Loan totalled turned up towards the end of last month, in the extreme.

"All other professions were more or less fishmun, W. H. Perkin, who produced over six billion dollars (£1,200,000,000) and told us that, thanks to the good feel

technical seale. Be was a business man as well as a chemist, and he ran a very successful factory for dye-making in England. Unfortunately we have been beaton in this industry, but there are signs that the coming of the war is effect ing a renascence,

In the accond place, Britain has but remembers the panic in the early days of treased the world's credit. Every one August, 1914, when eccurities of all kinds Britain stopped that panic, and began from the very start of the war to advance loans to its Allies to the final extent of over five billion dollars (£1,000,000,000).

In the third place, Britain has pro

of shipping, coat, material, and other vided the other Allies with vast quantities. vital necessities,

ing of the Turkish Governor there, vocal, bad their spokesmen and their the first, dye that could be made au&by far the biggest loan ever raised by

very

European and Americans have a comfortable timg The British colony numbers about 40 and its members are technically supposed to be interned." As a matter or fact, however, they are allowed complete liberty during the day- time: the only restriction being that they must be indoors before ten o'clock ench

Press, and succeeded in a certain mea- sure in asserting their claim to just treat ment from the community Clerks, shop girls, nurses, factory hands have all been recognized as citizens living claims on the State for protection and consideration.

any nation.

In the fifth place, the five British nations

recruited under the volunteer system

to resort to couscriptinu. I do not sillions of men before they were obliged advocate the volunteer system. because

Jevening, The Englishmen there are nearly rendered by the mother, for she was the the waste products. It is not likely that we that millions of Britons from all over the

all representative of large Lancashire and Yorkshire textile firms. They are greatly respected by the Turks, and bear up very bravely.

camps.

ay

BRITISH PRISONERS,

THE GERMAN GRIP.

The

Silk waste. too, has proved very profit- able, chiefly for working up into crap silk materials. There was a paragraph recently in the daily papers reporting the death of Lord Masham of Swinton Park, Masham, Yorkshire. He was the son of the first baron, Samuel Lister, wlis made a large fonane from silk waste.

the war.

The

That is

German propagandists, with the idea of erenting friction between the Allies, have tried to spread the legend that Britain keeps the bulk of her Army in The military characteristically untrue. England o repel invasion. forces in England consist of troops in course of training; oldish men, and the last reserve line, which we still call Volunteers," or, better, Home Defence Men. All these latter are over military

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Though we Britons are slow, I think I way claim that we are thorough. When the bulldog catches hold it keeps hold. shall hang on. We shall see this thing through to a finish.

The investigation of waste materials is often ry fascinating, and sometimes leads to startling results. This was the case with the waste earths obtained in the Smalt making of incandescent mantles mountains of these wastes were piling up, and Baron von Welsbach set himself in investigate them. By means of clectricity It is the agricultural world that seems he obtained lumps of metal from them.

He soon

Then, suddenly, it was realized that the

Tar must be looked upon as the king of of its injustices and inefficiency, but I most important public service of all was

think there is cause for pride in realising creator. Without her silent service in the shall find anything that will furnish such past there would have been no glorious an enormous namber of useful substances world offered themselves voluntarily for At the present moment we maintain a young manhood to uphold British tradi- But there are numerous interesting cases tions in the fring line to-day; and of waste products that have proved gold- without her service in the present and the mines to the men who have found ways of great army on the French front spart British officers and men whom I have future the sacrifice and suffering of to-day turning them to usefulness. The volatile from our other large armies in Egypt met in Turkey generally told me that they would bear no fruit. The result of this substances given off in the making of char and other parts of Africa, in Mesopo- maintain." means that we keep were well treated; and my own experi-realization was Baby Week, eelebrated in cowl from wand, for example, have become tumia Palestine, and Salonika. ence is similar, so far as the civilians are in ways as the mumerous different very important. In the old way of mak-word" concerned. The interment of civilians, aspects of the subjret admit of the mosting charcoal all these valuable products that huge mass of men to fighting (wood spirit, acetic acid, acetone, etc.) strength, constantly replacing the terrifle admit, is frequent attended by serious diverse treatment.

The present writer can only dwell on were entirely lost, but to-day they are the drain of killed, wounded, and sick. hardships, but these arise from the general

one corner of it, the hun element with most important of the substances obtain- conditions existing in Turkey, and are

All the grent

industries give Us nut to be ascribed to cruelty on the part which she was personally concerned. The ed of the Turks. I have known cases of poor School for Molkers with which she is in European who have had to walk with touch organied, like so many others, examples of the finding of ase for waste their geoers hundreds of miles across mothercraft competitions. Can it be sup- products. In the cotton trade we have barren country to inland internment posed as one result of the educational the cotton waste, which consints of the campaign of, Baby Week that any reader short and unsuitable fibres left over from The peace sentiment is daily growing of The Times knows what a mothercraft the spinning. At first this found very stronger throughout all classes, but it is competition is! It is a display of sewing. few uses, and could be obtained for next fully to imagine that Turkey will ever knitting, darning, laundry work, cooking, to nothing. Then, as more uses were take the initiative towards making a etc., and the answering of questions abour found for it, its value went up. It was I think, on the other health and the oringing up of children. largely used as a packing and cleaning separate peace. hand, that sympathetic handling on the The writer will never forges the pleasure material for engines. At the present time part of the Allied Powers might "detacht telling the successful exhibitors that it has an extremely important use in the their Mayor was going to give them the making of gun-cotton.. Baron ver Lonk, Turkey from her Teutonie master..

Popular discontent in Constantinople prizes they had won, on the occasion of in Austria (about 1947), was the first man to use cotton successfully on a large scale is provoked by the food scarcity and not the annual meting of the school, to he by the loss of close on 50,000 square miles held at the Town Hall. One of them had for making gun-cotton, although he was of Turkish territory and 5.090,000 Turkish made a little girl's red and white spotted not the inventor of the process. subjects in Asin. I don't think the frock out of an old dress, and bad won a cotton was dipped in a mixture of strong fits, besides doing away with the nuisaner. ze poor Turk has my spirit left to second prize. She turned bright pink sulphuric and nitric acids, and subse-Then, about fifty years after the produc grieve greatly over empire losses, but the with pleasure, and said at intervals went was wet and dried. Sir Frederiction of the Leblanc process for making authorities, who probably know their during all the rest of the afternoon, Abel, in England. made many improve soda, la rival process aprang up, and people better than I do, take no risks; Shali 1 curtsey?" Very lage numbers ments upon this process, and since then has been very successful so successful. ia and au organised attempt to ceneral, or of the mothers attended that meeting; cotton waste has been very largely used, fact, that were it not for the former waste at least minimise, British successes in they listened to very fine speeches from and many explosives firms have got riches product, hydrochloric acid. it is doubtful whether the Leblanc process could survive. Meppotamia and Emypt, is in operation, very distinguished people, who all exalted from it. The fall of Baghdad has not yet been their service to the State, and ite incal- To crown all, the officially announced in Turkey, nor has culable importance.

Turkish newspaper aver contained Mayor had roled himself n crimson and fur and gold 1 do them honour, and give Any reference to it.

them pleasure, regardless of much per The Germans are more unpopular than sanat inconvenience on a hint July day.

If matters had ended there I think we ever; but, curiously enough, their grip ou the country is tighter than ever. The only might have said that Cinderella owed taetful thing the Germans do is to conceal much to her fairy godmother. But what the outward aanifestation of their authe words can describe the carotion and rap-to get the benefit (doubtful sometimes) of He was cutting one such lump with his rity. The story which constantly crops tue of excitement when it was known a large number of the odd and end wastet kuile, when he found that there was a up about a German garrison of 00,000 that Queen Alexandra, had promised substaners of various industries. If you remarkable sparking effect.

At the present the certificates won in the all- can find no other use for a waste material, saw that this had commercial possibili men in Constantinople is false, most there are not 6,000; and there are Landon competition at Westminster Hall you can probably work it off either as a ties, and the outcome of it was the pre- on Saturday! it was a most inspired cattle food or as a fertiliser. At least paration of those wonderful fighters that kept discreetly concealed in a building outside the city. The crews of the Copact of sympathy on her Majesty's part.this is what one might he led to believe, haya become so commen now. Welsbach after learning about the disposal of large sold his German patent for thirty thou and Brain never come to Constan- and brought me to the mothers as uo- tinople, and there are no German police thing else could have done the importance numbers of waste materials.

Among the foods we have linseed cake of their work. They had never thought Enver Pasir still cou- men in the city. tinues to be lie dominant figure in before that their doings mattered very (the waste after pressing out the oil from much, or that their little accomplishments linseed); cotton enke, etc.; brewers' waste Turkey.

This man is an enigma. He rules with were of any moment, but surely they must (hewers' grains, etc.); cucoa-shells (the a hand of iron; and those of his oppon-matter very much indeed if Queen waste husks got in the preparation of ents who have escaped the summary pre-Alexandra herself thought it worth while cocoa).

so terrified and to come and give rewards to those who CPSS of hanging are obsequious that the great man rules unper.knew why bad teeth were so dangerous to duets that have been used as chemical their waste material, and processes that

how to make clothes out manures is that known slag. masses of the people in Constantinople of old. The writer loves to think of the the early days of the famous Bessemer much chance of success. This is more than and the other large cities are very great happy mothers in her flock whe received } process for making steel great dificulty ever necessary now that we have to make

promising to tell their

Perhaps most of what one may call the for the size of their populations, there is children's children of the great day. But phorus, which, if present in more than as much, abject poverty as in London or she will never forget the poignancy of the extremely minute quantities, spoils the sensational discoveries with regard to New York. It must be admitted, however, disappointment of the mother whose quality of the steel, Messrs. Thomas and waste substances have already been made, that people do actually die of starvation exhibit earned no certificate, nor the Gilchrist found a very simple method for but there is still a grant field for research They simply lined with work, and lot of money still to be made magnesis and lime the vessel in whics There is the wood-pulp industry, for in Constantinople. In spite of all Ger- dignity and self-control with which site removing it. man efforts to impose a "system" of bore it.

Baby Week has borne witness to the im- the molten steel was to be prepared. The example. A Bulletin issued by the Fores food distribution upon Turkey, bread is the only article of food in which a partial portance of mother and children to the phosphorus left the lime and magnesin. try Branch of Ottawa in 1913 stated that Government monopoly has been establish State, to the terrible figures of preventable When the lining was unable to take up over one hundred and forty-five thousand ed. Every Turk, rich or poor, is entitled mortality among little children, to the any more phosphorus, it was removed cords of paip-wood, valued at eight. incalculable damage in impaired vitality and thrown away as waste, the accumulat. thousand dollars, were lost annually in But Canada, and also large quantities of to ib. of bread daily for one penny, his needs extend beyond this amount hete the survivors, to the urgent need for ing heaps being a great nuisance. must bus-Frangela bread (a kind of the reform of housing conditions, to the it was discovered that this basic slag, sulphur from the chemicals used. The Inxury bread), at 18. 8d. per lb. The need for the provision of welfare centres as it was called, would make a very good waste liquors containing these substances Europeans find the cost of living terribly and day nurseries on a great seale, to the artificial manure, as it contained phos have been discharged into rivers or the

nced for an increased number of highly phates in considerable quantity. It was ea. high. Early this month, as I personally trained midwives. Surely the State may groud fine, and sold for this purpose sscertained, tea cost £2, coffee 148., and sugar Ss. per b. The middle and upper step beyond even this wide field to lighten with very great success.

the burden which in many cases presses Sometimes waste products have become Thea, again, there may be a good op classes, in spite of, or because of, the war, live e gay feverish kind of life. The too heavily on the mother? May not the the salvation of the processes to which portanity to utilise sawdust, and to get first servant of the State be relieved from forinerly they were a great puisance. A more value out of it than has been got cafés, theatres, and dineria houses are

same part of the struggle for life to gond example is found in what is called in the past, especially in Britain. It has crowded daily. Special cinema perfor

the Leblanc process for making soda. At been used in America for making arti que stage in this process hydrochloric acid fcial silk, and also, curious as it may mances are given for the women.

If The Young Turk Government, it must exercise their rights. They went together as is given off. This gas is very irritat- seem, for manufacturing alcohol. be confessed, is doing its utmost to en- to the concert hall, only to find theirs and objectionable, and as it was al-alcohol should come to be used in place lowed to escape into the air the neigh of petrol for motor-cars, this would in all courage the Turks to prepare themselves entrance to it barred by two policemon.bourhood of a soda factory was anything probability prove a profitable means of for the after-the-war economic struggle. There are men in there; you cannot but a pleasant place. Actions were on obtaining it. Elementary school teachers are excused enter," said the head policeman, in stantly being brought against the manu- There is the tanning industry, too. It

"We are going to enter, military service, and new schools are horrified tones. springing up like mushrooms throughout We've bought our tickets," said the spokes.facturers, and great trouble was always would be a very great advantage to this occurring. Moreover, here was a valuable industry if really good uses could he the Empire. The "rights for women" woman of the group, "Impossible." said movement is making astonishing the policeman.** Telephone the Ministry product going to waste. The problem was found for the spent tan and the various gress. Let me quote the following in of the Interior and see what the Minister soon tackled, and ways of condensing the waste liquors.

gas were found, and also methods for stance (one among many). A great charity says, cried the women. The policeman turning it into another gas-chlorine concert took place early last month in rang up the Ministry and received the that could be used to make bleaching Constantinople, and a group of aristoncorsic reply Let the ladies in. The powder. This greatly increased the pre- cratic new women determined to new woman in Turkey had won an-

(Continued at foot of next column.). (Continued at foot of next column.) other victory,

NEW AND OLD TUEREY,

saad pounds. and also got large sums for patents in other countries. This was truly a profitable waste product.

As the years go on waste products are constantly disappearing from industry. The great competition in trade and the lowering of prices have made it essential The innst noteworthy of the waste profor factories to utilise or dispose of all

A lot of work has been done, but the profitable working up of all this waste has still to come,

There are a grcat many more problems of a similar character; and it is certain that the future of industry in Britain depends largely upon reducing waste products to minimum-Chamberss