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...following program will be presented at the "Pops" concert tonight at 8.15 o'clock in Symphony Hall: "Royal Tambour et Vivandiere" from "Bal Costume", Rubinstein Prelude, Rachmanlnoff Spanish Dance, "Panaderos", Giazounoff Fantasia, "Eugen Onegin", Tschalkowsky Finale, "Schehrazade", Rimsky-Korsakoff Festival at Bagdad, The Sea, The Ship goes to pieces on a rock surmounted by a Bronze Warrior, Conclusion. Reverie, Scriabin Hopak from "The Fair of Scrotchinsk" Moussorgsky "Ouverture Solennelle, 1812" (with organ), Tschaikowsky Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor", Borodin Folk Songs, Arranged by Agide Jacchia a. Volga Bargemen's Song b. Dubinushka Marche Slave, Tschaikowsky
...Near Eastern settlement, the Allied Governments have decided to deprive Greece of Smyrna, Thrace, and her other Asia Minor possessions. In resentment of this decree, Greece has launched against Turkey an offensive which has two objectives. In the first place, she is pushing toward the junction of the Bagdad Railroad and a branch line that leads to Angora. The second offensive is against Aflun-Kara Hissar, another railroad terminal. Here the operations are most important, because, if successful, the Greeks will cut off the Turks from Cilicia in their attempt to join their main army. Some...
...these days of street cars and automobiles there is little indeed to connect Boston with the City of the Faithful-- Bagdad. Nonetheless the spirit of the Arabian Nights is with us still, Who does not recall how the Sultan, Harounel- Rashid accompanied by his trusty Vizier was wont to slip out of the palace gates by night and wander over the city, seeing how matters fared with the people. Or how, on the morrow, from his high throne he meted out reward and punishment to those whom he had found meritorious or wanting on the night before. Thus was justice...
...Babylon, Bagdad, and Mesopotamia of Today...
...German influence has disappeared as mysteriously as have the other elements,--the vaunted German control of the Sultan is entirely a thing of the past. The Berlin to Bagdad railway still exists but its terminal has changed now from Berlin to Paris. Turkey has been left helpless and adrift, and no country is willing to assume the responsibility of guiding the Turks to a haven of peace and industry, despite the fact that Turkey is as rich in resources as any part of the world...