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...rift: The Grand National Assembly at Angora extended for a month martial law declared in the vilayets occupied by the rebellious Kurds (TIME, Mar. 9, 16). The General Staff of the Army warned the inhabitants against aiding in any manner whatsoever the revolt against the authority of the republican government. The clouds grew dense...
Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, resounded with brisk ditties, martial songs and heroic operas. Fourteen glee clubs sang one after another. They represented Columbia, Penn State, Middlebury, Harvard, Princeton, Missouri, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Fordham, New York, Wisconsin, Yale, Amherst, Wesleyan universities and colleges...
...hands of a photographer, but never would he look in the lens. At last he gave up his evasive fight, admitted that the Kurds had revolted, under the leadership of Sheik Said, against the National Turkish Government at Angora. He further admitted that the revolt was serious. Martial law was proclaimed. Eight Turkish divisions (two-fifths of the entire Standing Army) were dispatched to Kurdistan* to quell the bloodthirsty Kurds. Five classes of conscripts were called to the colors. General Ismet Pasha, onetime Prime Minister, was appointed to command military operations. It was impossible to determine the extent...
...chain. Meanwhile, the 24 rest, or busy themselves arranging shoulder pads on which to bear the weight of the Chain (about seven pounds for each shoulder). In the afternoon, guests assemble before the stage of the Vassar outdoor theatre; an orchestra of strings and woodwinds strikes up a martial air; the chain-bearers lift their load, oftentimes sneezing because of the dusty pollen of the daisies. Slowly they circle the stage where the Seniors stand, march up a hill, split their column into two lines through which the Seniors, who have followed, pass...
...offer. But Raisuli, Lord of the Mountains, as he was called, was not to get off so easily. Abd ordered him and his family transferred to the Riff country, the rough mountainous district in the interior of the Spanish Moroccan zone. Allegedly, he is to stand trial by court martial for high treason. The verdict is already known, as is the sentence: Raisuli is not to be executed, for he is a descendant of the Prophet and must not be killed; he is to be condemned to reside for the remainder of his life within the four walls...