Word: sultan
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Morocco, M. Millet said, has an excellent position, commanding as it does the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; but, because of the weakness of the government, it has never played an important part in the history of the world. The sultan enjoys a semblance of power on the coast; but in the mountainous interior is not even recognized. This absence of a strong central government has often caused international trouble. To establish it, Spain, England and France have each tried to gain a foothold in Morocco, but all attempts to do so have failed...
...Nico C. Adossides, ex-attache to the Turkish Foreign Office at Constantinople, will speak on "The Sultan and his Government," under the auspices of the History Club this evening at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre...
...account of the prominent position held by his father, the late Prince Constantine of Samos, who was the first Christian governor of Crete and also Under-Secretary of State to the Sultan, and on account of his own position under the Turkish Government, Mr. Adossides is peculiarly well informed as to the Sultan's policy. His liberal political convictions brought him a sentence of death, and as a result he escaped to France. There, and also in England, he has written and lectured extensively during the past five years on eastern European customs and governments. In his lecture tonight...
...Nico C. Adossides, formerly attache to the Turkish Foreign Office at Constantinople and son of the late Prince of Samos, will deliver an address on "The Sultan and his Government" in Sanders Theatre on Friday evening at 8 o'clock...
...result of the prominent position held by his father, the first Christian governor of Crete and Under-Secretary of State to the Sultan of Turkey, and because of his own intimate connection with that government, Mr. Adossides has very radical ideas in regard to the Turkish policy. In his lecture he will criticise the financial maladministration of Turkey, and its secret service and press-censorship...