Word: sultanate
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...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...
...other hand the "Star Spangled Banner," while revered by all, like the Sultan of Turkey, is, like the Sultan of Turkey, known to few. When the band or the orchestra strikes up the first bars, we stand, remove our hats, and begin valiantly with the heroic query of "Oh say, can you see?" Finding that no one can see we relapse into a humming monotone, cheerful, although unintelligible. It is only at "the rockets' red glare, the bombs' bursting in air," that our patriotic choruses come out with full assurance again. That bit or warlike description has fixed...
...rights of other European countries." Basing his argument on the paramount interests of France in the country, he showed how successive events have made necessary each step taken by the French, and how Germany, wishing to get control of mining concessions which her merchants had obtained from the Sultan for a nominal price, did everything she could to harass the French until she should be allowed a share in the administration of the land. France accorded Germany all the commercial and economic freedom which she accorded other nations, and which the other nations were satisfied with...
...scene of the plot is laid in a small Sultanate of the Turkish Empire, and it deals with the stirring and humorous adventures of a young American multimillionaire, who is attempting to gain from the Sultan the exclusive purchasing rights of all royal rugs made in the country. After many thrilling events have taken place, including the placing of a death penalty upon his head, the adventurous young American not only corners the Turkish rug market, but wins the hand of the Sultan's daughter...
...follows: Hills, U. S. Consul, A. W. Poole '14 Hors de Combat, Secretary to Consul, W. E. Wellington '17 Julius Woodrow Napoleon Finney, valet, W. Faulkner '14 Hamilton Dyke, American rug agent, F. F. Munroe '15 Prince Nicomede, Prince of Ucalaly, P. Blackmur '15 Princess Maami, daughter of Sultan, R. H. Allen '14 Sultan, R. B. Whidden '15 Venus Snow, W. D. Foote '15 Diana Snow, (twins), S. B. Hoar '15 Grace Dyke, sister to Hamilton Dyke, J. J. Armstrong '14 Lion, S. L. Simonds '14 Alina, Maami's maid, A. R. Boynton '14 Lashar Bey, Prime Minister...