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 respect for my present company, I say, what I afterwards repeated to Sir William Tyrell, "I would rather trust myself in a Turkish court than appeal to American justice." In the first case, you may find yourself in the hands of a kind-hearted judge; the second adventure depends entirely on cash. English justice has no equal; but our laws for women are themselves unjust, and the best workman can do little with poor material. Trials, like marriages in foreign countries, should be illegal unless the Consul, or someone equally expert, is present to "watch for" his fellow-countryman. What crimes have not we committed in the name of Justice through ignorance of foreign customs!

"Those who face the choice of trusting themselves to the Cheriat or keeping away from Turkey, may find that these laws are not so terrible after all," answered the American.

Zeyneb once said that the great merit of Moslem "Commandments" was the absence of mystery. "The i's are all carefully dotted. We are not told, for instance, that we should give to the poor; we are told the precise percentage of income that must be allotted to charity. Though our laws come from the great Prophet of Allah they are not ecclesiastical."

In Moslem countries the Head of the State must be elected by the people; he has full executive and legislative power, but he is also personally responsible to the nation. We cannot deny that Mustapha Kemal Pasha has rigidly adhered to this theory of government in his daily practice.

This is the true Democracy. Born without any advantages of caste or family, Fethi Bey laughs at all my allusions to "old ancestors." The attitude does seem peculiar to Western minds, and may often lead to confusion between us, but it is not without charm.

"How do these very intelligent, modern Turks attempt to reconcile their zeal for liberal reform with their firm loyalty to Islam? How do they account for the decline in prestige and power that none can deny has been their fate?"