Word: bosphorus
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...Cross, is Vice-Chairman of the Near East Relief Commission and a director of the Institute of International Education. His book, "Ambassador Morgenthau's Story", which first appeared in installments in last year's "World's Work", has been published in England under the title of "Secrets of the Bosphorus", and has also been translated into French and other languages...
...Turk--misses the privileges granted to her financiers by the old Turkish government, and is jealous of British influence in the Near East, particularly at Constantinople. The recovery of Turkish territory lost in Thrace and Asia Minor is the aim of both the Sultan's government on the Bosphorus and the Nationalists of Angora, who are capable of initiating no little trouble in the regions under Allied mandate. The pressure toward readjustment is strong: the future career of the French premier may depend much upon his obtaining the desired end with a minimum of debate...