RETIRES TO THE HAREM.
THE SULTAN'S REFUGE. . (El«:c. Tel. Copyright— Dnitcd Press Assn.) •United Service.) (Received October 18, 8;45 a.im) LONDON, October 17. According to the Daily Mail diplomatic reports from Constantinople state, that the Sultan, fearing rough treatment at the hands of Nationalists, lias retired permanently ta the tender saneturay of tho imperial harem. His ministers dlnre not cross this forbidden feminine threshold 1 . Consequently it is only .through the mediation of imperial eunuchs that/ high state dignitaries, as well as lesser functionaries, can.■•„■. communicate with their sovereign. : . ■....,.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15956, 18 October 1922, Page 5
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89RETIRES TO THE HAREM. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15956, 18 October 1922, Page 5
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