The Review of Reviews. 



The late Mr. W- T. Stead s 

 Gift to the Sultan of Turkey. 



. Translated extract from article by . 

 Jean Finot in La l^ovrja on " Lc Roi 

 des Journalistes," issue of May I5th, 1911. 



Tlie Sult;in s-houed a desire to see him again on severaf 

 occasions. Tlieir meeting has all the (harm of an Oriental tale. 

 Won over by the /'onhomii' of Stead, the rjionarch sai i to him 

 one day : 



" You are a brave man, Mr. Stead, and you bring precious 

 friendship to my country. Permit me at least to refund your 

 expenses." 



Saying this, the Sultan offered him a cheque. 



" Send it, sire, to the Peace Society at Berne ; for, person- 

 ally, 1 cannot accept it." 



" Let me. at least, give you a proof of my sympathy with you." 



.Stead, believing that he was to be offered some decoration, 

 was uiicas\ . Bui the .Sultan smilingly broke in : 



" 1 know the story — and it is not a question of adding another 

 distinction to your own. but I should be happy to be able to 

 offc r you at least some souvenir." 



And the Sultan offered him a gold cigarette case, studded 

 with diamonds. 



Stead, thus placed, knew that he could not possibly refuse 



L- , ^W I ihe .Sultan. P)Ut his independence bei g .it stake, he made this 



j reply, worthy of a son of liberty ; 

 I •• Sire, will you extend your kindness so far as to accept a 



present from me ? " 

 The Sultan agreed with a smile. He must have said to hinself in the depth of his heart 

 that he was assuredly the first Sultan to whom a modest private individual had dared to offer a 



return pre.sent as reciprocity for a favour. 



Stead offered him solemnly a Waterman's Fountain Pen in gold, and the Sultan, joyous, 

 said to him : 



"This is the first I have received in my life, and 1 have often dreamed of possessing one." 



1 do not know the opinion of His Majesty on Stead, but Stead preserved a tender memory 

 of him, for, telling mc of this visit, he said : 



" He is one of the best among the Sovereigns. And God kno.vs there are, among them, 

 brave men." 



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