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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  STATUTE 
  MILES 
  

  

  Drawn 
  by 
  A. 
  H. 
  Bumstead 
  

  

  A 
  SKETCH 
  MAP 
  OF 
  CONSTANTINOPLE 
  

  

  Tts 
  situation 
  at 
  the 
  cross-roads 
  between 
  the 
  East 
  and 
  the 
  West 
  has 
  caused 
  Constantinople's 
  

   history 
  to 
  be 
  written 
  in 
  blood. 
  While 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  France, 
  and 
  Italy 
  have 
  decided 
  to 
  

   restore 
  the 
  Turks 
  to 
  full 
  authority 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  (see 
  page 
  647) 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   Dardanelles, 
  provision 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  broad 
  demilitarized 
  zone 
  and 
  an 
  Allied 
  force 
  is 
  to 
  

   remain 
  in 
  occupation 
  of 
  the 
  Gallipoli 
  Peninsula 
  to 
  safeguard 
  the 
  free 
  and 
  unimpeded 
  

   entrance 
  to 
  the 
  Straits. 
  The 
  navigation 
  of 
  the 
  Straits 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  

   an 
  International 
  Commission 
  under 
  a 
  Turkish 
  president. 
  

  

  Nowadays 
  Pera's 
  crooked 
  streets 
  are 
  

   alive 
  with 
  Allied 
  soldiers, 
  refugees, 
  relief 
  

   workers, 
  adventurers, 
  peddlers, 
  beggars, 
  

   and 
  a 
  few 
  tourists. 
  Passports, 
  unless 
  one 
  

   has 
  business, 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  get, 
  and 
  

   tourists 
  are 
  rarely 
  seen. 
  

  

  The 
  American 
  residents 
  number 
  about 
  

   four 
  hundred, 
  the 
  largest 
  colony 
  between 
  

   Rome 
  and 
  Manila. 
  There 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  

  

  social 
  life 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  places 
  of 
  amuse- 
  

   ment 
  are 
  the 
  cafes 
  and 
  restaurants, 
  with 
  

   their 
  adjoining 
  cabarets 
  and 
  moving- 
  

   picture 
  screens. 
  

  

  THE 
  GAEATA 
  BRIDGE 
  HAS 
  EOST 
  ITS 
  COEOR 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  Galata 
  bridge 
  between 
  the 
  

   European 
  quarter 
  and 
  Stamboul 
  still 
  lives 
  

   up 
  to 
  its 
  tradition 
  of 
  having 
  every 
  nation- 
  

  

  