Dead

In the dim old days when it was a mighty nation, Turkey was known as the home of the "Terrible Turk"; but, as the Sultan began to wobble on his gilded throne Turkey became "the Sick Man of Europe"--a phrase coined by Nicolas I* of Russia.

At Paris, famed Djevad Bey, First Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to France said: " 'The Sick Man of Europe' is dead. . . .

"The Ottoman Empire has passed into history. It has disappeared, not only geographically and politically but it no longer exists as a moral entity, justifying the conception of the 'Sick Man of Europe,' an eternal problem and source of trouble for the world. "The new Turkish Republic is the product of a radical transformation and vast reforms, abolition of the Califate separation of the State from religion, unification of education, etc., reforms which only a few years ago the world thought Turkey utterly incapable of achieving. "The new mentality of Turkey may be summed up in a few words--jealous defense of the political and economic independence of the Turkish people against all and by all means possible; rapid and decisive strides along the road to civilization and progress, no territorial ambitions beyond the ethnical frontiers of Turkey, and determination to become in European society an element of peace, a factor striving toward international fraternity."

*Nicholas I., great-grandfather of the late Tsar, ruled from 1796 to 1855.