25 NOVEMBER 1922, Page 2

The party were taken in shut motor ambulances to the

quayside and then in Admiral Brock's barge to the ' Malaya.' When the Sultan was safely on board he was greeted with a salute of bugles. He was careful to point out that he had not abdicated. The ' Malaya' conveyed him to Malta. It is curious but also gratifying to notice how readily the Turk, in spite of all our tradi- tional differences, appeals to Great Britain when in dis- tress. He knows that we never refuse asylum, and although the Kemalists may protest against the carrying off of the Sultan, we imagine that really they are glad to be relieved of the responsibility of taking his life.