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Title: Supplement to "Punch", 16th December 1914
The Unspeakable Turk

Author: Various

Release Date: December 14, 2009 [EBook #30678]

Language: English

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THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK.

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[Illustration: THE STATUS QUO.

TURKEY. "WILL YOU NOT STILL BEFRIEND ME?"

BRITANNIA. "BEFRIEND YOU?--NOT WITH YOUR HANDS OF _THAT COLOUR_!"

_September 9, 1876._]

England indignantly protests against the atrocities committed by the
Turk in Bulgaria.

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"PUNCH" OFFICE, 10 BOUVERIE STREET, LONDON, E.C.

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[Illustration: ONE BUBBLE MORE!!

_January 6, 1877._]

The Turk, once again, makes illusory promises of Reform.

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[Illustration: EVERYBODY'S FRIEND!

_March 2, 1878._]

During the Russo-Turkish War a strict neutrality is preserved by
Germany. She is now the "friend" of the Turk.

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[Illustration: THE SUBLIME "SUPER"!

(REHEARSAL OF GRAND MILITARY DRAMA.)

STAGE MANAGER. "WHAT ARE _YOU_ TO DO, SIR? WHY, GET WELL TO THE BACK,
AND--_WAVE YOUR BANNER_!!!"

_September 16, 1882._]

The Turk makes a great show of denouncing the revolt of Arabi in Egypt.
He is not taken very seriously.

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[Illustration: COOPED UP!

_October 26, 1889._]

The Powers, despite the protests of Greece, leave it to the Turk to
restore order in the Island of Crete.

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[Illustration: "DEEDS--NOT WORDS!"

JOHN BULL. "LOOK HERE,--WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR PALAVER! ARE YOU GOING
TO LET THE GIRL GO, OR HAVE WE GOT TO MAKE YOU?"

_June 15, 1895._]

The barbarous treatment of Armenia by the Turk compels the intervention
of England, France and Russia.

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