This was the substance of our conversation:-- "How did you get aboard the ship ?" "In a boat with some refugees.

A woman hid me with her skirts." "So you were trying to escape, were you ?" "If I had been, I shouldn't have come back." "Then what did you do on the cruiser ?" "I went to talk to the captain, who is a friend of mine.

My life is in danger.

Fewzi Bey is after me, and I wanted _my friends in America_ to know how justice is done in Palestine." "Who are your friends in America ?" "Men who could break you in a minute." "Do you know to whom you are speaking ?" "Yes, Hassan Bey.

I am sick of persecution.