And Mustapha Kemal, in Anatolia, was rumoured to be preparing a holy war.

It was known as a Ghazi in those days.

He had not yet scrapped religion.

He was contemplating, so said rumour, a genuine old-fashioned moslem jihad, with modern trimmings.
A few enthusiasts astonishingly still laboured for an American mandate.

At the Holy Sepulchre a British soldier stood on guard with bayonet and bullets to prevent the priests of rival creeds from murdering one another.