But before Stetson could get busy the campaign of publicity
had been brilliantly opened from Constantinople. Prince
Abdul, although pitchforked into the Gilman Defense
Committee, proved himself one of its most enthusiastic
members.

"For me it becomes a case of NOBLESSE OBLIGE," he declared.
"If it is worth doing at all it is worth doing well. To-day
the Sultan will command that the "Rise and Fall" be
translated into Arabic, and that it be placed in the national
library. Moreover, the University of Constantinople, the
College of Salonica, and the National Historical Society have
each elected Doctor Gilman an honorary member. I proposed
him, the Patriarch of Mesopotamia seconded him. And the
Turkish ambassador in America has been instructed to present
the insignia with his own hands."

Nor was Peter or Stimson idle. To assist Stetson in his
press-work, and to further the idea that all Europe was now
clamoring for the "Rise and fall," Peter paid an impecunious
but over-educated dragoman to translate it into five
languages, and Stimson officially wrote of this, and of the
bestowal of the Crescent to the State Department. He pointed
out that not since General Grant had passed through Europe
had the Sultan so highly honored an American. He added he had
been requested by the grand vizier --who had been requested
by Prince Abdul--to request the State Department to inform
Doctor Gilman of these high honors. A request from such a
source was a command and, as desired, the State Department