CHAPTER XIII

Apathy—Held up in Constantinople—The Caf(6 of
Rumours—An interview at the Sublime Porte—
Mystery and falsehood—Reorganization at Chatalja
—Bulgarian advance—Polite censors—Photography
forbidden—Arrested again—The cholera increasing.

The general apathy of the native popula¬
tion of Constantinople, which was one of
the first things to impress every corre¬
spondent who had assisted at the over¬
throw of the Ottoman arms in the heart
of Thrace, seemed to be well-nigh imper¬
vious. Day followed day and news came
to hand of the advance of the Bulgarians
towards Chatalja, but the cafes experi¬
enced no falling off" in the numbers of
their customers; the cinemas did as big
a business  as  ever.     The frequent sight

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