Show Folk Lore of the Near East Et With nil all its wars and political po disturbances die dis the Near East has clung to Its fondness for tor expressing its It worldly wisdom In its own quaint folk tolk lore and proverbs tinged rl with At the Near East Rut conference conference con con- ference Ismet Pasha head of the Turkish delegation frequently enlivened enlivened en en- livened the discussions with homely Turkish quotations On one occasion when a delegate said that tb Ismet's statement was not In accord with Itt general gen eral email report he replied l Ah Alt a n case of donkey Ills His reference evidently was to a abit abit alt bit lt of Anatolian folk tolk lore regarding a favorite Turkish character something something some thing of both knave knave and philosopher whose donkey donke braying nt at an Inopportune Inopportune tune moment revealed his falsehoods By Dy Allah I exclaimed this fool world will wilt believe a n donkey when It will not believe 1 I |