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Show TURKS GREET BIG AMERICAN TOURIST SHIPS tCONSTANTINOPI F-, April 15 Americans and Turks were delighted by the arrival here recently of two I big American tout ist ships carrying logcther more thy.i 1,000 passengers, among whom there were said to be uore ihHn KM millionaires Revival of the American tourls. bu -.neBS had been awabed here with ireat anticipation and tho Americans' received more than a cordial wei- eom from their compatriots .- mnec - ' -j -d with relief work sa we'd aa from the keepers of Turkish bazaars anxious anx-ious to sell souvenirs to the!,- !-!-J' tors. One of the ships sailed Into the harbor of Constantinople with its band playing "Dixie.' while the Am- loans In the Near Easl relief -phanages on the waterfront t . i American flays The Americana found Constantinople Constantin-ople harbor filled with the warships of every nation, a country still at war and a city with more than 1&0,-ouo 1&0,-ouo refugees. Passengers .i both ihlps took up collections for merg-ancy merg-ancy relief jjave donations for orphans orph-ans and refugee and promised to send their winter clothing t Constantinople Con-stantinople when the trip Wi - OVeT. The merchants were all excitement over the arrival of the Arm-ru m-and m-and fally pulled th touri-is int., m ', shops in their eagerness to lelL |