Show folk lore of the tha near east with all its wars and political disturbances tur bances the near east has clung to its fondness for expressing its worldly wisdom in its own quaint folk lore and proverbs tinged with at the near east conference ismet pasha head bead of the turkish delegation frequently enlivened the discussions with homely turkish quotations on one occasion when a delegate said bald that Isi ilinets nets statement tat ement was not in accord with general 21 report he replied ali ah a case of h hoja donkey nia ills reference evidently was to a bit of anatolian Ana folk lore regarding a favorite turkish character something of both krave knave and philosopher whose donkey braying at an inopportune moment revealed his falsehoods by allahl allah I 1 exclaimed this fool world will believe a donkey when it will not believe ihoda I 1 |