Flags fluttered from every eminence of Ankara's massive, marmoreal railroad station. Guards of honor lined the platforms as Turkey's President Ismet Inonii, in morning coat and striped trousers, stepped forward to greet a king, resplendent in his native garb.
His Majesty, Abdullah Ibn Hussein, British-crowned monarch of Trans-Jordan, his son, Emir Naif, and a suite of 16 ministers and notables, had traveled some 900 miles (via Turkish presidential yacht and train) to discuss the dream of an all-Moslem Orient. This would include Turkey, from which the Arabs broke away during World War I. One possible purpose: to serve as a...
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