New-York tribune., 1918-11-27
Deputation Also to Present
Programme for American
Control of Finances
Separation of State
And Church Proposed
Heir to Throne Welcomes
Amy Terms Not Menacing
Caliph's Sovereignty

CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday, Nov.
25 (Ry The Associated Press) ).-Amer-
ican control Of the Turkish gendar-
merle and finances is being urged by a
group of nine newspapers seven
Turkish and two French-n Constan-
tinople. The group also advocates
American supervision Of the education
al system and the separation of Church
and State.
A deputation will request permis-
sion to present the programme to Pres
ident Wilson on his visit to Paris The
programme will be announced this
week.
New States Need Tutelage
The proposed independent states for
the Armenian and Jewish populations
in Turkey should have q period of
tutelage under another nation, prefer
ably the United States, DR.. Caleb F.
Gates, president of Robert College, in
Constantinople, declared to the corre-
spondent to-day. DR.. Gates has been
a resident of Turkey for thirty eight
years. Several Cabinet ministers and
other leaders Of the progressive ele-
ment in Turkey and Bulgaria have
been educated at Robert College.
"The Armenian and Jewish popula-
tions of Turkey, for whom independent
states are proposed" he said, Cannot
govern themselves without a period of
tutelage. A single nation should con-
troll Equal laws for all residents and
nationaities, Turk and non-Turk
should not only be made by this ma
tion, but should be administered by
whatever means necessary.
"The Turks are proud race and
would resent such control, but it is In
evitable. For myself, l prefer Amer
, ica."
Turkey Regrets Enmity
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. "a (Bv
The Associated Press .-"This last war
was the most disastrous in the history
OF Turkey, not because she was beaten.
but because it made enemies Of nations
naturally our friends" declared Abdul
Medjid Effendi, heir to the Ottoman
throne, to the correspondent of The
Associated Press, whom he received
to-day.
THE present Sultan and myself" he
continued, denounced the PROPOSAL
that Turkey enter the war. Mohammed
V, who was then reigning, showed
weakness before q clique of adventur
ers, like Talaat Bey and Enver Bev.
then Cabinet Ministers and now fuoi-
tives, whom Germany had fed with
dreams of power
Ashamed Of Atrocities
Il am more ashamed of the Ar
menian atrocities committed durino
the war than of anything in our his
tory, but must insist that they were
against the will of the present Sultan
and the nation as a whole Thew were
lnstlgated by unpatriotc ministers
who were guaranteed in their places
by their services to German militar-
ism.
The fanaticism of remote tribes in
their dislike for their neighbors and
the brutality of provincial officers
served as the mediums, while the GEN.
sored press here concealed the facts
from the public The members Of the
imperial family tried to make USE or
their prestige against this, but were
imprisoned in the palace.
Must Have Foreign Aid
"Of the future, can say we must
have foreign assistance, as the conn
try is exhausted. We prefer to deal
with one nation, because the difficult
ties OF international control have been
shown elsewhere; but we welcome anv
control not menacing the sovereipntv
Of the Caliph."
Among the members OF tho ,o7,,
Turkish Cabinet headed bv Tcwfk
Pacha is DR.. Ria Tewfik, Minister ~
Public Instruction, an instructnr t,N;ni -; +,' oa
American College for Girls in Con-
stant'nople. DR.. Tewfk. who was re-
celved at the same time as the cor
respondent, complained of the provin-
clal officials appointed by the former
ministers and still retained because If
the lack Of other trained men.
lie declared that they were de]avino
tor profit to themselves the shipment
OF OF coal from the Turkish mines on the
Black Sea coast to Constantinonle
whore a fuel shortage is .threatened
Secure proofs" said the heir to the
throne, "and I myself will guarantee
the support of the Sultan and the MN.
'shment Of the miscreants. Strike hard
and quickly. Such criminals NAV ruin
me country in a critical moment"
Food prices in Constantinople, ac-