The sun., 1918-11-27
ONE NATION TO CONTROL
Abdul Medjid Effendi, Heir to
Throne, Deplores Armen-
ian Atrocities.
By tie Associdfsd Press.

Gates, president Of Robert College In
Constantinople. declared to-day. DR..
Gates has been q resident Of Turkey
for thirty-eight years. Several Cab
met Ministers and other leaders Of
the progressive element in Turkey and
Bulgaria have been educated at Robert
College.
American control OF the Turkish
gendarmerie and finances Is being
urged by a group OF nine newspapers
seven Turkish and two French-in
Constantinople. The group also advo-
Gates American supervision OF the edu-
cational system and the separation of
church and state. A deputation will
request permission to present the pro-
gramme 70 President Wilson during
his visit TO Paris. The programme will
he announced next week.
TuteIage Il Necessary.
THE Armenian and Jewish popula-
tons of Turkey for whom independent
States are proposed" DR.. Gates said,
cannot govern themselves without a
period Of tutelage. A single nation
should control. Equal laws for all res
idents and nationalities. Turk and non-
Turk. should not only be made by this
nation. but should be administered by
whatever means necessary.
The Turks are a proud race and
would resent such control. but II is in
evitable. For myself prefer Amer
lea. don't know that the United
States even would consider the task
taking into account the distance from
home and the conflicting interests. but
whatever nation Is chosen two prin-
ciples should be followed. The Gov
eminent should be for the natives and
not to enrich another people across the
sea Second. the Government should
be by the people. because everywhere
it Is evident that no people will con-
sent long TO be governed.
IF the Americans have any voice
in the worlds peace hope they will
strive to enforce these principles in
Turkey.
Government Change, Not Exile.
Regarding the Turks many say.
with Mr.. Asquith (former Premier Of
Great BRITAIN. that the Turks are
ended In Europe. They must mean the
Turkish Government. because ] sup
pose nobody has advocated driving the
Constantinople Turks from their
homes
THAT n substitute for the present
Government would solve the problem
is a question. II an international gov
eminent could succeed anywhere II is
surely doubtful II 1t could succeed in
Constantinople, where racial and COM
mercial rivalry always have been SUI
preme."
This last war was the most disas-
trous in the history of Turkey. not be-
cause she was beaten, but because she
made enemies OF nations naturally our
friends" declared Abdul Medjid Eff
fendi, heir to the Ottoman throne. to
the correspondent OF the Associated
Press.
THE present Sultan and myself" he
continued. denounced the proposal
that Turkey enter the war. Mohammed
v, who was then reigning, showed
weakness before a clique OF adventur-
ers like Talaat Bey and Enver Bey,
then Cabinet Ministers and now fugi-
tives, whom Germany had fed with
dreams OF power.
Ashamed of Atrocities.
II am more ashamed of the Ar
menian atrocities committed during
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 whole. They were
instigated by unpatriotic 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 CEN
sored press here concealed the facts
from the general public. The members
of the imperial family tried to make
use OF their prestige against this, but
we're imprisoned in the palace.
"Of the future I can say we must
have foreign assistance, as the coun-
try Is exhausted. We prefer TO deal
with one nation because the difficulties
of international control have been
shown elsewhere. but we welcome any
control not menacing the sovereignty
OF the Caliph."
DR.. Ria Tewfik, the Minister of
Public Instruction, who was received
at the same time as the correspond
ent. complained OF the provincial Off
Gals appointed by the former Min
listers and still retained because of
the lack OF other trained men. He de-
clared that they were delaying, for
profit TO themselves. the shipment Of
coal from the Turkish mines on the
Black Sea coast to Constantinople
where n fuel shortage Is threatened.
Secure proofs" said the heir to the
throne, land ] myself will guarantee
the support of the Sultan and the
punishment of the miscreants Strike
hard and quickly. Such criminals may
ruin the country in a critical moment"
One thousand Germans and Aus
trans, including Gen. Liman Won
! Sanders, German commander in the
/ Turkish army. who fled from Damps-
Gus ana Aleppo, remain in Constan-
tinople and the neighborhuod. Their
exit across the Black Sea has been
cut or by the Rumanians and nv
disorders in Odessa.
CAIno. Egypt, Nov. 26.-Gen Allenhv
who commanded the victorious allied
troops in Palestine and Syria in their
operations against the Turks. has ro-
, turned to Egypt from the battle from,