Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-13
SAYS He RELIES
ON AMERICAN FAIRNESS
Thinks Turks Should deceive Treat
mcnt Accorded Other Nations
of World.
SAYS PEACE DELAY DANGEROUS
New Parliament ut Constantinoplc Is
Declared to &c Workin. to Bring
.bont Separation of Church and
State.
rRv Associated Press ,

- EFS a"A1b 4 afSSH
CoNSTANTlNoPLE, Dec. l2.-The
sultan OF Turkey. Mohanmed vi. today
resolved tho. CORRESPONDENT IL dis
cuSsed the Turkish situation and the
par, TurhcN is taking in the settle
mont OF the world peace.
In ,he yi@w 81 The sultan DESPITE
rtsard to The peace settlement. Turkey
politically is fixing = position of sound
rvsSoHa n;ene>s' reiyinG upon the juds,
powers. IS did Austria. in order 10 Sc
cure ;Ee best terms possible.
There mas been a moderate amount
arc fundamentals like other human
being u" better no woGSc--and it
appears rue that The ,ationaiiats have
iicial. sici, As Enyer l'asha ana Taiaat
Iasha, VIII" arc known as hot-heads
OF the Gcrmdn!C school.
Adopt Defensive Attitude.
T.hor., Is q suggestion OF a defensive
aitituee in the event .thc terms are
:it!oned that the lslamic elements Of
india. Turkestan and Egypt NAY make
omlnon Gausc WITH Boishevists. cspc-
CHILLY against the British. Eut foreign
observers are OF the opinion that his
is more OF a threat than anything else.
ong ,ninS ,hs new n~ari!ament hope
church aud state. The peoples OF the
Miadic Fest indjyidually and collec-
70 stsrve and die unless some outside
mower brings them peace. order and
Prosperity.
some. OF these points were apparent
IN tho interview which the Sultan ac-
corded the Associated Press CORE
spondent who was received by His
Majesty outside tho kiidiZ Kiosk Pal
acc in the Mosque Samidieh JAlni. just
after the termination of the ceremony
Of tho Selamik.
Received in Prayer Room.
Tho correspondent was received in
tho Sul;an's PRAYER room. i'll this sec
ond story. where. through an Arabic
ritual OF the Moslems c~onrrcSa,cd on
tho floor below. II was q room decor
ated with rosc-colored velvet hangings
throughout, bu: the colors wcrc sub
which were closed. Besides tho prayer
diVan. the room contained = small liable,
x sofa and three chairs.
When the doors closed his rctinuc
waited without. He seated himself in
! busjness-likc manner and drew from
his pocket the notes OF uswcr he
Turkish 10 an interpreter. his aide,
MISUNDERSTANDING Fahriko.
Delay Worse Than War.
Turkish peace is desired quickly, hc-
cause delay is worse than war. II in
,crfcrcs With our political and eco
noinic conditions and also our FINANCES.
The uncertainty tries the morale of
the people, who have been long at war
and likewise involves misery and sick
ness.
"Rcgsrding The American Senate. l
believe il will be wise towards us. 1t
is clearly unfair that other nationals
tics should profit by President Wilson'S
pledges and not We, President Wilson'S
principles were acc"ptcd by the allied
powers. We also roiS on their sense Of
Justice and that of tho American pco-
ple. whose honor is involved.
&"Sure,y America viii not disappoint
tic millions of Turks and the lslamic
world.
=. CIuim Many Merits.
N''Uh OSc who lnvPSI j.DtpI imnlrtiHlv
tire Turk jsh question have discovered
hat. despite hnd roNcrnlncu our
roopic have many merits and deserve
better treatment than IL is reported
ICY arc To receive. Those AmcrIchuS
who do not believe tho Islander ahou:
us and who understand our difficulties
will not countcnance this treatment OF
the Turks.
t"Tt vii! be seen tha, our religion IS