Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07


 sociated Press.) s.)-There are only two sincere political movements in Tur. key, one for American help, the other for an independent country which should be left alone, says Halide Edib Turkish woman novelist, poet and ma tionalist. "All the rest are move ments fed by foreign money" she told the Associated Press correspon- dent today.
 Small, handsome, a brilliant con- versationalist and speaker, Halide Edib, a fiery advocate for new and better Turkey, is the best-known wo- man of her country. A graduate of Robert College for girls, an Ameri- can institution, she speaks English we'll and has used it since the armis- tice to try to convert Americans here to her hopes. In the war she worked with her husband, physician, in the Red Crescent or Turkish Red Cross. One of her novels, "New Turania," ," a Turkish Looking Forward" has greatly moved her people by it's pa triotic appeal.
 "I don't think any nation in Ell rope, except, perhaps, Belgium, would be disinterested enough, or would be permitted by the other powers, to take over the work that must be done here," she said. "So We have organized an American propaganda which is evident in all parts of the old empire. Even the humblest peo pie realize the truth of our conten- tions, and for that reason it has been easy to persuade them to favor an American control.
 stThe Americans haven't encOurag- ed us, and other nations have dis couraged us, either by deportations or censorship of our press. We can't send any one to America because the armistic prevents us from travelling. Moustapha Kamel Pasha, who is an honest, sincere patriot, believes as We do.
 "What Turkey needs is peace, mod ern agricultural development, as our soil is very rich, territorial integrity, wherein there are equal rights to Moslems and Christians, and educa- tion. We need uniform school sys- tenn. There is vast desire for edu cation and many parents make many sacrifices while children educate LkeHlSelVeS IdtilcI CHdh So uhcuuSae- ed"
 'sThe woman in Turkey is much more emancipated than is believed abroad, and her education is part of our program. It is true that in the past we have, ourserves, been influ- enced by the Persian influence which took from our women their old free dom. It must be remembered that all our women are not to be judged by those of the city, who don't count for much. In the country our women have all the family responsibilities, they. till the soil, they care for the children, while the role of the man is more that of the soldier.
 Women in Turkey have their vani- ties, too, just like women elsewhere. In my novel in which pictured Turkey as she should be, l planned new costume without the veil somewhat like that of the Quakeress, but after a time it was no longer worn because it wasn't found becom- ing: Islamic and Pan-Turanian move ments. Politically I am for neither. The first refers to religious union and the second to the racial union of peoples inhabiting north Africa and Asia. These peoples are, loosely, Turks, Arabs, Tartars and .Kurds. When the new Turk idea started the old imperialists objected that by it we would lose Arabia and Syria. We appear to have done so by the war. | believe in a cultural union of these peoples, however, and continuance of our economic relations with Ara bia, which were always close and natural"
 s.The national idea is to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Turks who are people who change neither religion nor other ideas, and for that reason have always been the cham Many Women in