The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-01-26
HEIR APPARENT TO
THRONE OF TURKEY
HAS BUT ONE WIFE
Mex, Ruler Of Turkey viii DC Frat
&c Have One Wife, Enjoys
Other Distinctions.

Gy Tho Associated E'tenr
coNSTANrfNoPIE Turkeys noxt
sultan Abdul Mcdiid now the hclr ap-
parent VIII be the tirai 10 have hut
one wife. md nv auoh she viii cniov
The Same fomuutic position ~ the
celebrated EoNhlann The nil- powerful
lNife ui Sulciman tho Magnificent
whose tpnihs for centuries have attract
cd vlsiiors to the Sulcimun mosque In
Colstantnoplc,
Abdul Medild O. rcrnrded ~ one of
the most interesting personalities Of
Turkey For thirty three wears be- WIS
prisoner in the horse pf hia father
Abdul Azix. who was sultan Tor III
teen Years until hts deposl ion and
death ia 1870
- was hnpny during those long
wears he said 90 the Associated Press
because ! married carly. ni e. mqr-
flcd for love. mud then I used my Time
improving my mind drawing wisdom
from she works % the worlds philoso-
pliers He ls no longer officially "a
prisoner Since iha Reinforcement and
sudden death Of Abdul Hamid In 1908.
and the advent of be young Turk, he
has won his way 20 liberty nj least
go fai ns travel in Asia. or in Con
sinatlnoplc is concerned and also 10
q certain freedom ~ speech
IN person hr Looks moi nniiho the Old
Fashioned gentleman farmer N Eng
land on America. stout bluff hearty.
his dress is of rough loosely fitting
humcspun. with only the red fnv which
Turks wear in or ont of doors Ia indi
cato his nn iunnlitN when DC doesn't
smile. which g. NOT often his craving
hair and moustachc and wide Crcas-
slim blue ewes give him the thought
ful air which has led Turks 90 declare
Ne VIII he @ Rrcni sultan II the whlrll-
rlg ~ politics Internal and interim
tlnnal, give him hts chance 90 fuifnl
bis dream Of snlvaFing the wreck ~
The Ottoman empire
we hive the mlklnrs vet OF o
great people. ~ q people that will ret
ahcad IN tho arts ~ peace and In
dustrY under proper conditions" he
Hii with an nlr 81 deep conviction
Why wnn't America rive uH start 2f
he nskcd in uuick pathetic man1er
common 10 many of Inc mon OF tho
nations defeated in the war
why should we hnvc those hostile
war vessels in our hnrhur % year after
the nrmlstlccY' ho asked pointing To-
Tho ships swinging in the Rosphorus
WHY not scttio our affairs let us
rest from the wars l.hout number
which we have had?"
Tho prince was looking out from "
second story window. us ne talked
~ the DulmghHghtheh trnco the
show place ~ Constaniiuopie. whore
he Inns the use 81 one wing
"Aron't tho Turks anxious fnf on
American mandate because they there
by SEQ an opportunity 10 save them
selves from PARTITION and tho loss of
Ncnatantinuplog hc WAS asked
Here the prince dropped his French
and began talking rapidly IN Turkish
10 Ahmed Emin scN graduate 81
columbia university ANA editor 81 the
nationalist paper Nakit who in
iorprctcd ms follows
we have no means ~ letting the
people IN America know what kind Of
people We are ana whnt We think The
Turks want thc Americans hocnuso
they know the Americans would treat
them honestly and help them drvclnl
rich country go up nrofi of both
The Americans have ncVor travelled
here much, nor cotton 90 know tho
possibilities of nur pgunlc, who are
reasonably honest and hard working
u cGnnot be snid thnt The Turks have
eyer betrayed their foreign friends goo
Tong us the la ter acted BOO good faith
We have n long tradition of friendship
with The liberal western mowers Alto.
thc TurNsh revolution of 1908 wc wero
most anxious 90 continue these rela
lions