The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-13
SULTAN WILL HAVE
ONLY ONE SPOUSE

SOISIdHLulOplS, OeC. HO.-NSOTIeS-
pondence of the Associated Press. y
Turkeys next sultan, Abdul Medjih,
now the heir apparent, will be the
first to have but one wife, and as
such she will enjoy the same roman
tic position as the celebrated Roxa-
lana, the all-powerful favorite wife
of Suleiman the Magnificent, whose
tombs for centuries have attracted
visitors to the Suleiman mosque in
Constantinople.
Abdul Medjid is regarded as one of
the most interesting personalities of
Turkey. For 33 years he was a pris-
oDer in the house of his father, Abdul
Aziz, who was sultan for fifteen years
until his deposition and death in 1876.
81 was happy during these long
years." he said to the Associated
Press, because / married early. at
twenty-four, married for love. and
then / used my time improving my
mind, drawing wisdom from the
works of the worlds philosophers" +"
He is no longer officially prisoner.
Since the dethronement and sudden
death of Abdul Hamid in 1908, and
the advent of the Young Turks. he
has won his way to liberty at least
so far as travel in Asia. or in Con-
stantinople, is concerned, and also to
a certain freedom of speech.
eve have the makings yet of a
great people, of a people that will get
ahead in the arts of peace and indus
try under proper conditions" he said
with an air of deep conviction. "Why
don't America give US a start?" he
asked in a quick. pathetic manner
common to many of the men of the
nations defeated in the war.
"Why should we have those hostile
war vessels in our harbor a year
after the armistice?" he asked, point
ing to the ships swinging in the
Bosphorus. "Why not settle our af-
fairs; let US rest from the wars
without number which we have had ?"
aren't the Turks anxious for an
American mandate because they
thereby see an opportunity to save
themselves from partition and the
loss of Constantinople? ?" he was ask
ed.
people in America know what kind of
people we are and what we think. The
Turks want the Americans because
they know the Americans would treat
them honestly and help them develop
a rich country to the profit of both.
The Americans have never Travelled
here much. nor gotten to know the
possibilities of our people, who are
reasonably honest and hard working.
It cannot be said that the Turks have
ever betrayed their foreign friends
50 long as the latter acted in good
faith. We have a long tradition of
friendship with the liberal western
powers. After the Turkish revolution
in 1908, we were most anxious to con-
tinue these relations.
"But here came our difficulty. These
powers (England and France) wished
to maintain good relations with the
Russians who, without our seeking it,
were hostile to US. and finally the
Russian influence became so strong
that every person favorable to Turks
in the French and English embassies
was drawn home by their govern
ments. | personally went to the
French and English ambassadors and
warned them that if this policy were
continued we should be driven into q
Germa nalliance which would injure
both the French and English and
ourselves. This warning had no eff
feet, and the Germans began to send
Us big military missions, also our OF
ficers were trained in Germany, sc
we entered the war on the German
side.
eff the Americans don't come to u:
now, the end of it all may be par
tition leading to other wars in which
America may be involved. 1t NIGH
be cheaper for America to risk mill
ions on US now rather than to spenC
billions later on a new war"
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