Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-15
DRIVE OUT THE
GREEKS, SLOGAN
OF NATIONALIST
Turks Are Determined to
Gust the Foe "If 1t Takes
Years." Says MuStapha
Renal in a Statement.
tBy The Associated PressJ

Angora, Aug. 14.-A reiterated
determination to drive out the
Greeks '1f it takes years" is the
keynote of conversations which a
correspondent of the Associated
Press has just had with the ma
tionalist leader, Mustapha Renal
at the latter's villa in the nearby
village of Chankai which domi-
mates the Angora plains. Turkey
for the Turks" is the nationalist
slogan.
although the allies appear to
be unable to believe II, we will not
bargain nor accept half meas
ures," Renal said. 1--WE are pre-
pared to keep on fighting for
what we deem our rights. 1t Is not
the first time in history that a war
has lasted a century" Renal said
to the correspondent,
ut Is just that the vanquished
party shall pay for lost war" he
went on, but it is not just to kill
a nation. 1t Is unjust to attempt
to divide up Turkish soil, giving
part to the Greeks and spheres of
| influence to the French, the Ital-
ians and the British. This Is a
form of political slavery,
"Our conception OF peace for
| the mainland has often been stat
| ed" Renal continued. AS for
Thrace, eastern Thrace is an in-
| separable part of our homeland,
because of the Turkish majority
| there. For the rest of Thrace we
are willing to agree to pleblscite.
| Constantinople, too, Is ours, but
for the straits and the Sea Of Mar
mora we are willing to accept any
solution by which the safety of
Constantinople can be protected,
NY honest opinion is that the old
arrangement by which the Turks,
armed, guaranteed the neutrality
of the straits, Is the only working
solution. It is patent that an in
| ternational commission will result
| in quarrels
! "If the allies desire peace, and
sincerely wish to make US pay for
the war" Renal concluded, "let
them cease trying to divide us, for
division means political injustice
as well as commercial folly. |
realize war is a costly affair, and
feel its atrocities deeply but it
would be a greater and lasting
ruin if we permitted the cutting UP
of the country into zones of influ-
ence without fighting,
IF we are given chance, we
will, by our nationalist movement,
regenerate Turkey. We already OBJ
serve prohibition strictly, and
-, rro ~ b1tno n
card playing.
eve look to the United States
to continue it's friendship and com
MERGE with us. We believe we are
as democratic as the United states
but have no intention to institute
republican form of government
which we do not need. per-
sonally have no ambition to be-
come president
1--WE shall keep to our caliphate
lin Constantinople because the
country needs that from a relig-
ious standpoint. 1t is q matter oil
detail who il made sultan, as hi
has no political responsibilities
The nations power lies in the ma
tional assembly which Is both leg
islative and executive. We are
united; It is not true that there il
an Enverist party trying to over
| throw me. AS for bolshevism, WI
have treaty of friendshiP~wi
them, containing a clause which
provides that no propaganda mus
, be undertaken here, because thu
! soviet organization differs from
ours fundamentally on account o
our religion"