The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-15
NEW ISLAM HEAD
! HAS BIG SCHEME
Hopes 10 Weld All Forces
into One Great
Empire:
BY NORRIS w. QUINN

F1&AN t0thfAtf ho6pIs 4OE-lu Tue
Occupation Of Smyrna and the rout
pf Creek troops along the whole
coast 81 Asia Minor, Mustapha
Kenial Pastia, hitherto obscure
head Of the Turkish Nationalist
government az Angora, has &C.
romplished more than a moment.
tfy military victory.
Kemal hus made himself mill.
tary aud political leader Of Islam
aud VI I now be looked upon as
the head Of the great Mohamme.
dan fraternity comprising almost
q third OF the worlds population
with manifestations reaching even
into our own Philippines.
The Turkish leader now Is plan.
uins 10 use to the greatest posi-.
bic advantage the prestige gained
by his victory over the Greeks.
Playing on the peculiar political
influence Nohammedans are able
70 wiAld in tie colonial possess.
ions of the greet powers, Renal
toiay Is preparing to take the first
step towarl welding all Islam to-
gether into Q politico.religious EN-.
pire-the restoration Of the glori-
Gus caliphate Of old.
Kemalis Plans
This information comes from un.
official Remalist aids. n the OF.
entail quarter OF New York who
for months have been IN Continual
touch with Kemalist heads in An.
CORA and Constantinople.
Here are Kemals plans, as un-
desstood BY his friends and sup.
porters here; Il
one TO conclude a peace with
rreece which will restore Turkey
10 the saipo territorial Importance
II enjoyed before the World War,
except that he will allow Constan.
dnopie to be internationalized.
Two. To establish the capital q
this new Turkish empire at An.
FORA and to- make the city a great
center Of Meslem learning and a
vast bureau for the dissemination
OF pan-IsIsmic propaganda.
Three. To conclude official
treaties with the Ameer of Afghan.
.istan, the king Of the Hedjaz and
the ruling Mohammedan elements
az Persia, and unofficial treaties
aud Understandings with the rebel.
lious elements among the NOLAN.
medans Of Egypt, Syria, India and
North Africa. All OF these will re.
cognize Kemal as their had and as
the defender Of the faith"
No Opposition
In taking the first step-the
peace with Greece-Kemal will
lind no OPPOSITION from the great
powers; his friends here say.
1lhe powers will accede to the
Turkish leaders demands because
they fear refusal would bring
about rebellion among Mohamme-
dan dement's in their colonial pos.
LESSONS. This applies to Great Brl
tain France and Italy.
At the peace table Renal will
kINNt viz hpAOHdklOA VI lilC GlGhII
d seyres, signed after the World
War, which chopped off much OF
Turkey's territory.
Knnial, however, will allow the
inlefnat ionalizatiop of Constants.
nSpls. oily demanding that he be
neripidetj to act as guardian OF
holy Mohammedan places there
OF that he have power to name the.
guardian.
The second step - making An.
goya q world center Of Mohamme.
danism- already is under way.
The city IS being enlarged and
beaudfied. Plans are being made
for a great Moslem university
there.
conclusion OF pacts with Moha.
tnmedan leaders and rulers. in 9th.
or countries will be easy and Ke.
NAL viii see to it that each com.
pact strengthens his position as
head OF the Islamic world.
The Ameer OF Afghanistan, most
powerful Independent Mosllem rul.
q, has been eager to ally himself
with any movement looking toward
: restoration OF Mohammedan pow
a..
The detached Mohammedan ele.