New-York tribune., 1922-11-04
Right of Angora Body 10
Abolish Throne Disput-
ed by Mohammed WI at a
Council of His Ministers
Protest Made by
The Grand Vizier
Assembly's Action Vacates
Throne, Seizes Power:
Caliph To Be Elected

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Associated Press). An end to the Sui
tanate in Turkey has been unanimous
ly decreed by the Grand National AS
sembly sitting in Angora. The execu-
tive and legislative powers of the
country have been conferred by the AS
sen1bly upon the nation, and the Palace
of the Sublime Porte, which Through
corrupt ignorance for several CEN
turies provoked numerous ills for the
country, has passed into the domain of
history"
A caliph is to be chosen by the as
sembly from member of the Osman
dynastv TO succeed the Sultan, but the
resolution of the Assembly announced
that the Turkish government would re-
main the keystone of the caliphate.
The choice Of the caliph is to be that
member of the imperial family who is
best instructed, the best educated, the
most honest and the wisest.
National HOLIDAY Proclaimed
The Assembly also decided that all
treaties entered into by the CONSTANT
o,
were null and void. The decision Of
the Assembly was followed by the
proclamation of q national holiday and
the firing of salute of 101 guns.
Notwithstanding the Assembly's de-
cree that the era of liberation had at
last been entered into, the Sultan pre-
sided this afternoon at an extraordi-
nary council of his ministers. The
Grand Vizier, Tewfik Pasha, and his
colleagues kissed the Sultan's hand on
the occasion of the Prophets birthday,
renewed their pledge of loyalty and ex-
pressed the utmost indignation at what
gora government in proclaiming an end
to the Sultanate.
While nothing definite can be ascer-
tanned regarding the decision reached
at the council to-day, it was reported
III nigh ahaeAe.S hat there was good
| reason toybeliaSA the Sultan had dis
puted the legal character of the Ma
tional Assembly's decision, it being de-
clared the Assembly was elected under
abnormal circumstances.
Turk Press Predicts Abdication
Some of the Turkish afternoon news
papers to-day announce that the abdi-
cation of the Sultan is only question
OF hours, but the ministers Of the Sub
lime. Porte apparently take no such
pessimistic view of the situation. The
Sultan's resignation, according to ira
dition, would be handed to the mem
bers of the imperial family, and no
crown council was called to-day at the
Yildiz Palace.
Monarchist and Turkish Moderate
circles anticipate internal dissension in
consequence Of the action of the Ma
tional Assembly. They express the
view that the step of the Angora gov
ernmentis triumph for the Bolshevik
policy in the Near East and a prelude
to the sovietization of Turkey
Grand Vizier Tewfik Pasha has tele-
graphed Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the
Nationalist leader, that any measure
contemplated by the Assembly affect
ing the Sultan's status will weaken
Turkeys position abroad. Tewfk add
ed that the Allies would benefit at the
expense of Turkey at the Forthcoming
Lausanne, conference in case of di-
vision between the National Assembly
and the palace. In conclusion Tewhk
called the Angcra governments atten-
tion to the possibilities of the world
wide reaction which the Assembly's at
titude might cause in Mahometan coun-
tries, thus jeopardizing the fruits Of
the victory Of the Turks over the
Greeks.
Terms of Angora Decision
The decision of the Angora Assem-
bly, was made known in the following
terms:
.'The Palace of the Sublime Porte,
having through corrupt ignorance for
several centuries provoked numerous
ills for the country, has passed into
the domain of history.
Recently the Turkish nation, the
real mistress Of its destinies and
founder Of the Ottoman Empire, re-
volted against it's foreign enemies in
Anatolia and undertook struggle
ar nst the Palace of the Sublime
F. te, which had taken sides with it's
enemies and against the nation. and to
that end it constituted the Grand Ma
! tional Assembly Of Turkey its govern
ment, and its army threw itself into
the struggle against the enemies from
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