The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
ANCORA PROCLAIMS
END OF SULTANATE;;
NULLIFES TREATIES
Assembly AnnouncesPalace
Of Sublime Porte Passes
Into History.
WILL. ELECT CALIPH
Asserts Turkish Govern
ment Will Be Keystone
of the Caliphate.
ENDS DUAL RULE SYSTEM
Declares Void All Agreements
by ConstantinOple Since
March, 1920.
ENDS DUAL RULE SYSTEM


Press).-An end to the Sultanate in
Turkey has been unanimously decreed
by the Grand National Assembly sit
ting at Angora- The executive and
legislative powers Of the country have
been conferred by the assembly upon
the nation. and the Palace OF the
Sublime Porte. which through cor
rupt ignorance for several centuries
provoked numerous Ills for the coun-
try, has passed into the domain of
history"
A Caliph Is to be chosen by the
assembly from member of the Os-
manli dynasty to succeed the Sultan,
but the assembly announced that the
Turkish Government would remain
The keystone of the Caliphate. The
choice Of the Caliph is to be that
member of the imperial family who is
the best instructed. the best educated,
the most honest and the wisest.
The assembly also declared null
and void all treaties entered into by
the Constantinople Government since
March 16. 1920. The decision was fol-
lowed by the proclamation of ma
tional holiday and the firing OF a sa-
lutte of 1o1 guns.
sultan Holds Council.
Notwithstanding the Assembly's de-
cree the Sultan presided this afternoon
at an extraordinary council OF his min
listers. The Grand vizier. Tewfik Pasha.
and his colleagues kissed the Sultans
hand on the occasion of the prophets
birthday. renewed their pledge of 10y
atty and expressed indignation at thu
action Of the Angora Government.
1t Is reported that the Sultan had dis
puted the legal character of the Angora
room newspapers to-day announce that
the abdication of the Sultan is only
question of hours. but the ministers of
the sublime porte apparently take no
such pessimlstic view of the situation.
Monarchist and Turkish Moderate cir
cles anticipate internal dissension and
assert that the step OF tho Angora Gov
ernment is a triumph for the BolshevilS
policy In the Near East and a prelude
to the Sovietization Of Turkey.
Grand vixier Protests.
Grand vizier Tewfik Pasha has tele-
graphed Mustapha kemal Pasha, the
Nationalist leader. that any measure
contemplated by the Assembly affecting
the Sultans status will weaken Turkeys
position abroad. Tewfik added that the
Niles would benefit at the expense of
case OF division between the National
Assembly and the palace and endeavor
10 pose as prsAectors OF the caliphate.
lie called attention to- the possibilities
Of worldwide reaction which the Assem-
bly's attitude might cause I'm Moham-
medan countries. thus jeopardlzlng the
fruits of the victory Of the Turks over
the Greeks.
Since the world war the ruling power
OF Turkey has been claimed by the Sui
tsns Government at Constantinople and
tle Nationalists. with their capital ut
Angora. The present Nationalist as
sembly was convoked in April. 1920. by
Mustapha Kemal Pasha. 1t declares IT.
self invested with all legislative and ex-
ccutivc power but until now had main =.
tained its allegiance to the Sultan as
Caliph of the Moslems.
LONDON. Nov. 3 (Associated Press) -
The action of the National Assembly
means that the only Callph OF Turkey
VIII be periodically elected without Cow
--rnment prerogative. all power being In
tn hands of the National Assembly.