Evening star., 1923-02-14
Should Prince of Wales Remain Single
He Would Break Century-Old Tradition

prisoners of state during the follow
ing two years. They were well
treated, on the whole; by the English
authorities with courtesy and con-
side ration and had plenty of time
and opportunity to develop their fu--
ture plans, which, on their liberationS
took the form of the organization OF
a nationalist Legislature at Angora-
beyond the reach of the allied guns.
Ihey are very level-headed, up-to==
GATE, thoroughly acquainted with the-
past and present conditions of Tur--
Key, and of the role which has BEEN
played therein by the jealousies and
rlvalrles of the various foreign pow
erS' and of the advantages which.
turkey has always been able to de-
rive from the dissensions among her
foreign foes. rendering united action
against the Ottoman empire WE'LL
alive to the intrigues of foreign con-
tlnental governments for selfish pur--
poses and also are firmly convinced
that the future of their country lies.
in the revival Of its former friend
ship with Great Britain. England's-
policies in recent years. it is true,-
have done much to embitter them
against her. But. with all that, there
is no foreign power for which they
entertain so profound a respect and
in whom they are ready to repose so
implicit degree of confidence as.
England.
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The remaining 80 or 40 per cent of
the Angora assembly are, for the
most part, illiterate and were elected
by the various towns and districts of
Asia Minor. Thus, the most pic
turesque of them all is the deputy for
Dersim. He is a Kurd. who speaks :
Turkish with great difficulty and no,
~ To-
Diab. He is over ninety years old.
is very tall. perfectly erect, with :
a long, white beard and large, pierc-
ing blue eyes. He wears no glasses,
! retains all his faculties, wears his,
Kurdish headdress and robes, and,
lives when at home. like most of his
constituents, almost exclusively on
the milk of his mountain goats and
on bread, a diet which seems condu-,
Give to longevity, since many of his
constituents are over 120 years OF.
age. Naturally his views and those
of his fellow-Kurdish deputies are
of the most limited and restricted de-
scription where foreign affairs are
concerned. The more enlightened
element, the former prisoners of state.
Guilty in endeavoring to convey to
these Kurd fellow-legislators OF
theirs-such as to old Diab-the ma:
ture of the situation by which the
Turkish delegates have been con-
fronted in the congress of Lausanne. .
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Another very remarkable figure Of!
the assembly, and one of it's ablest.
and most progressive men, is the
grand tchelebi," the hereditary chief
I of the Order OF Dancing Dervishes.:
In his long, brown cylinder felt head
| gear and his ecclesiastical robes he
presents a striking appearance and is.
revered by all present as being de-.
scended from a family considerably
older than that of Osman, to which
the present caliph, or non-temporal
sultan, belongs.
| The composition of the nationalist
assembly at Angora, thus so oddly
composed on the whole, offers pros
pect of peace rather than war, and
shows a disposition to lean rather
upon Great Britain than upon their
would-be allies at Moscow and at
Berlin.