The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
VOTE TO OPPOSE
 TlJRKISHCALIPH
Effect Of Turkish Legislation Earl Reaching And Causes
 Much Speculation

CONSTANTINOPLE, March B. By the Associated Press. )-The nat ional assembly at Angora today passed bill calling for the deposition of the .Caliph and the abolition of the Calip- hate.
 LONDON, March 3.-(By the Assoc lated Press. )-The sponsoring by the Turkish government of the bills calling for the abolition of the Caliphate and the suppression of religious instruction Tn Turkey, has been the cause of much speculation on the part of British offic- iais regarding what will be the effect of these drastic measures in India and other MOhammedan countries.
 The British have been unalterably op- posed to doing away with the caliphate because the spiritual Jurisdiction of the Caliph, nominally at least, over Great Britain's 7O,00O,00O Moslem subjects in India. With view to maintaining quietude among this vast multitude, the British government, it became known today, will let Turkey severely alone during the radical transitions which that country is experiencing.
 Severe Criticism Certain @ Judging from the past, however, ob- , servers here expressed the belief today that it would be too much to expect 2 that Great Britain will escape severe criticism for whatever happens to AL lah's earthly representative.
 The Indian agitators, among whom the Moslems, under the leadership of the Ali brothers, are most aggressively radical, will, it is thought by the ob- servers, seize upon every development in Turkey as an additional grievance against British rule in India.
 With former sultan Mohammed VI in exile and Abdul Medjid Effendi, the Caliph, deposed, a new religious head for the Moslem world, will, it is thought, be sought ultimately outside Turkey. The British government is said to be aware that King Hussein of Hedajz, who controls the sacred city Of Mecca, desires to set himself up as Caliph of all the Mussulmans; but in competent quarters 1t was said today that it is unlikely for political and other reasons that Hussein will be selected.
 Some persons favor the reinstatement of former Sultan Mohammed in power ; but it is said to be generally felt that his age and his feeble physical con- dition disqualify him.
 Mohamnned is living in retirement in Switzerland with a young son and a small remnant of his old harem. The Ameer of Afghanistan also has offered himself as a candidate for Caliph, but like Hussein, he is held for political reasons, to be ineligible.
 A problem for the Angora government is what to do with the Caliph's six huge palaces; his large private proper ty holdings, his 800 concubines, and his multiple wives. It is believed the wom- en members of the harem, like those attached to the household of the old Sultan, will be induced to return to Anatolia, marry farmers and become useful productive factors in the country. <, In American circles here there is much conjecture as to what effect the interdiction by Mustapha Renal Pasha, president of Turkey, on religious teach ing will have on the two American colleges and the scores of smaller for eign educational institutions in Turkey, many of which are religious in charac- ter.
 Students attending the American girls college in Constantinople are Turkish women and it is feared by some of the American observers that the Angora government may uCCempt IO nave re- ligion abolished from the curriculum even of the foreign educational insti- tutions. T
 Some Americans familiar with the situation, however, believe the American colleges are too valuable a source of revenue to the Turkish exchequer to warrant the .Angora government forbid ding them to teach religion. Another factor in promoting Turkish education and progress in general.