Evening star., 1925-08-25

Americans can only speculate on
the probable effect upon the feminist
movement of Mustapha kemafs de-
cree divorcing his wife, LATHE Han
oum. but there is rather general agree
ment as to the cause. The Turkish
President most observers believe,
simply got tired of a bossy wife.
"One boss is enough, and Mustapha
is to be that one" is the theory of
the Hartford Times as to the cause.
The Times remarks that "Latife Han
oum, emancipator of Moslem woman
hood, is herself free; faithful. fair
and full of charm is she, but, by Allah.
masterful. Romance was discarded for
the newer cult Of rationalism, and
Turkish women were to find the mod
ern ideal made manifest in kemals
household. And now it is all over.
Kemal objects to the spouse master
full"
"a symbol of the new woman in
the East" and as such IAN interna-
tional figure" is the place accorded
to LATHE Hanoum by the Western
press. according to the New York
World. which suggests that I'VE know
SO little Of Turkish women, we think
so easily of Turkish life in terms OF
our own motion picture idiom, with
it's traditional harem scene, that when
we are told there is one modern Wom-
an in all Turkey, and only one. we
are willing to believe it," The World
adds, however, that there is a move
ment under way toward new orien-
tation of society in Turkey which is
more than the work of any single
woman"
why make a mystery of the Mus
tapha KemalS?" asks the Decatur
Herald, with the further comment:
Probably they were incompatible. 1t
Is even probable that Mustapha got
tired of a wife who addressed conven-
tions on 'Womans New Sphere and
that he preferred a girl that would
give him a lot of mothering line of
baby, talk when he came home with
q headache after a hard day in the
Office A distinct advance in meth
cd" is pointed out by the New Haven
Register, which recalls that Turkish
rulers used to throw their wives out
into the Bosphorus done up in gunny
sacks" The new method, neverthe-
less, leaves much to be decried, in the
opinion of the New Orleans Item,
which asserts that EFF every man could
divorce his wife thus easily, the sta
tistics would be appalling while the
Providence Bulletin thinks it aston
lS0lUR lUdl d tlidiI Suouid nave ShS
power to decree his own divorce in a
country that has adopted a republic
an form of government"
But "Kemars divorced wife is not
cast down. remarks the Raleigh
News and Observer, which quotes her
as saying: Like Josephine, l am
only too happy if our parting will
work toward his success and happi.
ness" Yet the Springfield Union
suggests: "If the case follows quite
closely that of Napoleon, it may
mean a difficult future and a fatal
outcome for Kenal. Napoleon had
his best days before he put away
Josephine" The Omaha World-Her-
aid also comments: From all one
hears about LATHE Hanoum, kemal
would have done better to keep her
and be proud OF her.
"The trouble with LATHE Hanoum.
the Aberdeen World believes, "ap-
pears to have been that she carried
things with too high hand. She
did not understand moderation"
ut is not so much a rebuff to the
feminist movement in Turkey as ii
is the masculine desire of one hus-
band to rule his own household, him
self and his country" the Albany
News states, while, on the other hand,
the Lincoln Star DECLARES: History
- rich with the stories Of great men