Evening star., 1927-10-29
Kemal's Marathon Address
Amuses FacetiOus Editors

Only dictator or a congressional
filibusterer, in the opinion Of facetious
minded American observers, could get
away with a 400, O,O00.word speech such
as Mustapha- Kemal Pasha inflicted
upon his Turkish Parliament at
Angora recently
Calling the performance IAN endur.
ance test for himself and the Turkish
people," the Des Moines Tribune.
Capital remarks that CLEARLY the
Turks have more sturdiness than
many have been inclined to believe.
However, somebody ought to tell
kemal about the two speeches made
at Gettysburg-one by Everett and
one by Lincoln, the long one forgotten,
the short one immortal" The New
Bedford Standard wonders where
kemal got his idea. and concludes
that if he got it from the United States
Senate me must have been misn.
formed as to the attention paid to
such senatorial oratory."
"kemal,' says the Buffalo Evening
News, may be, for all intents and
purposes, a dictator who can get the
Assembly at Angora to put through
any type of legislation he desires; he
may have the affection and esteem of
Der his notable services in the cause
Of Turkish freedom, but if he expects
the peasants of Anatolia to sit by
their loud speakers continuously while
he reads his voluminous manuscript,
he Is sadly mistaken. They might
suffer an hour of it, provided nothing
else was on the air. But eight days
of 1t, not by the beard of the prophetw
The Kalamazoo Gazette suggests
that 'since Kemal's chief purpose has
been to acquaint the ma sses with his
record and his program for the future.
one might think that a series Of pam.
phlets. written in popular style and
circulated in all corners Of the Turk
ish nation, might have accomplished
the end more effectively. Yet Kemal
is entitled to his own ideas of mass
education and inspiration. Even if
his lengthy address fails to achieve it's
purpose, it will at least be an inn
portant contribution to the postwar
records of Europe"
The view that ''Kemals speech is
venture that is not likely to be re-
peated elsewhere" is held by the
Christian Science Monitor, which is
convinced that 1.-The long speech gen.
orally has been consigned to the dis
card pro bono publico. But in Turkey
it is tolerated" the Monitor adds.
''The people have been taught to sub
NIT to authority. Kemal has strength
ened his grip upon the republic, and
his is, perhaps, the most autocratic
regime in Europe. His Parliament is
unique. It consists of one party. 1t
has no opposition. His rule is abso-
lutte, and the people submit to it ap-
parently without murmur."
The Indianapolis Star feels that the
only danger from this venture is the
reaction which might possibly set in
elsewhere. "Some veteran knights of
the filibuster." the Star fears, may
regard Kemal's feat as a challenge to
Americas oratorical durability. The
humble taxpayer, meanwhile, may
well contemplate with dismay the ef-
feet on the Congressional Record"
Seriously, the Louisville Courier
Journal recites the great changes that
have been wrought by the Turkish
leader, and argues: I'm modern times.
there has been no more complete revo-
luton. 1t may be only superficial.
The country and the people may not
be ready for 'WesterniZation,' but
President Kemal has record of per.
torrance that warrants his extended
oratorical effort"
The Providence journal observes
that "at any rate, the Anatolian sheep.
herders and farmers are taking their
history stranght from the man who
in recent years has made most of it.
y Even If the value of 100000.
word historical addresses may be ques-
toned Il. Ia doNhtfRlj # -thAs fActA - m