New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
AFGHAN UPRISING
 FRIGH7ENS RENAL
Fate of Amanullah Leads to Slackening of Turkish Reforms

Angora, Turkey. April 10 R - cord that broke up the program of Amanullah of Afghanistan. has put the soft pedal on Turkeys hitherto riotous rhapsody of reform. The lull probably will be only temporary, all though it may be prolonged.
 One of the most recent pianissimo effects came in the mosques. Before Amanullah was dethroned in Afghanistan, the Ghazi ordered that the sacred writings which hang in the Moslem places of worship, and bear in the old Arabic script the names of the Prophet and the Caliphs with verses from the Koran. should be replaced with inscriptions in the new Latin alphabet.
 There was murmuring among the die hard orthodox but the order was about to be executed when, close on the heels of Amanulah's downfall. the decree was reached. So the old alphabet of the Koran. taboo every where else in Turkey. still holds good in the Mosques
 But reforms are still matching in the restless brain of the president of the Turkish republic. Once the nationlhas had time to swallow and digest the revolutionary changes that have been crowded into it's mouth, his powerful determination will prescribe the hardest dose Of all-the reform of fundamentals in the national religion,
 This reform will go so far as to delete from the Moslem faith such tenets as those of blind submission to a blind fate, of contentment with little or nothing, and Of patience carried to the point of stagnation. It will go even farther in introducing those principles of Christianity which are believed to have been lnstru- mental in developing the vitality and driving power of the occident.
 Just how this tremendous tamper- ing with an ancient creed Is to be effected, and this giants dream Of stirring the sluggish faculties of a whole people into new life through a new faith is to be realized. are things unrevealed. But the important known point is that the GhaZis masterful mind is working the problem out. The entire faculty of the Stamboul Divinity school has been called for sudden consultation to Angora. which means that porten- tous things are under way.
 A definue but premature revela- ton Of the impending upheaval of ancient Moslem ritual and belief. was made last summer when the Constantinople press got hold of the report which comission of the di- vinity professors of Stamboul had just completed for kemal's consid- eration. There was nasty denial of the validity of the published report but inner circles are confident it will serve as basis for kemars next great undertaking.
 The report advised two lines of action---the giving of a new direction to Moslem belief as de ,cribed above, and the moderning, even frankly the Christianizing, of traditional Mos lem ritual. This will mean the intro- duction of pews and Instrumental music in the mosques. the scrapping of prayer rugs, and the training of worshippers to keep on their shoes and take off their hats.
 These reforms have not yet been executed due to Turkeys present policy of watching storm- tossed Af- ghanistan, but rug merchants are so sure that they will be put into ef- feet later that they have already begun to curtail the production of prayer rugs.