Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-13
TURKEY Gets
FLYING START
in NEW YEAR
Country Entering Era
OF Kemal; Leader
Firmly at Head Of
Limited Republic
By PRISCILLA RING
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent.D

AKCORA. Turkey. Jan. Nj
In the Turkey Of Nemal tho bells o.
1929 echo the annual refrain "r.ng
out the old. ring in the new but
this year there Is a touch OF swan
cong in the sumo.
Kems! knows and the bells know
THAT soon there will DC nothing cid
left to ring o0t or this cne-time
quaint and antique land which the
iron fists Of the Ghazi have secured
into such dazzling Next
year the bells may chime ring out
tho new. ring in the old
over Turkeys 1929 there hangs
no imminent cloud II political dis
r~cnsion and there breaks no dawn
cf political liberty. The political
opposition has been thoroughly rung
out OF the "iimited-repubIic'S' one
man party one-party government.
kemai's emily remaining formidable
foe is himself. How long his iron
constitution can stand the strain Of
the hard living Is an important fac
tor.
Outside the economic field, varied
and spectacular, u Is rumored, are
| the coming events If 1929 an Turkey.
The Char has more reforms to
launch. This year. for sure, he IS
| going to scrap the traditional Mos
lem Sabbath OF Friday and order his
Turks TO pray and rest, II pray and
sest they must, on the cccidcnta
Sunday. This year, too. he Is going
TO CLristisnizc traditional Moslem
ritual, scrap prayer rugs and I'LL the
spacious emptiness OF Turkeys NOS
ques with pcws, and order the wor-
shippers OF Allah TO keep their shoes
on.
II j. ayeFrcd BY many officials here
in the capital that this year he is
going TO put through Legislation Civ
ing women the vote and the hat. The
women are as soiioly behind Renal
a. the army. and II Is reported that
the time has come when he would
like to Sc women not only voting,
but holding seats IN parliament. lie
has laid magnificent foundations; he
has shot off countless ~skyrockets or
spectacular reforms, but for his ere
alton to become the rock of Gibral-
tar that he dreams. u remains for
him TO do q lot Of solid economic
~eeinenting.
Economic development will be
the main concern Of the government
during the coming year. promises
Prime Minister Ismet Pasha. The
main points In the program he out
lines are en- upward revision 90 the
tariff which by terms Of the treaty
Of Lausanne expires IN August, 1929;
the new tariff 20 he heavily protcc-
ZIONIST in the hope that Turkish
industries will IniracuiOuSly come to
birth; the st~ahilization Of the cur
rcncy and the creation Of a state
bank; and a cure FOR the high cost
Of living"
Indications that the reformcr III
tired OF waiting for the w~omen-folE
TO switch from the veil to the hat
of their y accord ~ given bv his
recent order 10 al Turkey school
marms 70 turn np a. school in hats
or not ~ ali. This executive order
pressges a blanket law surpressiug
the veil as ~prremPt0riiy as was sup
pressed the feE.
Marriage Is scheduled as another
number in the 1929 show. Not the
Ghazi's own-his intimatcs declare
that he will rcwarry-hut mar
rage for Turkey at large. IT, cure
the nations serious state OF depopu.
1ation. kcmal wishes Is sec every
body but himself married. A celibatc
lax Is TO be levied. runs the rumor.
on spinstrs as well a. bachelors. The
total number Of women concerned IN
Rll of Turkey u not known. but Ia
Con5tsntincpie some so.0o0 unhe-
trothed msidens and 10000 widows
widows will also be liable 20 the
tsx a year after their -bereavement)
are hewsiling a leap year that pass
ed too soon.
But the most spectacular event Of
the coming year. by all odds. will
Re the rounding-up cf tho whole
population Of IL million persons in
&c great ABC campaign. Ry June
f8rst every man. woman and child.
including the IL i-2 million who arc
II present blissfully ignorant ar any
kBC'S. new or old. must be able to
produce a certificate signed Us a
government examiner tostifying to
his aeguaintanccship with all the
Pew symbols from a % z. What fate
Fttends the largards and the morons.
whether IN shall 10 fine. impris0n-
|nent or exile. Jane NIL tell.