The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1923. THE ANGORA CABINET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3, 2 May 1923, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1923. THE ANGORA CABINET.

Unlike the European Cabinets to which we are accustomed, the Cabinet of the Grand National Assembly at Angora is composed of a very young element. Probably the oldest member of the Cabinet is only 42. Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the President, has always had faith in "youth." Fetby Bey, the Pasha's right-hand man, also believes in youth. He himself was a Minister when only .12. The Prime Minister and his Cabinet are quite independent of one another—l.e.. the Prime Minister can fall aQ d the Cabinet remain. Also, after closer examination, one sees these Ministers are often deprived of both the initiative and responsibility we are accustomed to give to our Ministers. They might better be classed as "heads o'f departments." Most of the men who form the Cabjnet caq. be des-*

crlbed as vary able men. Although the Ministers do not form a Cabinet, as we understand the word, they meet to discuss the most important questions to be brought forward at the National Assembly. At these meetings the President of the Assembly, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, even though he does not form part of the Cabinet, may preside—it is his privilege. As a rule, however, It is Raouf Bey, the Prime Minister, who presides. These Ministers, also, are not chosen by their President nor by the Prime Minister, but elected by the Assembly. Raouf Bey is a man of about 40. Formerly a naval officer, he distinguished himself in all the Turkish wars of this last quarter of a century. He speaks English without even an accent, and', strangely for a Turk, no French. As Marine Minister in Izzet Pasha's Cabinet, it fell to his lot to go to Mudros, accompanied by General Townsend, then prisoner of war with the Turks at Constantinople, and sign with Admiral Calthorp, the armistice which closed hostilities between the Turks and the Allies. Elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in Constantinople, he did not hesitate to show himself a firm supporter of Mustapha Kemal Pasha In Anatolia, and for this reason was one of the first rnested by the English and sent to Malta. He wa s first elected Vice-President of the Grand National Assembly, and in July last Prime ! Minister. Raouf Bey was formerly a warm admirer of England: '"Whether in the future we are the friends we wers depends entirely on England," he said "We can do no business with England until peace is signed; but in Turkey, where everything is to be done, there will naturally be a great field of competition, and England, if she cares to compete, will take her place with the other Powers."