HE STRUTS IN TURKEY.
KEMAL PASHA HAS DICTATOR’S POWERS. COPIES MUSSOLINI AND DEFIES LAW. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. “ Sydney Sun ” Cable. (Received May 24, 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 23. A correspondent of the “ Daily News” who is visiting Turkey declares: “ Kemal Pasha’s dictatorship is due to the slogan, ‘ Turkey for the Turks,’ which is generally accepted throughout the country. lie is regarded as the defender against foreign aggression, and is
practically worshipped by hundreds making long pilgrimages for the purpose of presenting pathetically small gifts and obtaining Kemal's blessing. “ Kemal Pasha undoubtedly is a tyrant. He openly defies the conventions and personal virtues. He ignores Parliament, is an egotist as great as Mussolini, whom he imitates, but is partly inspired from Moscow, especially in the organisation of the Tribunal of Independence, which is run similarly to the Cheka, although the tribunal only destroys scores against the Cheka’s thousands. Nevertheless Kemal refused to visit Constantinople, fearing assassination.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17854, 24 May 1926, Page 8
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155HE STRUTS IN TURKEY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17854, 24 May 1926, Page 8
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