Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-01-13 | Page 26 | Balkan Moslems Solidly Against Westernization

J Moslems I Solidly Against Westernization ReFuse to Adopt Changes Sponsored in Turkey by Mustapha Kemal SOFIA Jan 12 AP of Greece Macedonia Bulgaria and have formed a solid soUd bulwark bulwark bul- bul wark against the tide of westernization westernization which Is moving towards the Balkans They refuse in all these countrIes to adopt the customs and practices tices of the Christian ChrIsti n races Neither I BUlgaria nor Greece has ever attempted to rob the Turks of their religion or of the tho prerogatives prerogatives tives they enjoy as members of an alien race Proposals by the tho Angora ora govern govern- meat to BulgarIa for a mutual exchange ex- ex change of populations have east cast gloom over Bulgaria's Moslem Mos Mos- lent lem POPulation Before the Sofia government had time to consider the matter there thero came protests from all Moslems against their transference transference trans trans- ference to their mother country where the fez and the Yell veil no longer reign supreme and where religion has been knocked from Its former high estate A commission of members me of the Angora parliament was recently in Bulgaria and was allowed to visit Deli Meldan Me-Idan and other centers with large Moslem populations The commission met with a hostile reception reception re- re because the Turks of Bulgaria Bulgaria Bul- Bul garia have openly condemned tI the e reforms to which Mustapha 1 Kemal Pasha Paha lies has set his hand to make the Turk the tho equal oJ of westerners