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Show i , i TURKEY EXPERIENCES i LOVE FOR "REDS." MILITARY HEAD SAYS Bolshevism Contrary to Religious Relig-ious Training of Ottoman, Declares Pasha CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 1. Bolshevism Bol-shevism has no appeal to the Turks, being contrary to their religious training train-ing and their patriotic sentiment, says Muslapha Kernel Pasha, political and military leader of the Turkish nationalist nation-alist movement in Asia Minor. Recently Re-cently there have been reports that tho Bolsheviki have made inroads in Turkish Asia Minor and that Enver Pasha, minister of "war here- in 191-1, has sponsored a Bolshevik uprising in Turkestan. Muslapha Kemal denied his adherents adher-ents in the nationalist cause were in league with Enver Pasha or Talaat Pasha, former grand vizer, who is reported re-ported to have been converted to Bolshevism. Bol-shevism. Bolshevism might result, however, from a peace which makes the Turks a subject people, he asserted, assert-ed, but he added that such an alliance with the soviet power would be but temporary. Bloodshed would follow a peace settlement set-tlement which placed the Greeks in control of this city, he said, and the giving of Thrace to Greece would have the same result. |