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Show MENAGEflFTURK 1 ! TOLD BY WOMAN 'Carnage Unparalleled in History His-tory Predicted by Leader of Rebel Movement ANGORA Asailic Turkey. Aug. 30 (Correspondence f vssociated Press.) CarnnK;' unparalleled In liistory will result if Hi allies refuse to allow Turkey lo become a stronK state, Islanding between Europe and Asia, ac-j ac-j cording to Mry Ilallde Kdib. a proml Dem woman member of Musiapha Ke ; mal Pasha'-' nationalist cabinet "Unless Turkey is permitted lo develop de-velop into a strong and peaceful state." she told the Associated Tress correspondent, "with enough western i terrltroy to make it a point of equilibrium equilib-rium between the two continents, the Struggle will last beyond our life time TERRIBLE PREDICTIONS "If In this struggle necessity unchains un-chains the power of Asia I expect bloodshed such as the world has ne r known. "The Greeks. I believe, will cleared out of Anatolia eventually. Just as Ihe French now BT0 beum ousted by a great rising of the Turkish Turk-ish population No matter how long the struggle lasts we cannot lose much more It Is the ultimate struggle of the Turkish people for their existence, exist-ence, j "This extraordinary movement of 'supreme eirort i? bringing out force 'and energy Anatolia formerly utilized 'to hold the empire together. Now it is being used for national existence i Ii Anatolia could be left alone, not ibjected to moral and material block J adea aud continual treacherous at- , k Bhe would be able to reconstruct herself Into a prosperous country. Th energ used In Anatolia for sell (le-fenr.e (le-fenr.e and the right to live is much, more terrible than the west realizes.1 She is being driven Into a corner by! enemies who will not give quarter. REACH TURNING POINT. "This Is the turning point In Turk-' ish history, when the form of her gov-, ernmenl and the future life and cul-. lure are being determined. In her re-J construction the leading elements In. Turkey nil are products of the west. 1 believe a democratic life, in all Its. phases, can b stabilized in Anatolia I more easily and more congenially than I lean bolsbevlsm, although I have not 6een bolshevism applied. ; It would be a great pity to force ;the Turkish nation to extremes that would compel her to ridnpt Asiatic ideals entirely in her organic life But that la what must happen, inevitably, If the allies continue their warfare in Anatolia." i Mrs. Halide Edib is minister of edu catiou in Mustaphu. Kernel's cabinet, and an author of note in Turkey. She u .i" ( . mill i.i n. 1 1 i . i ,j, Mt' In i!i ,.miI i ,. fled to Anatolia and Joined Kernel's government which has been fighting the allies and thv sultan's government In Constantinople nn |