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Show ASSEMBLY AT ANGORA OUSTS TURK SULTAN: i Ottoman Empire Replaced By National State, Papers Announce LONDON. Nov. 3. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) A report that the Turkish Nationalist assembly at An-pora An-pora hns passed Q law suppr, slut; the hultanato of Tirky and the law of ui ceesslon to the throne, is contained in n dispatch to the exchange com-pnny com-pnny from Its '"onstantinople corre-, Bpondent, who quotes dispatches from AnRora. Such action by the national assembly as-sembly would mean, of course, that the sultan Is deposed. In the future. aceordlnR f t b dhii-ateh" s, tlv n : oetMfih In Tori'" "WtHI ne bdfi i I) . ttlngfed ti)i' ii' ;oVsrnnvnt prerogative, preroga-tive, all pocT n.'inf In t i hands of the national assembly. . : i l BR VI l N WELD. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 3. (By the Associated 'less. -Thc Angora ii.vfemhly Thursday nljrlit derided unanimously that It Is Invested with SOV reign rights and that the Turkish nationalist government Is the keystone key-stone of the caliphate and today tho newspapers carry these headlines: "Ottoman Kmpire Collapsed. In its plaee there has arisen n-w national' Turkish state Sultan abolished." This was announced l a salute of 101 guns. Immediately the soldiers and civilians began to celebrate to the blare of military l ands and the bright flares of torch bearers. Two resolutions were unanimously adopted by the assembly. The rirt, said that by virtue of organic statute and representation, sovereign rights had been vested In an Inalienable and Indivisible manner in tlv Angora assembly as-sembly which was tbe only emanation; of the nation. Th. second resolution I declared the rallphate w as vested In Ihe Imperlnl family of the i smnn d nasty, but that the Turkish government gov-ernment remains the keystone of (he caliphate, The selection of the caliphate Is to bi made by the grand national assembly as-sembly of Turkey which will choose that member of the Imperial family who is the best instructed, the best educated, lh most honest and wisest After these resolutions had been uhnrrtflioUaly accepted amid applause, Premier Heouf Hey ascended the trl-buno trl-buno and proposed the proclamation. "f a national holiday on the annlver j :.ary of reaching this decision. The decision of the Angora as-sembly as-sembly was made known In the following fol-lowing terms: M CISION PUBL1 SHED. "Tho palace of the sublime ports, having through corrupt Ignorance for several eonturlra dtOVbked numerous Ills for the country has passed Into i the domain f hlMory. Recently tlx' Turkish nation the real mistress ,,f Its destinies the founder of the into-man into-man empire, resulted against its foreign for-eign enemies In Anatolia and und Sr- took a struggle agalnsl the palace of the sublime porte, which took sides with Its enemies and against thoj nation, and to that end It constituted the Brand national assembly of Turkey Its government and its army threw Itself into the struggle ugainst the enemies from without and against the ! palnee of the sublime porte. "Today the era of liberation has at j last been entered Into. The Turkish nation In view of the treason in ttu , palaee of the sublime porte bos pro-; Claimed Its own organic statute SUITAN LOSES POWER, "Article I of its statute .stipulates that the sovereignty of the sultan is assumed by the nation "By article Jl executive and legis-1 lative powers are conferred upon th: 1 nation. "Article VII invests the body of1 the nation with sovereign rights such, as the right to declare war and conclude con-clude peace (There were formerly prerogaUvea of the sultan.) "filncs then the Ottoman empire has collapsed and in its place the new iw-. tional Turkish state 3 caiu-d Into being. be-ing. "Likewise since the abolition of tho sultanate the grand national as-i sembly of Turkey has taken its place. lhnt Is to say, the government of Constantinople, Con-stantinople, Its existence being no I longer supported by any national force, has ceased to exist und no longer constitutes a vital organism. The true mass of the people of tho nation have Instituted an administrative adminis-trative governm -nt of the people, de-f de-f ending the rights of 'he true mass (Continued on Page Tv.u) i - I i I I .' ' . sUH 1 . I TURK SULTAN LOSES THRONE (Continued froir Page One) of tho people and the peasants, guaranteeing guar-anteeing their welfare" i n' biaii-nn n. amis: "The Constantinople government, iiavmg made common cause with tht'i enemy astounds us by speaking of the; rights of the sultan and dynastic rights. Th dispatch from Tcwflk I'ash (tho grand vlrler of the Con-BtahtlnoplQ Con-BtahtlnoplQ government) 1h a fantastic, t . " I I document, ouc h ius is rarely met with In history. "Tho assembly then proclaimed the two resolutions dealing with the vesting vest-ing of the nation's sovereign rights and tho callphnte " nUQATUSS CVXCFXJjKD. AN'GORA, Nov. 3. By the Associated Asso-ciated Press ) The Turkish Nationalist National-ist government at Angora has announced an-nounced that it considers null and void all treaties and conventions concluded con-cluded since March 1G, 1920, by the Constantinople administration. or |