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...Atatürk Kicks...
...this was because the Turkish Dictator, hard-drinking but soberly-masterful Mustafa Kamâl Atatürk ("Father of the Turks"), is now kicking strenuously against the announced intention of France to grant a form of independence to Syria which is a French mandate. Turkey was furious after the World War when the Turkish city of Antioch and its sanjak...
Dictator Kamâl Atatürk last week rushed with Turkish troops to the Syrian frontier and presumably his bravoes staged the riot in Antioch. Immediately afterward the tense atmosphere suddenly, mysteriously cleared. The Dictator returned to Istanbul and his Foreign Office announced that it was dickering amicably with French Premier Léon Blum...
Turkey asks that, when so-called independence is given to Syria (which will actually remain under French influence) separate so-called independence be also given to Alexandretta. With this status "independent Alexandretta" would actually be under Dictator Kamâl Atatürk's thumb, and he wants a leased right-of-way for Turkish produce to the city of Alexandretta. vital Syrian port...
...Simpson merrily boarded a special salon railway car at Aberdeen and set out for London, it being announced by the Sunday Referee that the wild strains of Hungarian gypsy music will soon be heard in Buckingham Palace. King Edward, in addition to inviting Turkish Dictator Mustafa Kamâl Atatürk to visit him in London, has also, according to the Referee, invited Koez Antal, "Hungary's Most Famous Gypsy Bandmaster,'' to give a concert for His Majesty's dinner guests at Buckingham Palace. That Mrs. Simpson was traveling with the King was officially announced...