TURKEY AND THE HOLY PLACES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 56, 6 November 1913, Page 4

TURKEY AND THE HOLY PLACES.

The British Government fully recognises the importance of the existence of Turkey as an independent Power, says the Viceroy of India, and in view of the religious interests of Mohammedans in India, the necessity for maintaining the status quo as regards the holy places in Arabia, and is still anxious to help the Turkish Government to introduce reforms and consolidate her position. There is no reason why Turkey, while pursuing a steady policy of reform, should not he the second great Mohammedan Power of the

| world. “He would add,” he goes on to say, “a word of friendly warning to the Moslem community in India not to forget that they form part of a great Empire, and not to give an unreasonable interpretation to the idea of Islamic solidarity. I would also urge them in the most friendly spirit to do all in their power to cultivate calmness of judgment, self-restraint, and breadth of view in their consideration of questions affecting the foreign policy of the Empire as a whole.”