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The third poem praises the French attitude after the settleraent of theCilicia question to the benefıt of the turkish national authority, by the endof 1921. It bears the seemingly neutral title of "France and the Turks ofAnatolia". In fact, the whole poem is a glorification of France for its retreatfrom the alliance against the nationalists in Anatolia.Hey France, may God reward you for your noble deed...You stood by the Turks supported byyour people, well known for his pride...You agreed to peace with the Turks as the Greekswere out of breath due to their defeatYou revived the age of Süleyman the Greatand Henry the Third who was fırm in opinion and decision...This is great America who possessestoday the best fınances and valuesIt was you who saved her unity...You went to Mexico to save and assist herand it vvas you who created Greece from nothing...You are the mother of the free men, you help themvvith svvord and pen in every battleYou called during the great Revolution for the freedom ofideas, religions, opinions and institutions...You brought dictators down from their throneswhen you decided that the peoples had the right to choose theirrulersGod blees you! If only your system vvas extendedto ali countries including Arabs and non-arabsMay you, France, continue to put yours in the Turks'hands to deter any predatorThus, you will please the vvhole nation of islam.. . 14From these excerpts, it appears clearly how the poet rejoyced at theTurco-French settlement. Praise is due to France, but to a certain France,that of the defense of civil and human rights, and that of the support offreedom cause. This poem was somewhat curious on the tongue of a Moroccanin the 1920s, when France vvas stili engaged in deadly encountersvvith Moroccan tribal resistance in many parts of the country. One vvay tolook at it is to grasp through it hovv, for al-Jazuli, jubilation at one Müslimland's victory may even make him overlook the hardship of the situationof his ovvn mother land. Solidarity vvould in this interpretation overshadovvnational feeling. In fact, closer attention to the themes treated byal-Jazuly may suggest a more relevant interpretation of this poem. It isclear that the poet cali upon the French rich heritage in civil rights and14. Ibid. pp. 10-12.646