Evening star., 1920-03-10
NEW TURK CABINET
DEEMED |MPOTENT
NatiM7aGsts in Chamber Real
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CONSTANvklNOPLE March 9.-Sali
Pasha. the nNaw grand vizier, has an
the formation Of a new cabinet. the
eighth since hle armistice. Diplo-
mats in this taty attach little i'm
portance to the changes made. con
sidering the cab S1et to be virtually
powerless to opp use the nationalist
group in the chara ber, which is d-
rected by Mustal0'a kemal from
Angora.
Only three new m.Anbers were ar-
pointed to the cabiI bet. they being
Djelal Eey. president of the council
of state: Zia Bey. milGster of COM
merce. and Omar Houlol use Bey. min
lister of pious foundation. The min
listers of finance and just Se were not
appointed. while Sail Pa.nla will be
minister of the navy. in addition to
grand vizier.
Selection of the personnel of the
ministry followed days of angling
between Mustapha kemars ma tional-
lst forces and the sultan. who was
under pressure from entente aepre-
sentatiVes. 1t was originally rapport
ed the natioralists would force four
young and aggressive members of
! their party holding seats in the ch : M
Der or deputies into the ministry. Nut
/ the plan failed. The cabinet. ho A.
ever. is decidedly more favorable 40
1.-the nationalists than the one that rev
signed on March g.
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LONDON. March 9.-With the Turk
ish situation still in tangled shape
1t was considered useless for the
peace conference to attempt to pro-
ceed to the completion of the peace
| treaty. and therefore the conferees
did not meet today. 1t is expected
that the conference will mark time
| on Turkey, at least until the allied
hiSh commi issioners in Constantinople
report on the memorandum forward
| ed by their governments Meanwhile
the conference will discuss phases Of
| the Hungarian treaty which are
deemed advisable.
| The memorandum to the commission
! ers at Constantinople instructs the
commissioners to take most firm at
titude with the new Turkish govern
ment. and at the same time REQUESTS
| information as to the best method of
procedure should a show of force
! or actual force, become necessary.
| Notwithstanding widespread reports
! that the allies intend to occupy Con-
Stantinople. that contingency has
| been considered only as an alterna-
| tive. Occupation. it is declared will
not come until all other efforts have
! failed. but occupation has been dis
| cussed in the conference even to the
| extent of working out some of the de-
! tails.
i The report that the allies intend to
| raise $4,000 troops in England for
| the near east has caused comment in
all quarters. This comment is gen.
| orally adverse. In view of these re-
| ports. which are considered to be
doing the situation harm from the
allied standpoint. some officials are
pressing the conference for a state
ment on its aims. just as was done
| recently regarding Russia
1t is pointed out. however. that this
! is virtually impossible now. as the
{ conference lacks a fully rounded out
| policy.
SO far as ascertanable the only
well defined point is that there should
| be no show of weakness If it be-
comes necessary to employ force. the
occupation of Constantinople would
be only part of the scheme. The con-
ference has fully considered the
necessity of protecting thousands in
Asia Minor should the Turk be reused
over the action taken by the allies.