Evening star., 1920-01-18
EUROPE FACES MOSLEM
INVASION LED BY REDS
Only'Powers Prompt ActiorI Which May
Lead to Bitter War, VIII Forestall
Plans of Lenin and 1Trotsky.

ing cfn no longer be condoned. much
as che o-bolshevik elements OF
Britain may resist any interference
in Russia.
League OF Nations May Act.
As tie vital problem affects the
whole of Europe, it is not unlikely
that fine whole problem will come be-
fore. the newly formed council of the
league of nations at once. This
tho,ry is predicated upon the as
sumption that the settlement of Tur-
~ VS. future and the carrying out OF
roposed plans bear directly upon the
success o. the anti-European moves
in the Islamic world.
If final settlements favorable to
Islam are made in the adjudi cation
of Turkish affairs. many of the
weapons now in the hands of the boil
the growing sentiment OF sedition ana
revo throughout the British con-
trolled regions of the Isiamic world
have held up definite settlements ana
that the distribution of so-called man
dates in Syria and Smyrna can out
add further fuel to the lslamic
flames now is generally agreed. Pres
ent settlements in light of the situa-
ton may be either modified or Europe
compelled TO show force to sustain them.
How far the Turkish settlement. al
fects any final agreement and the Iu-
hammeuan worlds may be gained
through the memorial OF Indian Mo-
hammedans which but recently was
dispatched to Premier Lloyd George.
This expresses ideas which have been
empha asiZed and supported by prscti-
cally the entirety Of the Hindu popu-
lation 1t reveals causes which nave
underlain the ferment. 1t says;
The belief prevails that in, the vio-
lation of the pledge which secured the
adhesion of the 1slamic peoples to the
allies in the world war it4 is pro-
posed to sever provinces and{dfstric,s
preponderantly Inhabited by the
Turkish people:
That lit is intended to impose the
suzerainty (by whatever name it may
be calIed) over the Turkish sovereign.
which would fundamentally. affect his
status and prestige as the Religious
and spiritual head of the largest por-
tion of the Islamic world;
That it is designed to raain the
protectorate of the sacred ,cities of
islam in non-Moslem hands. which
would be in direct conflict with the
religious laws of the Moslems.'
Violated Moslem Principles.
There is no question but that in the
perpetuation Of so-called mandate
ries regardless of most favorable
regula tions and concessions. the al
lies. in their distribution, of Turkish
territories have violated these Mos
lem principles. but it has been with
the excuse that the allies are the
worlds masters. and as a consequence
better able to dictate factors in its
destinies. Therefore, the powers of
Turkey. an eyesore to the world for
centuries. should be curtailed once
and forever, and that this is the time
to remove Turkey from among the
potential enemies of civilizations ad-
vance. But this very theory. so tena-
ciously marking deliberations and de-
cisions in Paris. seems to have given
the bolshevists their opportunity. and,
that opportunity, owing to the pres!
ent critical state of things in Asia
has not been lost.
Can the allies hope to retrieve their
lost opportunities?
Decisions in Paris during the course
of the next few weeks alone will rde-
eide.
And in the meantime. while delib-
erations go on, Europe is in danger.