El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-29
UnitedStates CannotAHordToMix
In Near Eastern Chaos; Settlement
SketchedAtSanRemoIs Impossible

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April o.
w One would not need to be a
cynic to point out with some en-
phasis that the association OF nations
which set out a year ago to abolish
war has now come down 70 a shairv
partnership devoting its attention to
restoring the sultan a mere glance
NJ the salient circustances in the
agreement Of san Reno with respect
OF the first matter IN hand. the
Turkish problem, discloses the extent
Of the fissure between the several
nations.
Turkey was considered first. with
Russia and Germany in the back
ground because there was the hope
that at least about the Osmauli az
fairs there might be substantial
agreement But the pious hope turns
out to be little more. The distrust
which has crept into the relations
the Turkish debate, quite as much as
the German.
Result Il Old Compromise.
The result is the old comprom Use.
Turkey is TO turn over to the allies
all the territories which thew cannot
now apportion among themselves or
the suffering races, but real action Is
TO be postponed to that time when
there may be harmony between the
British, French and italian repre-
sentatives. Even this transfer IS
only nominal. however. because the
territories in question are actually in
the possession Of Renal Pasha. who
represents Turkish Nationalisn.
Therefore. the fact in the Near
East. NJ coufrnEted with the po-
lite fiction OF Sun RemOs f. that
m army OF 3O0-000 men, with MI
the proper furnishings of fleets
and artillery Is essential TO cnrry
out the san Reno settlement and
this army is not fOrtheOminE-
Great Britain has occupied Con-
srautinople, this Is a solid fact Her
fleet and her land forces control
BSzantium and TO Malta, Gibraltar.
Egypt and Cyprus. there IS now added
the mastery Of the Bosporus and the
Dardanelies- This means that the
British viii dominate the eastern end
OF the Mediterranean and CONNER
cially. control the whole Near East.
The Creeks viii obtain the terri
tory between the Bulgarian border
and the approaches Of CONSTANT
nople Turkish Thraco. with the Bull
Earian foreshore between the Struma
and the Martha thrown In. This is
just. the Greek population Is ma
jority and the lands have been Hell
lenic since the very beginning Of his
tory. Moreover, although Turkish
troops now garrison Adrianople and
viii resist Greek annexation, Greece
can dispose OF these troops. who viii
be Isolated from Asiatic Turkey and
threatened in the rear by the Brit
ish in Coustantinople- Greece VIII
also obtain Smyrna, which Is hers by
every known right
French and Arabs Near War.
As TO France and italy. subject TO
the necessity OF fighting for them
they win obtain. respectively Cilicla
and syria for the French and Adalia
for the Italians. But already The
French are heavily engaged in Ctlicia
with the Turks and are on the edge
of hOstilities with the Arabs In Syria
Nor can the Italians expect permanent
occupation Of Adalia without pro-
lcnEed fighting.
The British. on their side viii con-
troll Constantinople on the north and
Nesopotamia and Palestine on the
south. but Emir Feisal. who was a
British invention during the war, has
become even more dangerous 70 the
British than 20 the French since the
Arabic nationalism, which he has
aroused is even more concerned with