Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-30
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| (GOnT1nuc0 FROM rage OnS.)
| ist government at Mustapha Renal agreed
| to evacuate SILICA and syria, where they
| have been the traditional protectors
Christianity since the crusades, they
pleaded passionately with the United
States to intervene against nationwide
new butchery OF Armenians
The arrival of American naval forces
| within the area now in controversy be-
tween France and Great Britain may
we'll prove to De the thin edge of the
wedge for wider American interest in the
conflict. 1t is considered inevitable the
| squabble sooner or later will intrude it
self upon the attention Of the Washing
ton conference. The Curzon episode has
strained relations between the British
and French here to n marked degree, al
| though externally concealed. Mr.. Lloyd
| George will find a situation worthy Of all
his Wanted genius for compromise IT,
and when, he reaches Washington.
It Is possible to detail the true in
wardness Of the Anglo French tension
over the Turkish treaty. Far more than
British foreign office pique over the
march which Lord Curzon accused the
French ally Of stealing" lies behind his
protest and attack A look at the map
Of Asia Minor tells the story of why the
, British are resentful and fearful Of what
has happened.
The Angora agreement gives the French
control of an important section Of the
famed Bagdad Railway, which, In GeF-
man hands, was an enduring menace to
| Britain's land route to India. The treaty
/ also specifically assigns to the Turks,
1 LISTING for revenge on the British for the
latters support of the Greeks in the
still pending war between Turkey and
| Greece, the right to transport troops
over the Bagdad line. Adjacent to the
French section of the railway lies Meso-
potamia. A Turkish military assault on
/ the great slice Of Turkey "mandated" TO
the British therefore becomes a physical
possibility through what amounts to
/ French connivance.
! There is another angle to the situation
of direct and momentous Importance TO
! Great Britain. Her support Of the Chris
tian Greeks against the Mohammedan
Turks has aroused serious unrest
throughout the Middle East and in In
dla. His hlghness, the Aga Khan, rec
ognized head OF the Mohammedans In
India. in a statement issued in London
on Nov. II, stated In the frankest pos
sibIe manner that British diplomacy, in
backing t-Mohammedans in the Near
Eastern conflict. dangerously has under
mined British supremacy in the Moslem
world. While that situation was crystal
llziug, moreover Christian France was
extending the hand Of friendship to ma
tlonalist Turkey negotiating for the
withdrawal of French troops from Turk
ish territory and otherwise concluding
a treaty Of friendship, commerce and
amity with the Moslem regime sworn to
vengeance on Great Britain. Under the
Allied Turkish peace treaty OF Seyres,
he rich Turkish provinces Of Syria and
Cilicia were inundated" to France. which
proceeded to garrison the territory.
Gradually the French army Of occupa-
tion was increased to $4,000 largely be-
cause Of the war which eusued between
Greece and Turkey over the enforcement
Of the treaty OF Sevres. Greece, under
mandate from the allies, undertook by
n military expedition to execute the ter
ritoral clauses Of the treaty. including
the assignment to herself Of smyrna
ThrGce and the Eastern Islands Of the
Mediterranean, formerly Turkish prop
erty.
In the hostllities which have ragged this
year between the Greek and Turkish ma
tionalists armies British sympathes-