New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Turks to Profit
By Revision of
Sevres Treaty
(centlnusd from page one,


Lord Miner, advocating the indepen-
dence Of that country That the Mil
ner who was responsible for British
policy in South Africa after the Boer
War should make such a recommends
tion is proof that he is convinced that
the government must take this step
or shoulder dangerous burden.
Having published the report, the
British government must accept this
recommendation of one of its fore
most statesmen or fight under
ment in gypt, as we'll as that in
India. 1t is uncertain whether the
Cabinet will accept the report. In fact,
Miners resignation from the Colonial
office is reported to have been due to
hostility between him and his col
leagues.
If Lloyd George does agree to grant
Egyptian independence, British policy
in the Near East must undergo COM
plete change. The report was not de-
layed until the eve of the Turkish con-
ference without some reason. 1t must
have bearing on Emir Feisal's Syrian
movement and or the Gandhi agita-
ton. Great Britain will fight at the
conference for more than q settlement
Of the Turkish problem. 1t will be con-
tending to regain her prestige In the
Middle East.
The conference between the Allied
leaders and the Germans in London the
following week holds greater interest
to the majority of the earth's peoples,
but to British statesmen the Turkish
conference is Of equal Importance.
LONDON, Feb. &c (By The Asso-
ciated Preos) A difference in opinion
prevails among the British the Ital-
lans and the French as the best means
for ending the war in Anatolia. The
salient question is whether there shall
be modification Of the Treaty of
Sevres or insistence on the fulfllment
of that pact. The Greeks assure the
powers that if their request for en-
forcement of the Sevres Treaty is
granted and sufficient money is pro-
vlded, they are prepared and will be
able to carry out their part of the
treety, including q campaign against
the Turkish Nationalists. The chief
o. STAFF of the Greek army on the
Smyrna front has come to London with
a delegation provided with facts and
hgures to show that this is possible
The French have all but decided to
withdraw from Cilicia, but to retain
the mandate for Syria, which is partly
racified, according to General Gourand.
commander of the French army in the
Near East. The situation in Cilicia
promises prolonged trouble. General
Gourand, who came to London with
the French mission, considers that
France could not withdraw from
Cilicia without loss of prestige, having
won victory at Aintab.
France has $4,000 men in Turkey, but
If the war is to be continued there
another 10000 men probably would be
desire to spend any more lives on Turk
ish mandates and prefers to reach an
agreement with the Nationalists.
A dispatch to the Times from Rome
says that before departing for London
Saturday night with the Angora dele
cation, Bekir Sami Bey said he had been
invited by the British government
through the Italian government to at
tend the Near East conference. AL
though the Turkish Nationalists will
go to London on equality with the Con-
stantinople delegation, says the dis
patch, it cannot be said that they will
go in a conciliatory spirit.
1t is the impression that Premier
Lloyd George of Great Britain will ask
M. BRAND to yield In some respects on
the Turkish treaty in return for stead
fast British support with regard to
German reporations at the conferences
next week.
German reparations will not be con-
sidered formally until the Near East
ern questions are settled, but repara-
tions dominate the thought of the
French delegation, and this fact prob
ably will have an important influence
on the decision of the conference re-
specting the Turkish arrangements.
Although M. BRAND does not regard
the IL per cent tax upon the value of
German goods sent abroad as an ex-
port duty, because it may be paid from
internal or any other revenue, yet in
view of American criticism that clause
may be modified if another suitable
standard to meet Germanys expanding
prosperity can be found. Exports,
within NJ. Brands definition of the
word, were selected simply as variable
national earnings.