Evening star., 1921-02-27

| ~ win those OF most interested
| countries. are endeavoring to
end warfare in the near east.
| But in possible agreements they face
! the specter of still further conflict.
Agreements. intangible as they may
! be at the moment. already have drawn
! forth threats of prolonged conflict by
! Greeks and Turks. who possibly are
| the two peoples Immediately most con-
| cerned by any attempt to overhaul
| the treaty of Sevres, which. like the
! treaty of Versailles. is found more and
| more difficult to reconcile with the
! march of current events. the latter pre-
cluding the carrying out of it's terms
| in detail.
| There is but one conclusion after a
weeks negotiations in London. The
i treaty of Sevres will not stand as it
F: Is In order to find suitable settlements.
/ the allied supreme council again will
have to go outside the treaties drafted
/ following the close of the world war
! and again they will have to ignore the
| league OF nations
More and more European diplomacy
is following centurieS-old paths. More
and more eXpediency is becoming the
ruling motive in after-the-war read
juStment IL the present trend con-
tlnueS, not a treaty drawn subsequent
to world hostilities. will be perpe;ua ted
as signed. All will have been Supplant-
ed by agreements between govern
ments-pactss spredicated on the march
OF events and more in line with actual
necessity in readjustment processes.
Grave Danger for NATIONS.
The negotiations in London in which
the near east problems have been
threshed out have been filled with
gravcst danger for all concerned The
Turkish nationalist delegation, repre-
Sen;ing Mdstapha kemaI. and headed
by Bekir Semi Bey, has stated EN-
phaticaily that the nationalists viii
De content with nothing short of
recognition of Turkish sovereignty
over regions eponderantly Turkish
IN character. He promises TO protec,
the rights Of nationals of minor popu-
lations in return for like guarantee
; IN territories where the Turks form
the smallest portion of the population
| He naturally demands the return OF
Ihrace and Smyrna. but recognizes
the right OF others in Arab countries
where the Turks are in a minority
Tewfk Pasha's delegation, represent
ing the suitans government in Con-
stantinople. is in accord with the ma
| tionalists in that he. too, demands
! that Turkey be privileged To preside
over the destinies of the Dardaneies
under guaranty that this important
! all times.
| Apparently the Turks have been
divided politically, but in international
| relationships and demands there is
| be preserved
! And this is the very thing the allies
| are not in agreement with. 1t was
agreed in Paris that Turkey should be
kicked out of Europe, and that Tur-
keys hands should be forever bound
and the iniquitous acts of the Mos
| lem forever curbed from an interna-
tional standpoint. The allies set
about to remove the Turkish stencil
from the nostrils of the world and
though their intentions were the best
in drafting the treaty of Sevres. i:
nevertheless remains a fact that there
has been fighting ever since the treaty
was signed, and there is destined to
be more.
Great Britain's Fears.
Great Britain, fearful of the en-
croachments of the Turks on as
signed mandatorial territories, natu-
rally has been firm for the preserva-
tion Of the Sevres treaty. France
and Italy are for notifications. France
would treat with the Kemelists and
even compromise the Cicilician and
Syrian territorial questions with the
Kemalists if she be permitted to re-
| move great portion Of the $4,000
troops she has been forced to engage
there to sustain French prestige.
This near eastern mandate is not as
attractive as it first seemed. Italy's
mandatorial interests are nil. but
nevertheless the Italians are far
seeing and insist that if the Sevres
treaty stands Turkey and Greece will
engage in prolonged war. with COM
plicarions which will eventually in
volve the allies if efforts are main
tanned to sustain the treaty.
The Turks insist that the Greeks
will be driven into the seas if the
treaty is not revised. The Greeks. on
the other hand, insist that with proper
allied financial aid the Greeks are in
position to pacify Turkey. defeat the
kemalists and maintain the treaty
OF Sevres. These claims are secuted
by the allies. who not only doubt
Greece's military ability. but are
loath to lend Greece material aid of
whatsoever character, particularly
since Greece betrayed the allied in
terests and returned Constantine to