Evening star., 1921-08-14

intervene In the conflict with assistance Of any
kind. either by the supplying Of troops. or Of
arms, or Of credit But this decision does not
affect the liberty Of private trade under exist
ing International law"
while reserving the possibility Of Offer
ing their meditation, the allied governments
consider the hour has not arrived when an
operation of this kind can yield any results"
1t is distressing not to find any obituary
reference to the treaty Of sevres in the above.
The first resolution merely reaffrms the neu-
trality Of the allies in the Greeco-Turkish war
and calls attention to a we'll known point of
international law. The second resolution states
the obvious. It would appear that the supreme
council made q graceful detour about the Turk
ish question.
Marshal Foch questioned about the military
situation, told the council that the number of
Greek and Turkish troops are about equal:
that the Greeks are in better plight because Of
their recent victories: that further advance of
the Greeks would dangerously lengthen their
lines Of communication; that further opera
tions would soon be made difficult by the
weather.
** X
THE SUPREME coUNCIL-The supreme
council having naively disposed Of the Upper
slesian problem. and having innocuously
solved concerning the Turkish problem. with
Lord Curzon substituting for Lloyd George
(the latter departed for London) proceeded on
Friday to other business.
The French and Belgian members declared
the Leipzig trials a traversity> 1t
resolved to turn that delicate question over to
a committee Of jurists for examination
The council listened to Marshal Foch's re-
port German disarmament. which declared
Germany still in default Zone should like to
have particularly. 1t was therefore voted that
the allied commission Of control should con-
tinue on the job.
The final session, on Saturday, was to be
given over to consideration of he March "pen.
alties," occupation Of Dusseldorf. Duisburg and
Ruhrort. and the Rhine customs barriers.
Apparently the important report of M.
Loucheur and DIR. Rathenau proposing methods
sidered; nor the grievances of Albania: nor the
Austrian situation. as important perhaps. as
that Of Upper silesIa.
RUSSIA.-The Moscow authorities. I under
stand. claim to have sent to Reval all Ameri-
cans known by them to be held prisoner in
soviet Russia.
Mr.. Walter L. Brown, European director of
the American Relief Association is at
Riga in conversation with M. Litvinov, who rep
resents the Moscow government and is chief Of
the central famine relief commission of that
government. Litvinov has promised to furnish
guarantee that his government will release
and send out of soviet Russia any Americans
who may yet be discovered in soviet prisons.
and to send out any Americans who, though
not immured. detained in the country
against their will.
But Litvinov makes a difficulty about SUBJ
scribng to the conditions laid down by Mr..
Hoover to fix the relations between the soviet
authorities and the American relief administra-
tton: these conditions embracing the we'll
known conditions accepted by sundry other
nations which have enjoyed American relief.
and in addition certain rigid guarantees Of
protection to relief personnel and supplies Ap-
parently Litvinov would require, at the very
least. admission of the right Of the soviet
government to narrowly inspect relief activities.
alleging fear that relief work might be used
a cover for anti-bolshevist intrigue. Litvnov
is the prize soviet negatiator Having piled
his celebrated arts of bluffing to no effect he
will doubtless sign the agreement presented to
him.
American relief can begin to function about
two weeks from the date of signature by
Litvinov of such an agreement. The American
Relief Administration has enough supplies at
Danzg to feed 100000 children for one month.
The supreme council has been discussing
an international relief commission to CO.