The Washington herald., 1922-10-22
By FRANK H. sIMoNDs.


The armistice of Mudania brings
to . close another tense period In
contemporary history. II resembles
In general the armistice of Riga
which closed the Polish-Russian
war Of two years ago. and It has
the further resemblance that IL
practically outlines the territorial
terms Of peace. just as did the
former armistice.
Indeed. IL one is to look for his
torieal parallels, 1t would be diff
cult to find a closer resemblance
than that between the Polish and
Greek disasters. up to a certain
point. The Polish catastrophe was
the consequence OF an expedition to
kiev, which may be compared to the
Greek adventure to Angora. The
Poles went to Kiev, as the Greeks
went to the outskirts of Angora In
the hope of reviving an ancient en-
pire. the Poles striving to restore
the Poland which existed before the
First Partition. the Greeks. the
Byzantine Empire.
Poland in her campaign was
backed by the French-that is.
French policy looked with approval
upon the establishment of a great
Poland on the ruins OF Russia.
Greece had the tacit support of
Great Britain and the creation of
a strong Hellenic state upon the
ruins Of the Turkish Empire was
a thing highly desirable from the
British point of view.
Armies Overcome Alike.
But on the military side neither
Poland nor Greece could accomplish
single-handed the task II undertook.
Doth armies were overcome Iii N"S
same fashion and the paraiiei IN sii
ways runs closely until the Greehs
were back upon Smyrna as the roles
were in the last line before warsaw.
Only here there is a oiuerence. the
Wrench did support the foies,
sending wiegand. MarsnaI rocn
lrIghthand man, and vast stores OIL
war material. The British, on the
contrary. left the Greeks 10 their
fate.
British have, Poland wouId either
have been destroyed, or at pest con-
demned to the narrow limits outlined
by the famous CurZon line. hao
the British supported the creeks.
Thrace at least might nave been
saved. But the difference lay in the
fact that while public sentiment IN
France supported Poland, Brltlsn
public sentiment demanded peace
at substantially any price ana 1ur-
ther support Of the Greeks insured
the grayest kind of trouble IN ali
of the Mohammedan lands or Brit
tain from the Nile to the Ganges-
Whatever haggling there may oe
in the conference which Will settle
the terms of peace in the Near
East now. they will be of relatively
minor Importance and they VIII not
concern the Geeks. Greece Will nave
to resign the territory east OF the
Martha River and that narrow strip
west of the stream and between the
Bulgarian line and the city OF Adri-
anople. thus giving up control OF
the short stretch of the Orient PAIL
way which after leaving bulgarian
territory follows the west bank OF
Dahe Martha until il crosses over
Just north of Demottka-
In addition Greece will at least
)have to defend her rights to the
rest of the west bank of the river
right down to the sea Unless all
signs fail a determined effort will
be made by the Bulgarians to re-
cover this portion of their territory
won in the Turkish war of 1912 and
lost in the world war BY the
treaty of Neuilly this territory was
assigned to Greece. but II was
stipulated that Bulgaria should
have uninterrupted access to her
old port of Dedeagatch on the
Aegean. her single port on the open
sea.
In the discussions which preceded
the. treaty of Neuilly, Bulgaria
strove earnestly to retain an outlet