Evening star., 1922-10-15
ARMISTICE WITH TURKS
MAY YET PROVE BUBBLE
Every Chance of Breakdown and
HOstilities Before Peace Is
Definitely Effective.

INC aiileS. olliy curing tLe Week ,;!I
Gen. Anastasios Leonardopoulos, new
| commander Of the Grecian forces IN
Thrace. declare.
We are prepared. The whole army
asks nothing better than the oppor-
! tunity. We shall pot a.:rrende-
| Thrace. We are determined 10 re
, deem the recent reversas to Cree.
arms and TO settle enc. ~or al :h.
question of Turkish re~.cry into Eu-
! rope"
sufficient 10 expel f~s creeks in
Thrace in case Of .,nrsistance, inas-
much rs hundreds ~ thousands or
Greeks who must - into exile ;a
case the protocol Conditions stand
undoub.edly won!s fssist the nearly
addition. any Sue. campaign might
| lead to discord arhng the allies
4; The Athens govr-nment. advised by
Venizelos. has se-'a the light of day
! the pressure of oelitical expediency
| IL has "a"Ssnted - waive the nres-
| ton of Thrace-.1c until the temper
otNthe Grecian AIRY is definitely de
teffnined 1t cam * be stated that the
! Thracian question settled All vii,
| not be serene evS~ should the Greeks
entirely quit Thfire and turn il over
F.: to the Turks ~ stated. the peace
conference is Yet 20 be held. Poir-
care evidently lIze seen the evil cor
I
England in the near east settlements
i and WIFI endeavhr TO hew French
policy in accord with the British In
sofar as enforcement of general al
lied dictates from now on. How sue
cessful this will be remains to be
seen.
Possible British Demands.
1t is declared th;t the British i'll
tend to make dema-ds for 100000
, 600 in the way Of Ademnities from
the Turks once the peace conference
gets under way, and this will b.
stoutly resisted. Whether France
and Italy, who have participated in
the general allied occupation Of the
Dardanelles. VIII likewise join IL.
asking indemnitics is uncertain, but
if Briatin does ask recompense for
the maintenance of her troops and
the other allies do not there may be
d split. The Turks Eow are showing
considerable apathy toward tho
French. who, they declare. deserted
them in the Mudania conference for
an anti-Turkish stand, notwithstand
ing the fact that the Turks had fol-
lowed French advice and made con
ceSSions which they would not hav"
n ade themselves. when the states
men of tie various interested powers
get down to business around ths
council tables il may be found that
the Turk viii press home absolutely
! impossible conditions. With the
| Turks feeling aggrieved, insofar as
the French are concerned. there VIII
be less chance of finding some ned
ating influence as between the an!ed
5loc and the Turks
There are multitudinous quesetGre
TO be solved al any peace coufereac"
and the whole ground must lie 9on"
over from the very beginning. !eas
much as the treaty of Sevres can b"
said to no longer exist. There mus
be some form of treaty recognized
by all nations concerned. The grouni
to be gone over is treacherous and
will offer many opportunities for d
breakdown of negotiations. In case
OF crash the whole near eastern
situation will be in the air again.
with every chance of open hostilitieS
between England and Turkey. tn.
result may lie preconceived, but sue
cess for allied arms Will not come u:l-
til after far reaching turmoil into
which Russia may be dragged.
Russ to Demand Voice.
Russians have stated repeatedly
during recent weeks that they intend
TO obtain voice in the near eastern
j terests In a free and open Dardanelias
demand II. In the meantime leaders
IN Moscow ard other world capitals
are shouting their defiance TO ar
edicts that will bar Russia from the
J council tables and Trotsky in Russia
; Is rattljnE the saber. l. is declared
, on reliable information from Moscow
that there Is feverish activity IN the
! Russian Black sea feet and that sub
marines are being built at the swift
est possible pace for use in future
months in case Russia should go TO
the assistance OF the Turks The
soviet army always is ready for any
contingency. The soviet during the
week conceled the krassiu -Crguhart
agreement regarding English de
vc,opment of Ural mines. and 1t is de
clared will strike all agreements with
outside capitalists unless other pow
ers recognize Russia and permt.
representation in near eastern DELHI
erations.
Whatever tne developments between
] now and the time the peace parley is t.
he held. il may be taken for granted
that the Russians will bend every ef
fort Ia force Russian participation. Tht
Russians will aid Mustapha Kemal Il
every turn In the hope of gaining
through combined Russo Turkish pres
sure what otherwise might not be gail
ed il the situation is permitted to drif'
or he permitted TO react against Russ
| Turkish interests through forced con-
p.isnce ly the Turks standing alone
While the political tides Of the nea,
east are drifting IN tine immediate IT.
:ure it always must be borne in mimi
that the Balkan nations are sleeping or
their arms, the most interested power
are ready 10 strike III case OF any out
ward development. II is an arnlistice
without cap!tulation-an armistice tina.
may vet prove u bubble.