The New York herald., 1922-02-04
Greeks Must Evacuate
Smyrna and Thrace, In
cluding Adrianople.
STEAMBOAT TO BE TURKISH
Would Admit International
Control of Dardanelles and
BospOrus.
by RAYMOND SWING.

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin, Feb. 3.
THE Anglo-French negotiations
about the settlement of the Turkish
dispute are doomed to failure, ana
this question probably will be settled
by force of arms in the spring" de-
clared Prince Chekib Arslan, one of
the Orient's statesmen. in an interview
with THE New YORK HERALD corre-
spondent here to-day. He denied the
by the Bolsheviki in the Caucasus.
THE fundamental difference be-
tween the Turco-French and the
Greco British standpoints in this
question" he continued, make an
agreement practically impossible. The
Genoa conference may have a better
opportunity to bring about peace be-
tween the foes in Asia. If the Turks,
however, are not invited to Genoa the
consequence may be that fighting in
Asia Minor will be renewed in the
spring, and probably the defeat of the
Greeks will bring about a revision of
the treaty in a pro-Turkish sense.
Turkey has renounced her rights
over her former possessions of Syria,
Palestine and Mesopotamia. But she
has the right to insist upon Asia
Minor, Thrace and Constantinople,
ing Turkish majority.
VIII Never Yield Thrace.
There is no question that Mustapha
Kemal Pasha will not accept peace be-
fore Smyrna and Thrace, including Adri-
anople, are completely evacuated by the
Greeks. Adrianople is a strategic key
and Turkey never will yield her claim
to these cities.
"On the other hand, Greece hardly
will agree to the Turkish demands, be-
cause il she did she will have lost more
than 100000 men and many milliards In
vain.
The contrast between the Greek and
the Turkish standpoints is too great to
be settled by arbitration. Therefore
there must be no illusions In Europe and
America as to the developments of the
conflict War probably will recommence
in the spring. If the Turks then are
victorious Turkey will be ready to ac-
cept international control of the Straits
OF the Dardanelles and the Bosporus,
while Constantinople, which is the seat
of the supreme authority of the Mosem
world, must remain Turkish
But, just as she is ready to discuss
guarantees of freedom for the Greek
minority in Smyrna, she also demands
guarantees for the security of Constan-
tinople which is easy prey to any naval
attack once the Straits become interna-
tional and give access to navies of the
different Powers"
According to Prince Chekib, French
popularity in Turkey is due to the fact
that France was the first nation to make
peace with Turkey. The Moslem world in
Egypt and Turkey, he continued. has
found moral support with their brothers
in Palestine, where Christians and Mos
lens alike are opposed to the establish
ment of the Zionist Government They
claim that the Jews form a small minor
IVY III the IlOly however, neEO-
tiations i'm Geneva between the Chris
tians and Moslems of Palestine and the
British representatives have paved the
way for "a settlement.
May Agree on Palestine.
England. he said has proposed to
govern the country herself on the basis
of a mandate and has refrained from
establishing q Jewish Government On
the other hand, the idea of the King
and the country for home for Jewry
has not been abandoned Jewish emf
grafton to Palestine Is to be encouraged.
il was stated. however. that it should
not exceed the possibilities for liveli-
hood which Palestine is able to offer.
These British proposals for basis of
settlement were rejected by the Pales-
tine delegation and the same fate was
shared by the proposal to bring about
negotiations between the delegation and
Dr. Chain Weizmann, head of the Zion
list world organization. Nevertheless, IL
seems that some basis for agreement
will be found soon.