Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
TURKS POLICY IS DEFENDED
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< (COnLlnue0 from rage one.
government had endeavored to
rush Great Britain into war.
Eve have not been war mon
gers. but peace Makers" he said.
- Condemns Critics.
Mr.. Lloyd-George said the nego-
tiations had been conducted In a
manner unprecedented in this
The government, he de-
clared, had been assailed with mis-
representations such as no gov
ernment had ever been subjected.
The county would resent this, he
declared, adding that there were
queer people let loose" in the
press these days.
Our object in the action we
took was three fold, the freedom
of the straits, the prevention of
the war spreading into Europe,
and prevention of the repetition in
Constantinople and Trace of the
unutterable horrors of Asia Minor.
"The war of 1914 practically
began in the Balkans. We had to
act promptly, resolutely and firm
ly. Since 1914 the Turks, accord
ing to official testimony, have
slaughtered in cold blood 1,500,-
900 Armenians and 100000
Greeks without any provocation
at ALL"
Says Bluffing Dangerous.
At one point in his speech Mr..
Lloyd-George declared:
There has been speech after
speech of intolerable abuse and
am told to bear it like Christian,
but there are too many people
about the world who think 1t is
the business of Christians to be
massacred by Turk or pro-Turk. /
am not one of that sort of Chris
tians."
Its no use trying to bluff a
first rate fighting animal" said
Mr.. Lloyd-George, referring to the
Near East. Its always a mis-
take to threaten unless you mean
it. The Turks knew we meant it
and that's why we have peace.
Il am told we have departed
from the methods of the old di-
plomacy. That's very sad. The
old diplomacy ended in the most
disastrous war this world has ever
seen. The amateur diplomacy OF
1922 has at last brought peace.
Champion of Sword.
Il am sorry to see that the 1ib-
erals have been pledging that it
was none of our business to o>inter-
vene between the Turks and their
victims. That was not the old lib
eral doctrine. l maintain that the
policy we adopted regarding Tur-
key was in accordance with the
highest interests and traditions of
lis land, and we have reason to
be proud it succeeded"
At one point Mr.. Lloyd-George
declared dramatically, with his
head thrown back:
"As long as l have a sword in
my hand and God gives me
strength to use it, 1 will do So"
Continuing his dealing with the
Near Eastern situation, he said:
Turk Menace Real.
"'Sir Charles Harrington warned
us that there were from $4,000 to
10000 armed Turks inside Con-
The premier told of the steps
that had been taken to control the
situation around Constantinople.
1--WE received a message from
the French government" he said,
that if either the Greeks or the
Turks invaded the neutral zone
they would have to be resisted by
force by the allies. We accepted
that. We thought they meant it,"
After expressing his love of
freedom, saying that no one would
welcome a change more than he,
the prime minister added;
"Three years ago 1 was anxious
to go out and begged Mr.. Bonar
Law to take the office. He declin-
ed. l never sought the position. !
never wished to retain it. But 1
will serve my country in any ca
pacity.
81 shall watch many things" he
added. "I shall watch to see how
we are to forgive Germany her
and yet make France
love us more than ever. 1 shall
watch how we are to pay the Uni
ted States all we owe her and for
give every other country all they
owe us.
at will be an interesting ex-
pertinent" the premier said, ito
see the work of others. That is
one of the joys 1 have in store.
81 have many friends among the
and liberals and 1
cast myself on the people, whose
cause 1 have never betrayed dur
ing go years of public life.
"The world has not yet recoy-
cred from the war" he said. THAT
recovery will be slow and tedious.
Nv course is a clear one. l will
any government that de-
7otes itself to measures which
will not inflict permanent injury
mon the country whether those