Evening star., 1922-11-12
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
~ NCE upon a time. in the dim
distant past. a large COW in
its rambles in a pasture field
beside a brook. stepped upon
little frog. Other little froggies
rushed away to their mother to tell
her of the inflltration into froEgy-
dom Of this monstrous beast. And
they declared:
"Oh, it was SO large. Very large"
Now old mother Frog, vanity ridden
and impressed with her own impor-
tance in the general scheme Of things
in her domain, fouted description Of
the invader.
THAT Is nothing" she cried. Il.
too. can be as large as that"
Taking a great gulp Of air she be-
gan to swell.
Then another gulp. Then another
"Now," she said. lam I not as large
as this COW you tell me about"
"Oh, no." cried the children. "Oh,
no."
And there was more gulping by
aforehaid vain mother and she
swelled and swelled as her own con-
ceit and vanity grew.
Suddenly there was ripping, rend-
f; ing and tearing.
phans.
Were the Turkish nationalists ac-
quainted with this little old fable Of
! the western world, they. might apply
allies are the invading COW and
Angora the little old mother frog:
| who thinks she can swell and
swell without eventually impairing
strength and even life itself. The
! Turks, eaten by their vanity. i'm:
believing that the world stands In
awe of them, continue their swelling
process.
Allies Forced to Cohesion.
AS I stated one week ago. the Turks
had every reason for believing that
! they held the world in awe. There
| was lack of unity among the allies
and as the Lusanne conference ap-
preached the allies found themselves
| disagreeing one with the other and
| held to near eastern policies. Chi
| merical to the extreme. Co-ordinated
effort there was none. But the SWELL
ing little Turkish frog in his over
Jealous ambitions and vainglorious
belief that he might achieve. by de-
! ception, that which was to be fixed
| In the Lausanne conference, over
stepped the bounds OF international
| propriety as fixed by the Mudana pact
| and the armistice agreement OF 1918.
and created a situation which COM
PEELED the foreign offices of London.
Paris and Rome to announce cohesion
| in resistance to Turkish demands and
| to sustain allied prestige in the near
east
During the early part of the week
! the Turks announced the overthrow
| of the suitanate. the establishment OF
| a caliphate under the direct control
of the Angora assembly and abro-
| cation of all treaties made by the
sultan's government in the past
| This was sufficient cause to stir
the allies to a state of uneasiness.. but
when Rafel Pasha, Angora's COVER
nor of Constantinople, announced the
assumption of control of customs
talking these from the hands Of the
allies; demanded the removal Of al
tchampioned the Angora decision that
! allied warships should not enter
| Turkish ports save one at time and
| that they must dip their colors to the
| gan drawing their forces closer about
Constantinople and Chanak the allies
awakened from their lethergy. They
realized at last that the Turks did not
| intend to respect allied agreements
as written into the Mudania pact and
| that the Terrible Turk" was looming
up as a menace not only to peaceful
settlement of near eastern problems
but to Europe as well.
Will Act With Firmness>
Foreign ofices Of London, Paris and
Rome exchanged messages posthaste.
! and, when informed Of the threat to
allied authority and the menace to
Europe, instructed the allied commits
sioners in Constantinople to act with
expedition and firmness. This they
did. The British retain control OF the
! customs, the French, swiftly altering
| previously announced pacific policies
! in regard to the Turks, have dis
| patched battleshfps and troops. while
| the Italians have sent another war
| ship and troops to the affected area.
| Allied military leaders have been
instructed to invoke martial law If
situation in Constantinople pending
! Anal disposition Of near eastern is
! sues in the Lusanne parley. AS the
| situation stands at the moment there
! is a state of armed truce on both
sides which may be broken at any
| moment.
| Allied forces are in q bad position
in Constantinople by virtue Of their
own mistakes in dealing with the
| Turks in recent weeks. As a result
Of granting permission to the Turks