Evening star., 1922-05-14
Arabs See HletrAyel
OF All PrOlnises.

OF government ana eradicate foreign
influence.
Arabs See Betrayal
OF All Promises.
In short. the Arabs look upon the
after-the-war European policy in the
near east as opposed to the promises
made previous to the close of the war.
Instead Of the Arabs assuming power
over territories which through the
centuries have been theirs, they have
been so divided as to bring about
clashes of temperament and policy
in every quarter.
Instead of continuing to hate the
Turks there has been a constant
tendency to work closer and closer In
touch with the Angora government.
Emissaries of the Arabs are known to
have been in constant touch with
those peoples of India skirting to the
eastward. The Arabs have set in mo-
tion processes designed to coordinate
and solidify that sentiment prevail
ing against continued allied domina-
tion. Hussein, king of the Hedjez:
King Feisal and Prince 'Abduliah OF
Transjordani all are united In the
common cause, and because of the
strained relations with the outside
world holy war to create for them
selves the dominion promised by the
allies is within the bounds Of possi-
| bility.
Moment for Action
Now Has Arrived.
The psychological moment for ac-
tion has arrived. Not only are the pill
grimages to Mecca under way, but
everywhere couriers are spreading
the gospel of independence. Reports
reaching London and Paris have in
dicated that the Arabs are preparing
for any eventuality, and ere the situa-
tion has been alleviated in the slight
est the allies must take serious steps
to maintain their position.
The feeling against the allies is ap-
preaching a degree of religious IA
naticism. Should the Arabs properly
coordinate their forces 1t is believed
that they have it within their power
to prolong the unrest that is so
marked throughout Turkey and the
the dangers involved in any upheaval
in the Arab regions. are declared to
be preparing for eventualities. though
hope has not been lost in negotiation.
But, as q matter Of fact, the Arabs
are growing weary Of pledges. prom
ises and diplomatic effort on the part
of allied nations. The spoken word
has been broken. and as the Arabs are
much like children, they distrust the
rod that has burned grasping fingers.
1t is believed that the allies eventual
ly must face one or the other of two
courses. namely, fight or concede to
the wishes of the Arab peoples in
large measure.
United Allied Policy
II Hindrance.
If the allies themselves were united,
II the wishes and aspirations OF the
Births and French in the near east
did not run counter-curent, both be-
ing suspicious of the aspirations Of
the other. there might be greater hope
of ending the tension prevailing in
the Arab regions. AS long as each of
the allies insists on carrying out
strictly nationalistic policies under
the guise OF mandatorial authority,
these policies, ever conflicting. 1t
would appear that tho Arab may yet
be forced to 60 to extreme lengths to
gain desired ends.
That the problem is not to be shunt-
ed aside at this period as 1t has been
shunted aside during the years that
have elapsed since the war closed is
recognized. 1t Is extremely likely
that the council Of the league of ma
tions will make recommendations to
allied powers that they coordinate
their policies, at least agree upon
going ones, that the menace OF tho
near east may end, and that the Arabs
may receive that degree Of justice
which impartial observers declare
they have not received up to the mo-
,ment.
In view Of the dangers of a holy
war, which eventually would embrace
the whole Of the near east and Meso-
potamia. Palestine and northern AZ
rica, 1t is believed that the statesmen
Of the old world, now obscessed by
Genoa developments, soon must turn
to the.near east in order to remove
this section Of the world from the
category Of tinder pots.