The New York herald., 1922-09-19
Prepared to Act Alone i'm
Securing Open Darda-
nelles.
MOBILIZATION GOING ON
CurZOn to See Poincare in
Paris--Atlantic Fleet Or
dered to Straits.
Special Cable 10 THE NEw YORK HEsALp.
opyrioht. 1923. bp THE NEw York HERALD.

Special Gable 10 THE NEw YORK TTEsAip.
Copyright. 1923. bp THE NTw York HEasLD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Sept. IA.
The British Empire is prepared II
necessary to strike single handed
against the Turk TO maintain respect
for the Sevres treaty in Constantine
pie and the Dardanelles. Ii is officially
stated that England hopes il viii not
be necessary to act alone. but in the
meantime it is proceeding alone, mobil-
izing its resources to guard against
any abortive thrust Kemal can make.
Reinforcements have been dis
patched without weighing the action
or absence of France and Italy: and
IL neither lines up Britain will see the
crisis through on its own.
The situation not only is regarded
with the utmost gravity after two con-
ferences of Ministers in Downing Street.
but the threatened break with France
tonight Is making the war clouds far
more sinister than the public realizes.
While many newspapers expressing the
clamouring TO scrap this war talk. First
Sea Lord Admiral Earl Beatty. General
Lord Cavan, Chief of STAFF. and Air
Marshall Sir II. VI. Trenchard. Chief
Of the Air staff are meeting with Prime
Minister Lloyd George and a few c'sosen
Minister'S Sir I.aming Worthington
Evans, War Secretary. and Lord Lee or
Fareham. First Lord Of the Admiralty,
likewise are with tho Prime Minister.
the others being Austin Chamberlain.
Winston Churchill. Colonial Secretary :
Lord Chancellor Birkeniead. Sir Robert
s. Horne. Chancellor OF the Exchequer,
and Marquis Curzon. the Foreign Secre-
tary
Afterward il was announced Sthat.
flrst. Great Britain would uphold her
rights 8n the Near East. whatever the
cost Second. that Lord Curzon was
going to Paris tomorrow and would
meet Premier Poincare after a meeting
Of the French Cabinet. because such "A
situation cannot be met by the inter.
change OF notes" Third. that army re-
Inducements already were moving.
II Il officially admitted that a note
was received from Paris to-day. II was
freely said In Whitehall that Britain
and France were on the verge OF part
ing of the ways. II was announced that
no communications were passing be-
tween Great Britain and the Balkan
states. particularly Rumania and Ser
bla.
Great emphasis y laid upon the OBJ
servance OF Article y. Of the League
OF Nations covenant IN this latest EN-
pire movement. In that replies had been
received from Australia and New Zea-
land promising their support.
Anti-6sovernment newspapers are
ievellng their guns upon what is called
tho "blunder policy" because Of Satur-
DAYS statement The Government ex-
rlains that It was issued by Foreign
office official IN an attempt 70 clear M
n Misunderstanding hut Il is widely ac-
cepted az MIR Caurchill's contribution 70
an unfortunate affair.
Observers point out that the weakness
of the British forces Ia the Near East
makes Il Improbable they could repulse
kemal if he chooses to call tho "hluft. !
British influence already has been shaken
and II there IL further backward step
India Is likely at any hour to accept its
opportunlty TO rise up, with the result
that Britain will have In her hands a
problem more serious than that OF
August. 1914, because this time she may
have TO stand alone.