New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

an r'tolNr PS Ldpt Sntu between III iOS
COW and Angora, as result of tn,
treaty signed in March But under thi.
outward stamp Of rrcndlncss ;he re
laiors between the Communisls i,
Moscow and tie Na;ionalists i'm An
CORA were most unccrtain The kcma
movement faced a grave danger Of he
'nc crushed by its military enemies
and at tho same time showed dchni.,
ordinations toward making poac,
and coming to an understanding with
the Allied powers. Either Of those
cventualitics was fraught with dansc,
from the Communist point of view.
In order to be prepared for either Of
the two cNcnlualitics the Moscow lead
crs took numboi of important meas
ures. The Soviet military forces in
the caucasus were considerably
strengthened. the number of troops hv
the summer Of 1921 being va,iousl,
estimated at from 10000 to 100000
In these numbers were included The
SOVIET regular troops moved from other
parts Of Russia and the local forces Of
the republic o. Georgia. Armenia and
AzcrbaidjaN Important charges were
made i'm The organization Of Nhcsc
iofces. and theil command was concen.
tratcd more than before. Arms and
munitions were landed in the ports Of
'Irebizond and Samsun.
The object of these measures WA.
'"olold In the first place. Che Soviets
were preparing to render Kennel crcc-
NV" assistance IN case his forces should
be battered away by the blows OF his
'nomieS. And in the second place a
DEFINITE threat was created IN the rear
OF hclmaFs forces. designed to re-
strain any desires that he NAV have
ia cutter INTO close relations with
the Allied powers against whom the
Soviets have been supporting hin, so
strenuously
however. neither Of the two cvontu
al'tlcs developed TO a sufficient dcrrcc
TO call into action the forces which
were tsus brought into being bv tho
SoViets kcmal succeeded in dofe,d-
ing himself on the field Of battle. while
his agreements with the Allied powers
ar" sun too limited and indefinite In
call tor any active Interference ON tho
part Of the Sovicts. but there are othor
e'emeh'S IN the relations between the
Communists and kemal which make fc,
uncertainty and possible difficulties
heds Anti-ReIigious
Propaganda Ohen.is
The first Of these elements ;s tho
'"'' mat the communists have found
IL impossible to abstain from antj-rc-
ltS'oUS propaganda on the TERRITORY Of
INC Angora government. as ,bev had
Solemnly promised to do. We mnst
remember that the kcmal movcmcn, is
essentially religious. and its leaders
resent greatly the attempts which tho
communists make from time "a time
TO cariN on thcir usual anti-rcjio;ons
propaganda in which they indnloa
Wherever they conduct their agitation
ne second clement maNino for the
uNcei 'aiHtN o. the Moscow Angora rc}a-
tons Is tine fact that the Kcmal moye-
"e"'' belhg one Of pan-lslamism. nat
V'"''Y strives t. include within the
Sphere OF It's influence all the N;ahon-
e'an groups Its political arentS ara
"c''Ne'y at work among the AdiarianS
'ar'afS and various Manomctsn monp.
taineer tribes in the Caucasus r.o
>oV'eiS quite naturally obicc. to these
activities.
lhe tnird element is the firm deter-
mihat'on on the part of the Ango,a
government TO WAGE ,ietjn,a :. .,.rn
s'e against communism and communiS, ;,
propaganda on It's own territory. n,,,-
'oS the last lew wears t,e kemai GOV
ern'"eni mas been particularly active Is,
'A'' regard. The Anatoiian newspapers
nave been oUts2okcn ia their onnosi
"on 10 communism and to the Sov,a.
system Of governments There are ve.,.
strong elements in the gove,nmen,
se'' winch are ffausiy sntagonjs,c
toward the communist ideaS. To, ey
ample. the Minister Of Foreign Afrsj,s
uSSui hemal Bey. is one Of The load
o'S OF the Committee for The s.lr.
''on Of The Country" which has for, one
OF ITS pn"c'pal objects dete,m;n.d
against communism
1t has been reported tna, IN lov
."e SOVIET commisSaly OF FOREIGN A.
,S'iS' 'cn'tcherln sent = note to the
n Ne"s' government demanding dofi
a''e Fer'y as TO whether or not !, is IN
"'0' "f the Soviet system. 80 yenlv
a. mace TO this demand but the an
'ouhcemeni OF the note caused co,,o;.,
'"o'e oiiiepities in Angora and led
o a number OF actual fights ~ NV
A. Assembly. il" '"e
aus Moscow hnds its Anpora .p,
'4''S' p''''cuit 10 handle from ,be
'''"' o. View OF the objects for which
''''''0s to use hlm. j. is rather aov<
o~S 20 see some one else in co,.
'A''s' rather than Mustaphs Kemal
''''''s not to &c, openly in this
'''c''o". Nor does it nave 10 coo,n,;.
'-'i 70 any breach o diplomac,.
',S regard. foa the vorl. Of got,;nn
~ o. Ne'"a. and substituting in he
''oe some one who would he o,;.
90 IN the hands CT tine Mo.co. oa,