The New York herald., 1922-10-12
PRAISES BRITISH
STAND ON TURKS
Sir William Berry Says Mas
sacres on Frightful Scale
Were Prevented.

Sir William Berry wasted no words at
the luncheon in his honor at the Hotel
Astor yesterday on hackneyed phrases Of
Anglo American unity. of which he said
he was little tired and reg9tded as an
| established fact. He did. however, de-
fend vigorously the British policy with
respect to the Turkish situation, and
warned against allowing the reparations
question to go unsettled indefinitely.
Coming from one OF the most influential
| Journalists in Great Britain. friend and
sometimes spokesman Of Lloyd George.
| his address was awaited with interest by
| the Britlsh and American members OF
the English Speaking Union. under
whose auspices the luncheon was given.
He pictured the British premier as an
| apostle of peace"a man whose firm
hand in an international crisis had saved
| Europe from being swept into the whrl-
pool Of another war.
Had the British Government, Sir Will
lam said. receded from it's stand at the
acute stage OF the crisis the Turk would
have again been in Europe and massa-
cres on a frightful scale would have fol-
lowed.
II have seen good deal 81 criticism, .
he said. "of the British Government
action in maintaining troops at Chanak
People have said, and the papers nave
said that in refusing to withdraw them
va offered direct defiance TO the TURKS
and we were contributing to another
! war. l take an entirely different view
! | am proud to be member OF the race
that put down its foot in the Near Eas'
and kept II down."
| To airly inf was the way lie ue-
scrlbed his friendship with Lloyd
George. and out Of that relationship. ne
said. had grown the conviction that II
was extremely difficult for the Premier
to take any step that might nave III
/ yolved the slightest risk of war.
'I know that there is no man livine
who has a greater horror and reaiizauoI
of what war is than has Lloyd George,
he said. .I know 1t is his ambition u
spend the remaining years OF his iiie 81
an apostle os peace"
Reading between the lines OF Sir VIII
Jams remarks on the reparations ques
tion 1t was not difficult for MS iistehe'
TO discern n slight irnpatience with IN
American attitude. and particularly witt
its entrance into the realm or poillcs
Politically the question had been fough
out in England. he said. and had nov
become an economic problem,
"In England we thought at one TIM
we were going to get the costs OF the wa
from Germany, and We didn't stop L
consider whether it was possible 10
Germany to pay. To-day we are Desln
ming to realize that reparations ar
largely a. myth. and there Is very HUI
money Germany can pay and we ca
afford to receive. The longer this ques
ton is open the longer 1t viii pe
menace to the peace of Europe ana IN
peace Of the world
On the British debt the speaker wa
emphatic. England is going TO pay II
and Sir Robert Horne, the Chancelio
of the Exchequer is coming fere witni'
a month to discuss the question. IN
aloofness of America in the recon
struction OF Europe was alluded 10 4
Sir williams approval OF quotation
from an American writer who declares
"those nations who have made mes
of Europe must take their burden i
clearing up that mess. -
The speaker deprecated the idea
lecturing the nations of Europe on thei
conduct. The race for armanents amon
the. smaller nations would continue. h
said. until state of stability in inter
national relations Is established tina
viii remove the feeling Of uncertain.
| that now exists.
Paul Cravat presided at the luncheon
in place Of DR.. John II. Finley, who wa
| unable TO be present.