Evening star., 1922-11-26
MUSSOLINI EMBODIMENT. "
OF HOPES OF MASSES
European Peoples Eager to Follow Lead.
ers Threatening Old Order, but -.
Dangers Abound. So


! wholesome respect for Italy's' opin-
ions and Italy's decisions Italy never
will be forced to the expedient Of Or
lando and the lamented Baron Son
nino. who. to receive any attention.
were forced to quit the Paris peace
sentatives OF other powers that Italy
had been slighted.
| Mussolini will demand and, II early
indications are. criterion, he will get
Representatives Of other powers
! probably will attempt to make 1t ap-
| ments of one kind or another. but 1t
generally may be taken for granted
that the real reason for their plants
! will be that Italy has demanded an
not been consulted. Frankly. Mus
solini has made 1t plain that when
mandates are considered Italy mNak
| be needed. when general Europeah
questions are considered Italy must
be taken into conference: In other
| and-out entente or Italy 2ursues her
| way.
Mussolini is confronted with dip
lomatic guile grown up through the
Europe. Yankee directness often
times has been the instrument Of dis
| cocerting European intrigue, and
Mussolini evidently intends to apply
some of the Yankee brand of nego-
tiating. With directress he may gain
! for Italy thar which Italy has been
unable to achieve since the fall Of the
Roman empire-thorough-g going re-
spect in diplomatic councils.
Right or wrong. aussolinfs night
| across the EuropePn political f1rma-
ment is a welcome diversion from the
! drab. drear tenor of events there. The
principles which he espouses yet may
| be SO far-reachiag as to permeate and
reveiution.ze archaic governmental
methods throughout Europe. methods
which have exasperated the patience
| of all peoples and ingraiued a spirit
| Of revolt against oppressive condi-
| tions.
!. What VIII Lausanne Dot :.
! VIII the Lausanne near eastern con-,
ference actually lead to war or to
peace?
This is a question that is engaging
| statesmen the world over. and there
Is little reason for denying the fact
that it has occasioned grave concern
! in every quarter. And particularly
! since it becomes increasingly ap-
! parent that there is a gulf between
| the Turkish and the allied viewpoints
! regarding several of the major issues
1nvolved In final settlement.
|
stand against a united front of all
other powers directly interested In
the fnal agreement. Their difficult
! position has not in the slightest re-
duced their firm demands that Turkish
| nationalist desires be realized to the
| everything Mustapha kemal thinks Is
due her by virtue Of her over
whelming victory over the Greeks.
But the Turks are sure to meet with
trouble as indicated by the refusal OF
their demand that the Turkish ma
over western Thrace. which region
would be left to the fate Of "a
! plebiscite which. through Turkish
! machanitions. certainly would be
| Turkish in result. The Turks are
standing firm for the abandonment
will consent to throwing the inter-
ests Of all foreigners In Turkey over
to the care of rotten Turkish courts
and antiquated methods OF doing
business. not to speak Of placing
them under direct threat of. 1slamic
refused the Thracian demand and the
Turks Significantly have stated that
| they will rest their demands until the
! Russians arrive. 1t being plainly evil
| dent that the Turks will turn to the
Russians for support in all future
| deliberations.
| All q Game of Bluff.
1t all is a game OF bluff. and no
person at this time can state whether
the Turks will gain more than they
after the allies have refused to meet
| Turkish demands.
/ There Is no question but the allies
and the Balkan powers are fearful
Of TKko-Rsssian pressure. The al
| any other eventuality for, with pos
sible future German cooperation
!! with Russia. there would be created
! a bloc of nations always standing
potential. menace to western powers.
The danger is realized by Mussolini
and. in fact. he has called 1t to the
allies attention. It is question just
how far fears Of a Russo-Turkish-
German coalition will influence Lau-
! same deliberations and how far the
off a conflict which even the most
sanKuine declare is sure to come In.
the next decade unless concrete re-
| suits satisfactory to all are realized
at Lausanne.
The Balkans nations, including Bull
garia, have banded together to frus-
trate overambitious Turkish desires
as to European territories, and this
close cohesion of Balkan countries.
who similarly united in the war of
1912 against Turkey. is sure to In
nuence the allied course. One thing
stands out predominently. There must
be. compromise. and far-reaching
compromise, between the allies and
, the Turks else the conference will
fail. and as yet there is no sign Of
radical departures from fixed policies
on either hand. But the conference
is young and anything may be ac-
complished before European states
men lay down their tools.
Notwithstanding assurances of
friendliness and eagerness to reach
Yinal adjustment, a dark cloud hangs
over Lausanne. and the sun never
may. break through.