, 1922-12-17
2 MOSLEM MENACE,--AS SEEN BIZ AN E~X-AMBASSADO

from Italians and the Bolshevlki, en-
able the KemaIists TO equip an army
which inflicted on the Greek forces
n % h most overwhelming mill
tsry disasters OF modern times. Gen.
erai HadJAnestis. In charge OF the
Greek army. who bad been before In
a hospital with Authorizations. was
arrested last October while suffering
with deiusions and returned to hos
p!tal restraint The mercurtal Greek
temperament. the reputation Of such
a statesman as VenIsslos. and the re-
~storaiion OF such an unworthy king
as Constantine. all played ths- par,
toward the result.
For the position taken by cr.a,
Britain in the recent crisis 1 have III.
warmest admiration. The world does
not yet realize the extent OF It's obi
cation 10 tho Lloyd George Y
ment- That h responsibility for
holding the Turk in check did not de.
volve upon a people more stable and
capable than the Greeks Is 70 be re-
GREETED. but II Is no reflection upon
Tho British policy.
The Turk. dociie In defeat, Is fer.
oNious and intraetabie in victory. 1
rec-Ii wildly the effect on the Turk.
ish spirit Of the v~.>adrawai of the
British fleet and army from the
Dardanelles, IN March. 1915. II shan
go down in history" Enver Pasha
told me. Gag as mar who defeated the
British fleet" Up to tina time the
Turkish leaders had been crine1nE
and fearful. straightway they be.
came arrogant and insolent. confident
that they could conquer mankind and
become nee more a world power.
They cslebratys their triumph by
~niassacring the Christian populations
with Undesirable atrocity. That
same spirit has been reawakened by
the recent victories. For the first
time in history. the Turk has regained
territory wreste from him.
1.-THE Turkish army set out toward
constantinople. but its leaders hoped
to go on to Athens. to Sofia, to Bel
grade, perhaps evsn to the walls of
Vienna. Against that ambition Great
Britain was h sole barrier. France
and Italy refused to lind a hand, and
France even withdrew her troops
from Channk. England played the
part last September which Poland had
played in the seventeenth century.
She turned back the Turkish armies
at the threshold OF Europe and saved
the world from i~ncalculable bioodshed.
Nor do 1 believe that she had any i'm
periaiistic purpose in SO doing. I do
not believe she backed Greece because
Greece could serve her plans. I do
not believe she has any intention OF
transforming the Straits into another
Gibraltar. British statesmen know
that no European power can plant
itself as sovereign at the Golden Horn.
I have come from recent meetings
with them and I think 1 know some
thing OF their purpose. They desire
above all. to see Constantinopie inter
nationaiized the Straits kept
open.
The Clique OF Kemalists.
"These. IN brief. were the move
ments on tho checkerboard OF South
ern Europe which preceded the deciar-
alton from Angora that ''the Palace of
the Sublime Porte having. through
corrupt ignorance, for several cen
turtles provoked numerous ills for tho
country. has passed into history" In
that declaration the clique OF Kemal-
lists arrogated to itself the sovereignty
OF the nation. all executive AMI iegis
lative powers. the right to declare war
and make peace. and the abolition OF
the Sultanate.. It announced that a
Caliph. to be selected by the Angora
parliament from the Osman family.
would continue to sit at Constantin-
ople as the religious head Of the ma
ton.
"If this were to bring civr war in
Turkey. It would be e. cause for
Thanksgiving. But I am Inclined to
believe that the race. which worships
! military success, will be moro likely