New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
India Appeals
For Anglo = ark
Understanding
Years NosIem lsisinG and
Urges British 10 Quit Com
slaniinopIc and Return
Holy Places 40 Sultan
WouId Hand Back Thracc
French Influence Suspected;
Warming Made Public as
Mu,iny PcriIs Stir Empire
Rv Arthur S. Draper

from Thc 1ribuuc'e hnopcan Bprcop
''opyrEiit. 1922. New York Tribune lnc)
LONDoN. March 8. So acute has
the situation in India become that
what is virtualIy an appeal to the pub
lie was made in England to-day in tho
form OF the publication OF = message
from tho government Of India to Ed
win Samuel Montagu Secretary Of
State for India. strongly advising that
settlement be made with Turkey 50
a9 to placate the indian Moslcms.
Other portions ol the Empire, not
ably South Africa and Egypt, also ere
causing considerable anxiety here
the former especially, because Of the
proclamation OF a general strike--but
With General Lord Eawlinson, the In
dian commanders chief, and Montagu
both emphasizing the gravity Of events
IN India, it ia there that the center Of
Interest rests for the moment.
The Indian governments pronounce
on the subjects of safeguarding tho
neutrality OF the DardancIles and the
Moseni population there, the evac-
uation Of Constantnoplo, the renewed
sulerainty Of the Sultan over tho holy
places in the Near East and the res
toration Of Ottoman Thrace, including
Adranoplc and Smyrna. The mani
fosto states that the government is
fully alive to tho complexities of the
situation but that the Indian services
IN the war and the support which the
Moslem cause IS receiving throughout
India entitlc its wishes to the most
serious consideration.
This step Of making public It's ap-
peal, lust before the Near East CON
ference in Paris on March o. looks
rs though thc government OF India has
despalrcd OF getting any action out Of
the Foreign Office and is determined
to put the case plainly before the poo
rle in an c'fort to force the issue 10
Somo conclusion.
For three Years the views OF the For
cign Office and the Indian government
have been diametrically opposed on
questions affecting the Near East. the
former holding that while it realized
India was source Of apprehension, it
could not reconcile It's demands with
the necessities Of the worlds political
situation.
A few weeks ago. when the question
was brought up IN the House Of Com
mons. Mr.. Montagu evidently believed
that he had won the Cabinet to his
point Of view, but it IS now evident shat
he has not The situation is compli-
Gated by several factors. the foremost
OF which is the growing conviction that
France is willing 10 outbid England in
concessions to Turkey and that the
Franco Kemalist agreement does not
tx the limit 10 which France is willing
10 go.
There is the furthcr trouble that
whereas Constant,nople and the Angora
Turks list yes.r submerged their dif-
ference long enough to send dolega
ton to London headed by Bekir Sam
3ey. they rejected the treaty he o6-
tanned and arc sending separate delega-
tons to Paris, headed respectively by
Izzct Pasha and Yussuf Pasha
While the evacuation Of Constan-
tinople would not present dusuporable
difficulties. Greece is now firmly in pos
session Of Thraco and evidently has no
intention of relinQuishing it. The dcf-
initions Of 'holy places" also is a
knotty problems since thc Turks might
claim Jerusalem and other places which
it viii be impossible to abandon. How
ever, the time is past when the phrase
speakable Turk" carr;es any ereat