Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-10
BRITISH POLICY HAS
NULL|F|ED VICTORY
Of ALLIES IN WAR
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.
Former French High Commission
er to The United States


PARIS, Oct. 7.-While both the
British and the Turks desire to
avoid hostilities because of the
divergence Of their views on the
fundamentals of the problems un-
der consideration at Mudania, re
Cancellation will be difficult. The
Turks want to occupy CONSTANT
nopIe and Thrace Immediately
The British mean to maintain,
through and after the conference
the present guarantees of freedom
Of the straits and are unwilling to
allow the Turks to occupy Thrace
until the entire eastern problem
has been settled. These views may
eventually be reconciled through
a series Of compromises. but it IS
much to hope.
Looking beyond the local Incl
dents, whose gravity do not
deny, it is certain that even if a
peaceful solution is obtained the
allied victory in the eastern theat-
er will have received a lasting set
back. When the allied war aims
of 1867, entirely Endorsed b.
Wilson's fourteen points in 1918,
declared that the Turks must be
ousted from Europe, it was not
purely for sentimental reasons, but
was justified by the massacres and
atrocities and to prevent repro
duction Of the situation that pro.
duced the Balkan war of 1912.
Dangers in Situation
The return of the Turks to
Thrace and Constantinople Will
restore the situation as it existed
ten years ago with the additional
fact that the Christian states have
Russia as an enemy instead of as
a friend. One must have a poor
memory and little foresight not to
see the dangers of such a situa
ton.
Worse still, this latest crisis
has revealed to Angora and Mos
COW how sharply the allies are di.
vided. This division has been ap.
parent many times but never so
forcefully as at present. Lloyd
Georges imprudent pro-Greek
policy resulted in Frances impru.
dent pro-Kennalisn- Italy openly
| aided Angora with large supplies
and arms SO that when England,
overcome by the suddenness of the
| Greek collapse, sought allies to
help check the Turk at the straits,
she found herself alone at Chanak
the Italians and French having
withdrawn to Europe.
Whatever we do toward counter.
acting this effects of this conflict
of interests, it is certain to leave
profound traces, not only in the
Orient but in the Occident. Franc.
and Italy have done for Turkey
what England has done for Ger
many during the last two years.
England has thought it expe-
dent TO spare Germany at the
risk Of hurting France. Italy
thought it clever to spare the con-
quered Turk at the risk Of gravely
wounding British sentiment. Just
as after the last London confer
ence the papers talked of a British
victory.
Will Benefit Third Party
am among those who believe
that an English victory at
Frances expense or a French vic
tory at Britains expense must in
evitably benefit some third part.y
and to make myself entirely clear
l will say that the only countries
obtaining undoubted advantages
from such procedure during the
last three years are Germany,
Turkey and Russia.
l notice Furthermore that the
very moment the Turks were can
ceiling the allied victories on the
battle field was selected by Wirth
to reopen his campaign about re-
sponsiblities and reviving the
legend of Germany's innocence.
Whereas 40 years of European his
tory shows Germany ever ready
for war to preserve at any cost her
military hegemony which Bis
marck established, the German
government now brings up secor-
| Diary documents to prove Germany
was aggrassively attacked. This
action presages another campaign
against the treaties, not only
against their PREPARATION clauses
but against all Of their military,
territorial, political and economic
| demands.
For all these reasons 1923 seems
likely to prove harder than it's pre-
decessor. The victors have no
common doctrine, but the van.
quished have. This is g. greae
truth Which for months past
statesmen have persisted in ig-
noring and it is to be feared it will
| have it's revenge