Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-10

wise as a ruler he has been failure.
Every land that has come under MS
hand has not only been poorly gov
,roea II has been smothered so FAR
a material progress 10 concerned.
All authorities agree on that. II IS
possible that the present generation
may lie able TO call in industrial Lead
,rshtp. as they have leadership OF
their armies 1t would seem, now
ever that England expects him 10
run reasonably true to form, ana Is
Yielding to his ability to make serious
trouble as a fighter in the hope that
n. nm administrators he will fail ana
she lie able 10 get a controlling mana
nm his administrative affairs, such as
sh. had for many years prior to the
Great War. otherwise the BRUSH
aense of humiliation over the present
turn OF affairs must be keen.
In the past century England mas
tought and been ready to fght 10
reen omen the road to India. Wheh
ans Turk officcred by Germans In the
, cr.a, War shut and held shut the
wav through the Straits, Ehsiaho
evidently came to the conclusion she
u,,., SECURE an arrangement more
donendalle and a quite general I'M
pression is that she looked 10 the
cr..ks under the leadership of Neni-
ze,os eventually to act in the capacity
~ nominal guardian. Not only oio
this mart of the plan slip but her
efforts 10 carry through failed.
rho story that is told is one which
no, only suggests mismanaeeHeh'
but questionable practise. Iheie
o,. IN have been somewhat OF bad
faith The British encouraged inc
ambition Of the Arabs to break from
~. domination Of the Turk by what
.nnoars TO have been a promise OIL
Ncropotamia although Italy had been
rromised smyrna for coming into the
var and then when that country
was having her hands full at Flume
IN. Greeks poured into Smyrna. not
II Is suspected, without understand
ing first being had with the British
government. Moreover 1t soon be-
came apparent that England IN her
promise TO the Arabs had overlooked
France and her claim to Syria. ana
va know how the plan for America
10 take on the job OF looking after
Armenia fell through along with
other arrangements OF President Will
son. And then the situation was az
gravated by England's promise to es-
tahlish Jewish rule in the Moslem
country OF Palestine. bitterly resent
"a by the Mohammedans Of Egypt
and India and Arabia.
With this brief outline of the sum
ming up OF the situation as 1t ap-
pears 10 some OF the best informed
authorities II may readily be seen
that England became badly muddled
in her Mediterranean policy. She
lost favor with Italy. and as she wal
disposed TO oppose the methods
France believed necessary in dealing
with Germany. and left It to France
20 support Poland against the Boil
sheviki and permitted her desire FOL
trade TO weigh too heavily in thu
balance, she further complicated the
situation and alienated the support
OF her strongest ally. So she ha:
been left the choice of attempting
practically unaided to thrust the sue.
cessful Turk back, with possibilities
Of interference from others. or Of &C
cepting the terms dictated by Kema
who has so successfully rallied ant
led back TO influence the Turkish
people.
Assuming that England has re
sorted to intrigue. has ma@ promises
she could not keep, II should not b.
inferred that she has been alone IL
this sort OF pre-war diplomacy. In
deed she doubtless has been led t,
this by the intrigue she was com
batting. Aside from the natural de
sire OF the English TO avoid a posi-
ton such as she was in when durinl
the war Turkey held the Straits
AGAINST her. the spirit OF the Englisl
people has long been in revolt agains
the practiseE Of the Turk and IN
comfortable because OF the supper
which England for years gave him
enabling him TO hold his rotten gov
eminent together. But they mus
have realized in some degree the ex
tremely embarrassing situation whicl
their government was called upon I,
deal. The threat Of Mohammedan
ism In territory iinder British con
trei has been sensed and the in
triEue against which they were strug
Cling doubtless excused much in tn,
British mind which otherwise woult
have been openly ana vigorously con
demned.
BE this as 1t may the protests nov
being made are not based on mora