New Britain herald., 1922-09-27
THE r, S. VIEWPOINT.

u-hen the Secretary of state ol ui' y-nited States expresses the sausiae- tion of this government W''h 'ne nlans of the allied proposals Tor peace |, the Near East, those who haNe , ,nalled at the thought of seeing the Turk re-estahlished In Cohs'aH'- ,nonle must calm themselves TOT ,,,o,ent at least and consider II they may not have been wrong in Vloleh''s denouncing any suggestions that co"- +emnlate possibly such a return u power of the Turk
 'The American government ue c,ares the statement ot secretary 11urbes "is gratified to observe that the proposal of the three alilea gov ernments seeks to insure eHecliNels the ,ibertv of the Dardanelles the sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus' as well as protection of racial ana re- ,e;ous minorities" There is an add- ed clause expressing hope that there twill he continued freedom of the straits pending final decision.
 This statement may be interpreted to mean little more than that thls government lis gratified' to see peace nronosals that will be just. There IS no approval of territorial concessions intimated. There is no editorial ad- vice If is only an approval of an attempt to establish peace, AS such there may be no criticism or It. Many may wish that the statement of this government should have or fered encouragement to the propo- nents of war in order to assure the neace indicated, but those who would take this firmer attitude fail to real ize how great would be the outcry here if such war were suggested and the United States was so situated that we might have to participate
 Anciently Russia was always seek ing to put down the Turk. Turkey had d powerful enemy in Austria Today these two powers, at least are no longer antagonistic to her. Rus- sia may be called, even, friend, Austria is practically poWeriess' France is certainly inclined to be friendly to the Turk and Italy is not opposed to him. England is fearful of opposing Turkey-or the ascend- the strong Moslem population in India Egypt and the Sudan. And at the same time England is held back by the huge wave of anti-war sentl- ment of the people of her own coun- try. She has surrendered to the de- I mands of the Turks after declaring | her opposition to re-entry into Europe Lloyd George did not believe it pos sibe, some days ago, that the Greeks could be defeated so convincingly l Now, following one show of hesitancy l on Engand's part to continue her strong stand against the IurkS, she | has ordered respect for the neutral | zone-and Renal has disregarded it. | Thus England's position becomes mor~ difficult than ever. Another show of weakness by paying no atten- ton to this disregarding of her uti- matum will add just so much to | Kemals confidence.
 Summing up the situation it is no | time to make permanent plans for the | future in the face of a strong sue cessful force and no time for fanat- | ical outcry against those who would | bring even temporary peace. As long as this country stands where it l does in regard to the affairs of Europe. wisely or selishly insisting | that if there is force needed it must | be exerted by others, the statement of this government regarding the situation, accentuating as it does only approval of plans for the conference and nothing more, is proper.