The Washington herald., 1922-11-08

Fears are entertained that the at
tituds Of the Turks win assume an
anti-chrfstian character similar to
the Boxer outrages in China twenty
years ago.
War II Feared.
This Is the situation as 1t stood
following an emergency cabinet
meeting tonight called ON receipt Of
alarming advices from Gen. Har-
rington. British commander In the
Near East
The allies have the alternative of
captivating ignominiously to the
Turkish demands or taking q firm
stand which may mean a rupture
and. war. A state OF siege will be
necessary II the Turks persist In
their truculence. II Is said here.
Allied commissioners at constan-
tinopie categorically refused to
comply with the Turkish orders
suppressing the allied sanitary
commission. ordering allied debt
collecting officials out of the GUS
toms Offices. and otherwise inter-
fering with administrative meas
pres. Hamid Bey. was warned that
up their commissioners in any way
necessary.
Allies United.
The allies are meeting the Near
East crisis with a display of unity
that. has been rare since the world
war ended.
The Franco-British front has not
been so solid in many months. There
is absolutely no Intention \on the
part of Great Britain. Italy or France
of captivating to the extreme de-
mands of the Turkish Nationals at
Constantinople. These demands
will be resisted by force II neres-
sary.
1t Is hoped that this !Nsplay of
an!e6 unity will dicsuade Mnstapha
Kemal from forcing the issue. Yet
the latest dispatches from Constan-
tinople report serious situation.
The allied nationals have protested.
but the Turks continue to gather the
various functions of government
from allied hands.
The seriousness of the Nea- East
crisis was revelade when Lord
Derby. the war minister. suddenly
abandoned h-s campaign tou: and
came rushing lack to Londcn.
Derby Returns Hastily.
He had been summoned after an
emergency meeting of the cabinet
The cabinet had just received a mes
sag from Sir Charles Harrington.
British representatives at Constan-
tinople. What word the communica-
tion contained was not disclosed. but
IL was regarded as significant that
shortly after the message was re-
ceived the s o call for the war
minister went out.
Still there Is a feeling that after
all maybe Mustapha Kemal. after
the fashion of the proverbial willy
Turk. is making a clever BLUM in
his demand to the allies. One theory
Is that Kemal. for reasons best
known to himself, wants to know
just how united the allies are.
Their home governments are
backing them up in this. France.
who was somewhat sympathetic
to the Kemalist cause at Mudania.
somewhat to the chagrin of Great
Britain. has viewed the latest
| tendencies of the Turkish Nation
alists with alarm and is drawing
closer to Downing Street.
See Hand of Bolshevists.
Diplomatic circles are limiting
that the hidden hand of boil
shevism is directing the Kemal-
ist movements. Some news dis
patches indicate Leon Trotzky,
Soviet war minister. is at Angora,
but the foreign office has no in
formation on this point.
| The British political situation
| is complicating matters. Former
Premier Lloyd George. now in the
heat of his stump campaign, Is
| demanding that the Bonar Law
government show the Turks that
Great Britain is not to be trified
| with.
Lloyd George says that his gov
ernment had the Turk tanned, but
that when Bonar Law became
J premier the Turk took one look
at the list of new ministers and