Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-18
BRITAIN BOTHERED BY THE
 NEAR EASTERN DEVELOPMENTS

London, Sept. 17.-(By The A P.)- Near eastern developments are causing the British government increased anxiety. The cabinet has been sitting informally over the week end at Crequers Court. the country residence of the prime min ister. Austen Chamberlain. Lord Birken- head, Sir Robert Stevenson-Horn and Winston Spencer Churchill have been MT. Lloyd Georges guests there, and all through Sunday the telephones betEAen Chequers Court, and the foreign office in London have been humning with con suftations with the various government depa rtments
 Another formal cabinet council will be held tomorrow, and the foreign minister of Jugo-Slavia. M Niinchitch, who has l been in consultation with Premier Poin- /. care at Paris, and who Nvill reach Lon don tomorrow, will have an interview | with the prime minister and Lord Cur gon, the British secretary for foreign af- | fairs.
 The latest advices from Constantinople indicate serious allied preparations for !; a possible attempt by the KeTnalists against the neutral zone. This may serve to explain the somewhat sudden change
 in the attitude of the British govern ment from Friday. when it was explained that no considerable endorsements
 would be gent to the near cast unless the Turks gave evidence of an intent to cross into Europe. to Saturday, when the British government issued an important
 statement of policy. showing immediate steps to meet possible Kenalist action.
 This sudden change in attitude hai l caused grave misgivlnSs in certain quar- 1 ters. The Daily Mail will tomorrow pub fish, under the editorial captin. 'ThlI New War" an article stigmatizing the
 policy set forth in the statement a.
 bordering upon insanity"
 It declares that the British public vii
 learn with idismay and astonishment
 that NIT. Lloyd George and his colleagues
 are organizing new war in the neal
 east, are trying to drag Jugo- -Slavis
 and Rumania into the fray and aresend
 ing British troops into battle -shouidel
 to shoulder with the deiected Greeks" It odds: "The most astonishing dis
 closure in this amazing decarstion o
 government policy IS that apparent.
 MT. Lloyd George already has sent
 fiery cross around the overseas dominions
 asking them to send contin5ents to joii
 in this mad war"
 The Mail contends that Mustapha Rem ars peace terms are not far removed
 from the terms propounded by Lord Cur zon. in behalf of the allies on March 5o | AIidia line should be the Turkish from tier in Europe. It declares that all hand
 gree that Constantinople must be re turned to the Turks and Kemsl Pssha am now Mir Lloyd George Is trying { retrieve his shattered reputation. throug the downfall of his pro-Greek .solicy. b 7 arranging a wanton war and suppos!n that he can arouse the nation as Glad 2 stone did. in the seventies of last centur ! about Bulgaria
 , While the Mail has known pro-Frenc proclivlties. it voices an opinion whic is quite prevalent.
 Great Britain's one true interest 5 freedom of the straits, which can be at tained by negotiation the paper cor tinues There is not the smallest nee 7 to plunge Europe into war and alienat . the whole Mohammedan world about tn straits
 According to the Paris corresponder of the Times the tone of the Britis
 official statement has caused surprise an h uneasiness in France. which Is filled wit
 alarm at the prospect of being draEge ' into war with Turkey. The British stat' 2 ment. he says. is considered to amour q almost to an u,timatum to Angora an ei calculated to provoke course of actiol = which. in the French view the Kemslisi 1t had hitherto no intention of pursuin' e Moreover. he adds. the French goverr D ruent finds itself faced by a dilemm
 through the British suggestion to adm g the little entente to the near easter l. conference.
 n Rome despatches seem to indicate ths l. similar opinion Is held in Italy.
 The dominion governments are dispo' l. cd 10 assist the mother country in ni.
 tary way. as the prime minister has sut
 gested, but are apparently tensultin
 their parliaments before finally decidin \ It is even reported that South Africa
 not willing to send contingent. , Melbourne despatches show that N l. Lloyd Georges telegram to the common :. wealth government strongly emphasize i'd the gravity of the situation and pointe l. out that proof of the dominions' vlliini ,e ness to aid might even exercise stror m influence in preventing hostilities.