New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

'y''o" tetiltoIy. III eXcnanGe to- talS
France has acquired the right to some
very important railroad concessions,
including the exploitation Of the sec
tion Of the road returned to Turkey,
and also has an opportunity w to
withdraw large numbers of her troops
from Cilicia. 1t is estimated tat the
French forces in the mandatcd terri.
tory can now be reduced by no less
than $4,000 men.
1t was, however, not so much in the
treaty itself that lay the specially i'm
portant points of the agreement as in
an explanatory note, which was handed
to NJ FranklinB Bouillon by Yussuf
Kemal Bey on the same day that the
treaty was signed. IN this note the
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
expressed his earnest hope that since
friendly relations have been re-estab-
ished between Turkey and France the
latter would do everything in her power
to aid in the proper solution of all
questions relating to Turkeys inde-
pendencc and national sovereignty.
The allusion here, which is but thinly
velled, is to Angora's persistent efforts
tor the abrogation or at least a ma
tcrlal revision of the Treaty of Sevres.
AND as an accompaniment of this newly
established friendship the Turkish gov
eminent expresses not only its desire.
puc also Its eagerness that close eco
nomic relations be established between
Turkey and France. Tho note con-
tlnues as follows:
THE government of the Great M.
tlonal Assembly, desirous of promot-
ing economic relations between the
Two cOLntrlcs, authorizes me to in
form you that it is willing to grant
concession for the exploitation of
IRON, chrome and silver mines in the
Harchlte valley, for the period of
nlnety-nlne years, to French group,
which, within five years after the
signing of this agreement. would or
ganize the exploitation of the said
concession by corporation formed
under the Turkish law in which
turkish capital would participate to
the extent of so per cent"
The French government is also in
formed that the government of Turkey
would be disposed most favorablv to
considering other requests for conces-
slons, involving railroads, WATERWAYS.
mines, etc, as we'll as to inviting the
collaboration of Free aecialists.
The note ends with an ezr -ession of
hope that the Frencs government
~ould Immediately authorize French
capita lists to enfcr into economic and
financial relations with the government
OF the Great National Assembly.
The announcement of the French
Turkish accord imm ediately led to the
inauguration of similar negotiations
with Ango:a on the part of Great Brit
ain and lta'y. But all these negotia-
tons caused also some thing of a stir ..
IN Moscow. A month after the signing
of the Franco-Turkish treaty the Turk
lsh Ambassador in Moscow presented
20 Ichitcherin a note in which. after
/ informing the Soviet government off
cla'ly of the signing of the treaty. he
stated:
my government directs me to in
form the government of the Russian
Socialist Federated Soviet Republic
that the above-named agreement does
not contain single thesis or q single
polno which may in any manner
weaken or conflict with the spirit or
the letter of the Russo Turkish
agreement of friendship sirned in
Moscow. My government adds that
neither the Franco-Turkish treaty.
nor any other agreement winch it
may conclude, will ever be of such
character, as to impair the political
amlty and friendship, the foundation
! Tor which was laid by the Russian
ernments by the Moscow and Kars
! treaties"
how Tar these assurances will satisfy
the Soviet government remains to be
seen. The present relations between
aoscow and Angora, i. G., the real re-
lations, and not their outward mani
fcs'ations represented by the official
agreements, are too complicated to be
gone into in the present connection.
Thy may we'll form the subject of a
special study But in the mean time,
the important fact is that to-day Tur-
key is in much better international
situation than she has been for the
lISC i've years. AnQ ner OUTLOOK 1o1
the future is still better. for once moro
in her peculiar history, she is the OBJ
ject of conflicts among other nations,
by which she profits most.
The question of very material re.
vision of the Treaty Of Sevres, made
inevitable by the French diplomat
maneuver, is to be one of the principa
topics of discussion between Great
Britain and France through the ncxt
few weeks The fall of BRAND is not
likely to change matters in this .e
gard, since his successor, Poincare,
appears to be quite in agreement, on
all essential points, with the former
French Premier's policy in the Near
East Speculations are current as 70
how far the revision will go, some oo
servers declaring that it may bring
about the withdrawal Of Greece from
Smyrna and even a possible return OF
Turkey to Europe.
The "Sick Man of Europe" seems to
have an amazing vitality and, apparent
ly, still more marvellous luck.
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