Evening star., 1922-09-17
The Story the Week Has Told

planes. have been assigned. Headquarters will
be at Basdad 1t It. is understSod that the cost cost
be one-ffth the previous cost.
Germany-There Is a new reparations crisis
not less serious than any previous one. but the
very latest report allows a hope that it will be
tided over. I defer account Of this matter to
next week.
The League AssembIy-The matter that most
engages the interest Of the assembly is Lord
Cecil's plan of regional compacts Of mutual
guarantee against aggression; i. e.. one COM
pact to bind the nations of Europe, another those
of South and Central America etc. There is also
much talk of the project of a conference for
the purpose of extending the naval limitation
provisions of the Washington treaty. to the
government (Which recently refused signature
to the ST. German arms convention for the
of arms) would agree to participate in a gem
eral conference having in view convention
more fully meeting the views of govern
ment the assembly would order arrangements
Likelihood that our government. which has
been invited to do. will signify a willing
The Representatives of Britain. France and
Italy. acting under instructions from their
approvai of Lord Ceciis plan There is even
talk of a meeting of the supreme council this
week In Geneva, at which a tentative
pact between Britain: France and Italy should
be signed. to which the other nations of
Europe-Russia. last Of all-would. in turn, be
asked to subscribe. 1t is reported that, in
announcing their governments approval of
the Cecil plan: the French delegates also an
nounced that France would consider pledge
by Britain and by continental European
tions to support France in case of attack
France by Germany. justifying reduction of
This is very pleasing and must be especially
with such rapid strides? The disarmament
committee of the assembly has instructed (the
instructions require the approval of the
permanent disarmament commission which ia
ments. treaty embodyins Cecils general
ideas and to submit it to "all the parliaments"
rnents to indicate approval or disapproval
thereof before the converting of the next league
a model form of treaty is contemplated. ap-
picable. 'mutatis mutandis. to the several
other. and apparently the next assembly is to
determine the final form. after considering
submit the treaty in that final form Cor per
haps the model will be appropriately modified
for ratification. So this splendid project
though we'll forward is still far from compile
france Fran and Italy would conclade an interim
compact Dut l am not too sanguine Of that
Lloyd George is expected to address tine
sembiy this week: chiefly. it is said, in support
of the Cecil plan.
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Greece and Turkey-The military disaster
the Greeks in Asia Minor. great enough in
all conscience. not SO great the earlier
reports gave out.
recent dispatch states that on the Sth
10000 Greek troops embarked from
Smyrna, and that from the Sth to the 10th, in
elusive, 10000 embarked from Chessme,
at the western end of the peninsula west of
Smyrna, skillful military dispositions having
been made across the peninsula to protect the
latter embarkments: the Greek feet. presum-
ably, also assisting The dispatch de-
clares that 80, 900 were embarked from Mudania.
on the Sea of Marnora. Adding together these
figures. we have 10000 Greek troops evacuat-
ed. Now statements of the strength of the
Greek army in Asia Minor at the beginning of
the terrible two weeks have varied between
10000 and 100000. never. think. exceeding
the latter figure. Assume 100000 to be ap-
proximately correct, then if 1884, 900 is approx
imately correct for the number evacuated. andt
if, as is believed. numerous small Greek units