Evening star., 1923-09-29
sY THE N. ROUSE DE FoNrEsoy,

BY THE sIARQUIsE DE .FONTESOY.
Lora Carzon rendered o-shfs conn
try andsto civilization a far, greater
service tban was appreciated at the
time. when, by means Of the treaty
OF Lausanne. which so many have
wrongly described as humiliating
surrender to the 'Angora government,
he "averted a war. between Great
Britain and Turkey war in which
both of these former allies stood on
the very brink.
The Turks were virtually called
upon 10 determine whether they
would continue to accept the pro-
nounced advances of the soviet juntas
at Moscow and join the bolsheviki in
the latters more or less open war
fare upon western civilization or
throw In their lot with the latter.
The Turks. in control of the Darda-
nelles, of Asia Minor and Of the
headwaters Of the Tigris and Of the
Euphrates, would always have been
a source of trouble to Great Brltaln
and to her administration of the
Holy Land, trouble Wnicn M0ui9 we 10
have become a permanent peru IL
they were definitely allied with the
hnisheyiki while the fact, that Tur-
kew was an enemy of England would
always have been resented by the
near, hundred million Moslems IN
King Georges vast indian empire.
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Rv nAans of some concessions, cal
culated to satisfy the national pride
and the national aspirations OF the
Turks. and by according to them the
treatment of a civilized power-of a
European power--instead of that of
n semi-barbarous Asiatic slater, Eng
land. thanks to Lord Curzon's policy,
managed to restore her old-time
friendship with the sublime port
that friendship which caused Great
Rritain. with France and Italy, to
embark in the Crimean war Of 1855
In the defense of the Ottoman en-
Dire against Russia and which also
iAa these same powers to call a halt
TO Russia, when, in 1877, her victo-
rious army had penetrated to. the
very outer walls OF constanfinSple, m. mt
forts to destroy this friendship and
brought Turkey into the great war.
by means of political and economic
Intrigue, with the result that she
found herself arrayed In the struggle
ner protectors of her national inde-
nendence. She was accorded, by the
Revision of the treaty of SeVres ana
by the bitterly criticized congress or
Lausanne. an opportunity OF repair t
Pasha and ex-Premier Reouf- Pasha,
the Turkish naval hero of the sPaikan
wars -of 1a13, were clever enough 70
take advantage of the occasion ana
to persuade their fellow countrymen
70 follow their lead. encouraged by
the patience and the diplomacy or
ford Ct,rzone who, with his seven
years viceroyalty of India 70 ms
record and his extensive travel ana
studies of Asia, possesses hhom nr
edge and experience OF oriental con
.siitions and, above all, of the oriental
lr,indr that, is altogether unique among
{herstatesmenH of the western "orio.
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TODAY civilization may be described
as garnering the fruits of this fore
sirhtad policy. For Turkey has
Identified herself with western Eu-
rope and the United States against
belshevism and its horrors. Accord
ing to the leading official organs OF
the Moscow government the good
relations between nationalist Turkey
and Russia of the soviets are becom-
ing a. thing of the past. Turkey has
already evidently forgotten all that
Russia has done for her ahdis adopt
Ing lin her relations with US the
hostile tone such, as we have hitherto
been accustomed to encounter only
at the hands Of our open enemies, the
mowers of the entente. The syste-
matte persecution OF the representa-
tives OF oficial Turkey against sub
jects of the peasant and workers
government Of Russia persists in
spite of our protests, which have
rather served to intensity the NAL
treatutents OF. ctr fellow countrymen.
hndssynapa thfa6rs, hundreds Of W f1om