Evening star., 1923-03-18
TURKS AND SOVIET
IN GREAT ACCORD
Moscow Replaces Mecca as
New Center for All
of Islam.
FRENCH ARM OTTOMANS
Kemal Rides Roughshod Over
Oriental Caste and Captures
Popularity.
FRENCH ARM OTTOMANs
BY MACMILLAN HARDEN.
Germany's Foremost Publfcist.

! BY Gable TO The Star.
! BERLIN. March 17.-From out of
| the east there may come the solu-
| tion of Europe's tragic dilemma.
| Lenin, who has been a new czar. or
| father, to millions of Russian peas
ants because he gave them the land.
| now is admitted to be down and out.
/ But his work goes OH while another
| great brain creates constructive work
in a neighhoring nation.
! Mustapha Kemal, who crushed the
! wearied Greek army, now rides over
! the caste a;td preiudices of the orient.
Conqucrs the AnGora national as
! sembly, and marches on hand in hand
with Russia toward development OF
! the countries.
, This new ruler of Turkey strives
/ TO persuade the people to develop
! their national resources on the lines
| Of western science. VIII the new
sultan succeed? II is certain. of
! course. that Kemals democratic ten
! denotes are not due to bolshevism.
Unlike Enver Pasha and other would
! he Turkish national leaders, he has
| not proclaimed a holy war to lead
| to unholy results. For the first fine
Turkey has leader who has not
! inspired hatred for unbelievers. but
is seeking the general good of all
| communities.
! Moscow Replaces Mcccn.
Moscow now has replaced Mecca as
! the center Of Islam. All Moham-
medan peoples, including the power
! ful SenusSi sect. are now going there.
! The relations between the two coun-
tries are harmonious. Perhaps. de-
| spite the Sevres and Lausanne fiascocs
a r1g Ta "A "a
surprise for the west.
1t is possible that Gen. Bliss
| statement that general disarmament
would save the world for a decade
will prove true. OF course. Wilson's s
| idea to reduce all armaments to the
lowest possible point consistent with
| safety has not yet been carried out
| either by the victors or the vanquish-
| ed. The Turks still are being armed
! from Frances surplus horizon blue
| equipment. But this is gentle re-
! minder to England that the boasted
democracy of the west now is being
wrought with the sword in the east.
Care Nothing for Good WILL
Neither Lenin. nor Mussolini. nor
British tories nor French nationalists
| care anything about the will of the
! people. Czechoslovakia. Jugoslavia,
Poland-where, incidentally the pre-
| mier is count. belonging to the old
| 4
| to improve their situation. Germany
remains an uncertain factor while en-
| deavorinG to carry out her Ruhr
policy and certain later on to be
| delivered into the hands of dictator
| who may be accepted by the workers
who will be disillusioned. although
! today they blindly agree with the
president and cabinet, who counsel
/ no surrender" while the French
| troops remain on German soil.
The question, however. must be
| forced home as one contemplates the
| developments In the east. Can the
! political wisdom which now appa-
| rently illuminates Turkey and Rus
| sia break through the hateflled fogs
! now covering the rest of Europe. If
! they can then a new era may dawn.
| II the example of Angora and Moscow
| is followed there will be an abandon
| ment OF hatreds and an honest en-
! deaVor to return to work and to al
! low the various nations to resume
! their places in the forefront Of in
dustry.
| Ecclesiastees originated the theory
| of relativity which Einstein now has
/ repopularized. The east may repop-
/ ularize the democracy which avow-
| edly was the aim of the belligerents
| in the great war. Can the example
! be made ontagious. If it can then
i better times must appear.