Evening star., 1923-08-22

Feelings apparently are mixed as
! to the new Turkish treaty arranged
| by Ambassador Grew following the
| breaking up Of the Lausanne confer
ence. There is a seeming agreement
that Turkey, at least at the outset
gets all of the better of the agree
ment However, the feeling prevails
that the treaties which have devel-
oped from all of the negotiations be-
tween the powers and the Turks will
| make for a lengthy period of peace
and tranquility in the Balkans. and
! that this is well worth all Of the con-
cessions made to the Turks.
II is making the best OF a bad
business" insists the New York Trib-
une, and especially is il TO be OBJ
served that while we gain free and
equal privileges in the straits. we
are to be involved in none of the en-
tanglements or responsibility for the
maintenance of the status of those
waters, and while the capitulations oi
extraterritoriality are gone, Ameri-
cans In Turkey will not be subjected
sively personal or domestic" The
! New York World likewise holds the
treaty will be justified by its fruits
if Turkey at last becomes progress
sive nation with real courts OF Jus
tice and modern governmental serV-
ices. But nothing can alter the fact
that by it minority Moslem rule over
alien Christian majorities is recog-
nized again in Europe"
While this Is so, the New YORK
| Herald feels for the first time 1.-THE
conduct of the business OF the Turk
ish nation will in future rest upon
the shoulders of the Turks, VINO are
no longer TO be only governors and
n inh
gigantic to a people trained in years
Of self-Government and self-depend-
ence they undertake without trepi-
| dation. Scorning outside assistance
they insist that the world shall rec
| ognize their complete independence
| The world has recognized 1t In
treaties, but at the same time knows
that treaties are not the sole means
of the desired end" Turkey held the
whip hand, as the New York Times
sees it, and 1--WE have signed the only
| kind of treaty we could get out OF
| the Turks. Yet it is q rather painful
contrast with Mr.. Hughes demands
| of last fall"
Suggesting that there is much truth
| in this contention. the Baltimore
Evening Sun, however. somewhat sar-
castically insists "the Turk has not
been unmindful of American feelings.
| To show that his heart is in the right
! place he has gone dry with ven-
geance. The Turk has lined up with
! the Anti-Saloon League. and we sus-
pect the Anti-Saloon League admires
! the Turk-he is SO moral" But the
| Canton News suggests "in an age SO
| enlightened as this, one is inclined TO
| wonder why special treaties and GER
! tain arrangements are necessary be-
! tween one nation and another relat-
| ing to the well-being of Christian
peoples. What Is sauce for the goose
| ought TO be sauce for the gander- in
! this case. If the Turk doesn't stop
/ killing Christians the civilized world
| ought to wiring his neck. 1t fs high
I thine such events were checked in the
universe"
This argument does not appeal to
| the Springfield Republican, which de-
| fends the treaty, pointing out that
"the United States. not having waged
war against Turkey. has not the vic
| tors right--if right Is the word-to
dictate terms. AS against the allies
| this country may fairly claim equality
| of treatment in the near east on the
ground that 1t contributed to the
| common victory, but in relation to
| Turkey the United States holds mere
| ly the position of a friendly power
desiring to re-establish its CONNER
cial and political relations on the
new basis required by new condi-
| tions. 1t Is not very useful, therefore.
l to criticize the treaty for defects or
| shortcomings which merely reflect
national policy. So far as 1t goes II