Evening star., 1923-04-22
OFFER BY GERMANY
BELIEVED AT HAND
England Brings Pressure to Bear Upon
Berlin-France's Near East Policy
Breaks Down.

| future German quibbling and will in
slst that the French and the Belgians
remain remain in the Rhineland and the
| Ruhr, measuring their withdrawal
! with German payments. Should.
however. the Germans permit French
| participation in her industries, should
they sign treaties providing for arbi-
| traton of all points of difference be-
tween the two countries and give
other adequate signs Of good faith,
| there is a possibility that Poincare
| might yield slightly on the evacu-
alton principle.
England regards the next step as
plainly one to be taken by the Ger
mans. and if Washington advices are
correct every pressure is being
brought to bear upon Berlin to bring
about the desired end.
1t is argued that nothing can be
achieved, save ruin. in continued re-
, sistance. Something always comes
out or clear-cut proposals from either
or any contending parties, and it Is
peiieved that German offer soon
Will be the result of present British
effort.
But. unless there he unforeseen de-
velopments. the Ruhr question. dur
ing the next week at least, must be
relegated for another. equally as i'm
portant-making peace with the
Lausanne Conference.
The Lausanne conference will as
semble tomorrow or Tuesday. and its
sessions promise to be hectic and pro-
longed. The Turks are entering the
| parley with the cream of the near
east SKINNED off in concessions
granted by the Angora assembly to
| the American syndicate headed by
| Admiral Chester. Though the Brit
| ish have declared they will make no
effort to upset the concessions save as
they effect British inundated terri
tories and conflict with British pres
tlge, the French are going to Lau-
same with determined effort to either
break down the Chester concession or
force participation in it.
for their determination to impress
the French viewpoint and their politi-
cal and economic purposes upon the
world, nevertheless diplomats and
over the dilemma in which the French
foreign office finds itself. France to-
day Is loudly protesting against the
Turkish grant to Chester on the
ground that it conflicts with French
concessions obtained from the Sui
tan's government. but abroEated by
the new one. British point to the fact
however that this attitude is confess
sion of a breakdown of the whole
French near eastern policy.
Dickering in Near East.
After the treaty of Sevres in
which the French obtained Syria as
a mandate, they. and unknown to
the British and in the face of ex-
pressed determination of the foreign
officers of both countries to work in
full and open cooperation in the near
east. initiated several agreements
with the Turks looking toward ex
ploitation of sections of Turkey by
the French. The British also charge
that. even when war loomed in re-
cent months. franklin Bouillon was
sent to Turkey and. though ostensi-
bly, there to treat with the Turks on
behalf Of all the allies, he sought
to embrace in his negotiations eco
romic agreements of direct interest
to the French and against the best
interests of the British. At one time,
after the signing of the treaty of |
doomed blackest in the near east, the
French espoused the cause of the
Turks. and it was only after the
strongest of representations on the
part of Great Britain that the French
finally were forced to join openly
n
In the language of diplomatic OBJ
servers. the Turks used the French
up until the time they were no
longer useful and then cast them
over. If the French could have
gained the Chester concessions all
would have been well and France
would have stood against the world.
POSSIBLY even broken with England;
lut. now that her near eastern pol
icy has been nulled by determination
OF the Turks to run their own af-
fairs and strike at those demanding
capitulations, the French are left
only with a feeble protest
Cnque signatories to the
treaty of Sevres will bring the great
est pressure to bear upon the Turks |
to modify their position on the ques-
ton of capitulations, the only really |
outstanding issue that was not set
tied in the first Lausanne conference,
tut there is little likelihood that the |
Turks will give in unless absolutely |
forced to do |
Illustration of the temper of the |
Turks at the present juncture is best J
found in increased mobilization of |
Turkish forces along the frontiers |
of inundated territories in the old |
Turkev and increased military
strength along the straits and Darda- !
IelleS.