The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-07-29
Last Hopes
for Turks
Abandoned
Lloyd George Is Pessimistic
of Eastern Civilization
Says Lausanne Pact
Not Peace.
Monkey Bite Historical

London, July 2S.-The Turk may be
bad ruler but he is the prince of
anglers. The cunning and patience
with which he lands the most refrac-
tory fish, once he has hooked 1t, is
beyond compare.
What inimitable play we have wit
messed for six months on the shores
of Lake Leman. Once the fish seemed
to have broken the tackle-that was
when the first conference came TO
>an abrupt end. 1t simply meant,
however, that the willy oriental was
giving out plenty of line. He knew
the moment would come when they
would return with the hook well In
their outlets and the play begin once
more-the reeling in and the reeling
out; the line sometimes taut and
strained, but never swapping.
Time and patience rewarded him.
At last the huge tarpon are lying
beached on the banks Britain,
France, Italy and the United States,
high and dry-landed and helpless,
without a swish left in their tails.
glistening and gasping in the sum.
mer sun.
Turks Can Angle Well.
It is little wonder Ismet had smile
on his face when all was over. Re
ports from Angora state that peace Is
hailed there as a great Turkish tri.
umph. And so it is. II the Turk
could govern as well as he angles, his
would be the most formidable en-
pire in the world. Unfortunately hel
is the worst Of rulers, hence the
trouble-his own and that OF those
who unhappily have drawn him as
governor in the lottery of life.
The able correspondent of the Lon.
don Daily Telegraph at the Lausanne
conference supplied us from time tol
time with vivid pen pictures of thel
four greatest powers of the world
struggling in the tolls Of the squalidl
and broken remains OF an empire
with an aggregate population equal
TO that of couple of English coun-
sfries l could name. This is what he
wrote a few days ago:
THE records of the conference
present an even more marvellous Sc
rfes of concessions and surrenders.
What was frayed before is thread
bare now. The allies have whitfield
away their own rights with lavish
hand in the cause of peace. The fig.
ure that the European delegates are
cutting In Lausanne and the agents
OF the concessionaires in Angora-ali
alike representatives of the west-has
been rendered undignified as much by
the manner as by the matter of their
worsting."
Condition Grows Worse.
Since those distressing words were
written the powers have sunk yeti
deeper into the slough of humilia-
ton.
The Times correspondent. wiring
after the agreement, writes in a
strain Of deep indignation at the blow
inflicted on the prestige of the west
by this extraordinary treaty.
In order to gauge the extent of the
disaster to civilization which this
treaty implies, 1t is only necessary to
give a short summary of the war
aims OF the allies in Turkey. The ex.
periences more especially Of the past
century had demonstrated clearly
that the Turk could be no longer en-
trusted with the property. honor or
lives of any Christian race within
his domains. So a series of agree
ments were entered into In the early
months Of 1915 between France, Rus.
sia and ourselves by which the
/. greater part Of Turkey. with its con-
glomerate population. was to be par.
titioned at the end OF the war.
Cilicia and Syria were allotted to
France. Mesopotamia to Britain and
Armenia and Constantinople to Rus
sia. Palestine was to be placed under
the joint control of Britain and
France. Arabia was TO be declared
Independent, and territory carved
largely out OF desert-but including
some famous cities of the east. Da.
mascus. HONS and Aleppo-was to be
constituted into a new Arab state
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