The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-15

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the West are being intensified, Eng
fish Imperialism is endeavoring to Gre
ate an Eastern front against the Soviet
Union. The English press Dis making
efforts to exploit in an increased de-
gree the theme of the omnipresent
hand in Moscow and to brighten the
leading groups in the countries of the
Near East with the DOGGY of a "red
Imperialism of the Bolsheviki" which
is said to be directed against the back
ward peoples of the East. This Eng
lIsh propaganda il noticeable In recent
( times especially in Turkey, Persia and
,Afghanistan.
In connection with the recent reso-
luton OF the Government of Angora to
build up new the Turkish navy, the
English paper Near East proposed
that Turkey should work on similar
lines to those taken by England,
on the grounds that the interests
of Turkey and England are complete
ly identical, in that both these coun-
tries are obliged to carry on policy
of defense against ''the aggressive
plans Of Russia" in Asia, in which
proposal it is easy to see a transpar-
ent hint that 1t would be best for the
Turkish feet to be under English
guidance. The taking over by the An
CORA Government of the property of
the non-Moslem population of Turkey,
which remained unclaimed in conse-
quence Of the war, prompted the
Morning Post to urge Turkey not
to follow in the footsteps of BoIshe-
vism but to take its direction from
western civilization and to help
England.
At the same time the English press
is raising hue and cry about the Boil
shevist threat to Persia and Afganis-
tan which is alleged to have arisen
as result of the demarcation of ma
tional boundaries in the Soviet Repub-
lies of Middle Asia. and is trying to
represent instruction of the Persian
Turkomans, which has been provoked
by the activities of English agents. as
a Moscow intrigue.
The Daily Telegraph expert on
questions concerning Middle Asia re-
Gently demanded, in that paper, the
revision of English policy in the Near
East. He pointed out that the man
datory territories of England repre-
sent a narrow corridor at the extreme
ends of which lie the potentially hos
tile districts of Egypt and Persia,
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nothing has been done to gain its
sympathies). and in the South the
sovereign territories of the Sultan of
Nedjd and leader of the Wahabiti,
Thu Saud, the whole of whose interests
have been prejudiced by England's
policy in the last few years. In his
opinion the foundations and principles
of Englands policy in Middle Asia
should be revised, as otherwise she
might expect to lose her whole influ-
ence and prestige in the Middle East.
AS a matter of fact England has in
the last few months developed fever
ish activity in Egypt, Palestine, Ara
bia, IraQ, Turkey and Persia. New
perfected methods of diplomacy are
being used side by side with the form
er methods of force and terror.
The English High Commissioners
for Egypt and Palestine are being ex-
changed. The resignation of Lord AL
lenby in Egypt and his replacement
by George Lloyd, the former governor
of Bombay, signifies, as has been re-
marked in the Arabian press, that the
English government circles are trying.
to cover the iron hand of the policy
carried out by them in Egypt, with
velvet glove. The replacement of
Sir Herbert Samuel in Palestine by
Lord Plumer is regarded in English
political circles as preventive mea-
sure for possible political complica-
lions in the Near East. According to