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Show CRISIS II NEAR EAST ALARMING BRITISH CABINET SETS INFORMALLY INFOR-MALLY OVER WEEK END AND DEBATES London Daily Mail Characterizes Pol-Icy Pol-Icy of Premier Lloyd George As Near Insanity; Press Voice Opinions London. Near eastern developments develop-ments are causing the British government govern-ment increased anxiety. The cabinet set informally over the week-end at Chequers Court, the country residents of the prime minister. Austen Chamberlain, Cham-berlain, Lord Brikenhead, Sir Robert Stevenson Horne and Winston Spencer Spen-cer Churchill have 'been Lloyd George's guests there, and all through Sunday the telephones between Chequers Court and the foreign office in London j have been humming with consultations consulta-tions with the various government departments. de-partments. The principal news of Sunday brought by Associated Press dispatches, dispatch-es, is of a conference between Sir Harry Lamb, the British High commissioner, com-missioner, and Mustapha Kemal Pasha at Smyrna, in which the nationalist leader showed little disposition to regard re-gard allied warnings unless the allies were willing to return Thrace to Turkey. Tur-key. Moreover, Kenal demanded complete com-plete withdrawal of the Greek forces from the Tchatalja lines. The latest advice from Constantinople Constanti-nople indicate serious allied preparations prepara-tions for a possible attempt by the Kemalists against the neutral zone. This may servs to explain the somewhat some-what sudden change in the attitude of the British government from Friday, Fri-day, when it was explained that no considerable reinforcements would be sent to the near east unless the Turks gave evidence of an intent to cross into Europe, when the British government govern-ment issued an important statement of policy, showing immediate steps to meet possible Kemalist action. This sudden change in attitude has caused grave misgivings an certain quarters. The Daily Mail Monday published pub-lished under the editorial caption : "This New War," an article stigmatizing stigmatiz-ing the policy set forth in the statement state-ment as "bordering upon insanity." It declares that the British public will learn with dismay and astonishment astonish-ment that Lloyd George and his colleagues col-leagues are organizing a new war in the near east, are trying to drag Jugoslavia Jugo-slavia and Rumania into the fray and are sending British troops into battle bat-tle "shoulder to shoulder with the dejected de-jected Greeks." It adds : "The most astonishing disclosure dis-closure in this amazing declaration of government policy is that apparently Lloyd George already has sent a fiery cross around the overseas dominions, asking them to send contingents to join in this mad war." The Mail contends that Mustapha Kemal's peace terms are not far removed re-moved from the terms propounded by Lord Curzon, in behalf of the allies on March 30th, when Lord Curzon, suggested the Enos-Midia line should be the Turkish frontier in Europe. It declares that all agree that Constantinople must be returned to the Turks and Kemal Pasha, and now Lloyd George is "trying to retrieve re-trieve his shattered reputation, through the downfall of his pro-Greek policy, by arranging a wanton war and supposing that he can arouse the nation as Gladstone did in the seventies seven-ties of last century ahout Bulgaria.'' While the Mail has known pro-French pro-French proclivities, it voices an opinion opin-ion which is quite prevalent. |