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Show home, taking along the same "grant nothing-lake all" attitude atti-tude which they brought with them; Primarily the Allies are to blame for the failure of the conference. Shortly after the armistice was signed the land splitting up began. France and England, confident of their military mil-itary power, set aside the most desirable portions for themselves, them-selves, especially those pieces that are imbeded with oil, and are in Turkish territory, or are accessible only by passing through Turkish possessions. They were prepared to reap abundantly when the harvest was ripe. But they miscalucu-lated. miscalucu-lated. The Turkish Nationalists, under the able leadership of Kemal, rose up to protect their own interests. Then the Allies under the pretense of merely aiding the subject Christian races of Turkey, began their militaristic adventures in the Near East. France, however, visualizing the hidden strength of the Turks and by the support they could amass from the Mohammedan followers, and fearincr the dirjlo- Editorial - LUBRICATION It may seem paradoxical, but the machinery of European politics po-litics is clogged with oil. The Lausanne Conference members could not brong about any mutual mu-tual agreements because of the ' partitioning and the aggression that had taken place in the oil regions under cover of mandates and so they disbanded and went macy of England, furnished the Turks with military equipment to fight the Greeks who were backed by the English. As a result the Turks were victorious and were reinstated in Europe. Technically, France' defeated England, and will receive some compensation from Turkey. England immediately withdrew her support from France, in forcing Germany into submission. submis-sion. Today England is free to continue her struggle for the oil. She can center all of her efforts against the Turks without with-out fear of France intervening because France is busily engaged engag-ed in the Ruhr district. What will be the next move over there we do not know. It is certain that reigning dynasties were overthrown in four great empires em-pires during the war, German Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey. Some day all of these nations will come back. Under present conditions they could not very easily accomplish it, but what would prevent a united military campaign of Turks and Russians, aided and abetted by the science of Germany? The fight for oil land concessions then may develop into more than political maneuvering; it may be the growth of a major war in Europe that would be more disastrous and more de-structful de-structful than the recent one. By the Rev. John M. Ryart, of jthe Holy Rosary Church. |