| Show Other OtheO Points of View sew r 9 LIGHT FROM It Tim TILE L. L ASTOne S1 AST One of or the greatest results result of ot tho the allied victory will willbe be the final liberation of or tho the peoples of or eastern Mediterranean Medi countries from Crom Turkish oppression followed by the est establishment of or governments deriving their authority authorIty author author- ity from the free treo choice of ot the native o populations Such Is the tho program announced b by Great Britain and France In a statement ement Issued yesterday under direction of ot the tho British foreign office b by tho British embassy in Wash Wash- ash ington The Tho two governments are arc It Is said agreed to encourage e and help the establishment of or native nativo governments governments gov gov- and administrations In S Syria and Mesopotamia actually liberated by the allies and nd In the territories they arc are now striving to liberate and to recognize them as soon as effectively established There Thero Is to be no effort to control these those peoples or to Include them and their lands within tho the dominions of ot any my of or the allied governments On the tho contrary any such purpose is expressly disavowed owed Hero Horo Is the official statement statement state state- ment of or policy polley Far from seeking to force upon tho the populations of or those countries an any particular Institution France and Great Britain have no other othor concern than to Insure b by their support and their active assistance tho the normal working of or the governments and institutions the tho populations shall have freely treely adopted so as to secure just Impartiality for tor all and also to facilitate the tho economic development dO of or tho the country countr In arousing and encouraging local Initiatives by the diffusion of Instruction and to put an end to discords dis dis- discords dis- dis cords which havo have too long been taken advantage of or b by Turkish rule Such Is la the rolo role that the two allied governments govern govern- ments claim for themselves cs In tho liberated territories Under such leadership and inspiration and assured of oC their liberties these redeemed peoples ma may look forward I to a great future a future futuro In which tho the wilderness and the tho solitary tar place shall be bo glad slad for tor them and the tho desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose Great Britain and Franco have shown themselves true to tho spirit In which they thoy went to war and to the Ideas that they have havo proclaimed It would be easy to make the freed peoples prosperous under either cither a British or a French government Go But the they are to enjoy something greater than prosperity though the they are to have that too too namely namely lIbert liberty They es escape not only from Turkish rule but from German oppression op oppression op- op and exploitation Indianapolis Indianapolis News Ji |
