| Show THE THE SAI SA CONCESSiON BY TURKS CAUSES C CRISIS S Development Scheme Creates Cre ates Serious f 1 S Si Situation WASHINGTON April 11 By U. U r. r I A A serious internal situation ha has I IA been created by the action o of ot the Turkish nationalist parliament at al alC adt f An Angora ora In ratifying the called ao-called C Chester Cheater concession for tor a va vase e development development devel devel- and exploitation of Turkish t and former Turkish territory observers ob oh servers In Washington were con con- convinced convinced vinced tuda today Great Britain Is c certain to conf contest con con- test teat t the tho Chester Cheater concession es a according accordIng accord accord- f Ing t to information in Welt well i posted poste d quarters here here- as th tb plan strikes S squarely at vast Mist British interests Interest Inthe in it inthe 1 the Near 1 East Kast It that the London government gov gov- is la consistently fighting t to maintain Not alone atone does docs the ratification O Othe of ot r the Chester concession mean that II it will be fought by Great Britain but this action at An Angora ora causes a serious serious se- se se S' rious clash of or Interests between tW two t American groups over a 1 prize which t probably constitutes one of ot the S greatest development enterprises S ever planned S Finally the United States government government government govern govern- ment Itself Is la thrown Into a delicate position because the rival rl plans o of two great American groups study study- stUd t ing in the development scheme one ono 0 of ot which Is backed by Great Britain and because use of ot circumstances which it Is bellev believed d. d may make it difficult for tor this government to give Ive active u tO to A the e. Chester er concession I lo 01 0 cession 1 A I-A A vast ast s system stem of or railroads railroads- of miles of ot them them them-Is Is to be ba constructed t throughout ea eastern tern Ana Ana- tolia 2 The 2 The rl rights to the oil and other mineral development are granted in inthe inthe the ro territory r S stretching h for t twenty kilometers on n nS each side e of these railroads There Thero are similar water waterpower waterpower waterpower power grants 3 3 Two ports are to be constructed construct construct- ed od on the Black sea aea at and the he other on the Mediterranean l at Even the c construction of or a great modern 1 city at Angora as the e new lew ew r f capital of Turkey lurkey e is planned e Oil is at the bottom of this question ques ques- tion as It is found behind so many grave grae international questions today toda Although this Is admitted to be only a phase of the Chester concession oil Is the key to the tha present situation But and the territory near It where official reports state rich oil Is literally oozing up from the theol ol oi are In the state stat of ot Iraa Iraq the British claim though the Turks deny It Great Britain holds the mandate 01 over oer er Mesopotamia or technically the state of ot Iraq Therefore the Turkish nationalist government has granted a concession concession concession conces conces- sion In a territory of ot which It exercises exercises ex ex- ex- ex no control The conflict between two great American companies comes in that there exists I a a. tactic t understanding I between e the great oil ug companies of Great Britain and America that the American company shall have hare an Important share In the development of ot oil with Great Britain and France |
