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Show I WAR CLOUDS DISAPPEARING p There will be a feeling pi relief in England with 'he annninm-im m tha: ! Mustapha. Kemal bus agreed to a conference con-ference with the allied high commissioners, commis-sioners, to be held Tuead 1 Representatives of the powers should be uble to convince Kemal Pasha that Ihe rights of the Turks will be respected without a conflict, II but even though the Turk leader in- aists on going across (he straits, the ;fj Eritish can gracefully retire by declar-lug declar-lug that the conference decided not M to obstruct the passage of the vlctor-h vlctor-h ious army. Jr But while the Brit'sh forces were commanding Kcnij.1 1'asha not to 1' come within the neutral zone, and l while General Harington was attempt. -ij! Ing to block the way, it would have lj! been imperative for the British to if Itght, if the Nationalists defied them. With the conference in sight, the 11 war clouds roll away. There will bo; L no fighting unless General Harington I has a force strong enough to resist 3 the Turkish advance, which is doubt-1 Cnli and yet we may look for the Turks j to recover the greater part of Thrace W and once moro establish themselves I In power in Europe. The world out-j Hi 6lde Mohammedan countries will re-I re-I gret this, as the Turk has had a rec-J ord of bnitcl disregard of th rights jof minorities and he has bntchered 'and massacred Chrislans o,Ter a period pe-riod of several centuries. He should havo been held in check years ago, but the greed of Franco, England, Germany Ger-many and the other nations seeking a slice of Turkilsh territory lias pro-vented pro-vented concerted action. Over a long period some one of the bic powers has been courting Turkish good will in order to obtain concessions and the result has been a threat of war when-'ever when-'ever the pandering power was. inter-'fored inter-'fored with. This time Great Britain tried to obtain a big part of Turkey and France grew Jealous and helped the Turks drive the Greeks from Asia Minor. |