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Show I QUARRELING OVER THE TURK. England is arousr-d over affairs in Asia Minor The victory of the Turks over the Greeks has been a blow to British prestige and has brought upon Lloyd George endless criticism because be-cause the premier had been plavlng the aide of (he Greeks and la now driven to the position of trying to block the Turks under Mustapha Ke-rnal Ke-rnal Paslm from crossing the straits to I onstantinoplc and making war in Thrace for the recovery of Turkish torritory hold by the Greeks. The worsl feature of all this war-t war-t is that it has grown out of the jealousies of the powers over tho dl idlng of the lands of the Turks. Great Britain had resolved to get possession pos-session of nearly all Asia Minor. That plnu was offensive to France which had developed interests in the Near EasL The two nations fought shoulder shoul-der to shoulder during the world war, but the have drifted apart until now i heir policies are in conflict. During, the conference on disarmament in Washington their difference were j aired. At that time they had In mind their interests in the Near East, but, they talked of other things. At laat the real issue is presented and it is land grabbing. Europe's troubles center in Turkish possessions. For a century the se rious quarrels of the European powers pow-ers have been over the division of the Turkish empire. There is too much , selfishness manifested, and Lloyd George does not escape the accusa-tion accusa-tion of being one of the most selfish of European statesmen. |