OCR Text |
Show uu AMERICA AND THE TURK. Secretary Hughes has announced that the United States is in accord with tho allies In their resolve to maintain the freedom of the Dardanelles Darda-nelles and protect racial and religious minorities in Turkey It is to the best interests of all coun- tries that the waterway from the Black sea to the Mediterranean be opened to commerce without restrlc J Hon, and it is an act of justice to pro-' tect the Armenians and Greeks in 1 Asia Minor from the fanatics who are followers of Kemal Pasha. But America's declaration can have 1 no weight because America ictuses to enter into European politics or take j part in the affairs which are keeping 1 European nations in turmoil. Nothing nioro than our moral influ- nee can be applied, and the Turks, in J the hour of victory, are not to be I swayed by anything short of a row of, bayonets or high explosive shells; j with a shrapnel mixture. There are j no forces blocking the way across the straits which can stop the army of i Mustapha Kemal and his 300,000 fight-' STB. If the Turks are determined to! reenter Constantinople with military power and take back Thrace, they have the forces available to brush aside opposition. Unless the; are! bluffed out by Great Britain, they will be going forward within the week. One effect of the crisis brought on by the- defeat of the Greeks by the Turks has been the abdication of King ( onstantine in favor of the crown i prince Greece will be in chaotic condition con-dition un,ill Venizelos has been restored re-stored to power. |