File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎329r] (305/1080)

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Prom what we can see this defeat begins the sufferings of the Greeks in
Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. . The fierce battle of Sakharia will stand in history as one of the
great battles of the world while the power of the Turkish army and the ability
of its leaders will ever remain on record. The defeat of the Greek army will
^ be found in all future books of reference.
"We thank God many thousand times for His kindness and we await the
future with complete confidence.
coming!
ya Tthers it«
! of Eslislati,!
Irtish foica
British Gatt
)d stioiiiiiis,
'nificance, esp
loiian (juesfc
ogth of tk
The craftiness of the British.
At the last Conference in Paris the British proved that as regards the
Anatolian question they were riding rough shod over the French, moreover,
that as long as the same question remains unsettled so long would these two
powers remain rivals.
It was very evident from the proceedings at the last Conference that the
Greeks and Turks would have to fight a war of extermination of the one by
the other and all for the benefit of the British.
The “ Daily Chronicle ” wrote in a similar spirit that in order to efface
the Turks of Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. they should be obstructed in every conceivable manner,
while the Greeks were afforded all possible assistance. The outcome was
that the Conference at Paris agreed to help neither party but to allow both
belligerents to purchase war material from European firms. There is no
doubt that this agreement w r as harmful to the Turks and beneficial to
the Greeks. Easily did the British attain their object. The Greeks and
their King by virtue of a little initial success became more courageous, and
with their purses full of gold and supported by British war material advanced
to attack the Turks. The latter, owing to several years of continuous war,
had exhausted their resources. They had only Russia at their back and her
treasury and her granaries w r ere empty. Thus, they were obliged to depend
upon themselves while all they possessed was the prayers of the Islamic
world.
Still, there is little doubt that at this critical and dangerous time the
sufferings inflicted upon the Turks were at the instigation of the British in
whose hands the Greek army w r as nothing more than a soulless instrument.
Yet, in spite at all this moral and material help the Greek army gained no
Victory and had to retreat. In other words truth was triumphant and victory
fell to the Turks.
We now hear that the Greek Government has asked for the Intervention
of England. This may result in the British trying to play some other trick
in order to test their power. Long ere this the Turkish Nationalists have
experienced the might and felt the iron fist of England, in other words round
the green table of the Paris Conference.
To-day the British Government does not dominate the Turkish Govern
ment only. Her strong arm is stretched over nearly the whole world and it is
very plainly to be seen that her orders are being carried out by the French,
the Italians, the Russians, in short, by all the nations of the world. If such
is the state to which the world has come what would be our fate at the hands
of the English?
It should not be forgotten that our existence is distasteful to England.
She will let loose those robbers and highwaymen, the Greeks, who will pounce
onus, turning us naked to the world, and, depriving us of our independence,
will bring us within the circle of their imperialism. The Anatolian people
should stand firm to their last breath, trying their hardest not to be brought
into captivity like those other countries of Islam which, after falling into the
hands of the enemy, are always shedding their blood and giving their lives for
freedom.
The Turks of Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. should convince the British of their determination
and should make them understand that we now live in other times when they
should give up their ideas of degrading and ruining the Turkish nation. An
opposite policy will turn Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. into a perpetual battle-field whose fires mi
one day encircle the foundations of the British Empire.