File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎329v] (306/1080)

18
The British must be patient for a while. They should show some con.
sideration for a nation struggling for honour and freedom. The British
should be just and should desist from instigating two nations to wage a war of
mutual destruction.
Oh, people of Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. ! Understand, that lately the Irish and the Afghans *
have gained their objects after great exertions and have compelled the Br%
to acknowledge their independence and rights. Hence, foi* you also therein
no other course whereby to acquire freedom—no other way save to fight 0n
until that day when the British shall give you the rights of a free
nation.
Believe in God and trust yourselves to Him. Move ever onwards else
will the chains of the captive be cast about your necks. Those chains have
been ready for that purpose this long while.
THE NEW EASTERN POLICY OF THE BRITISH.
After the suspension of hostilities between the Allies and Turkey tlie
question of Armenia entered a new phase. Checked in her plans for anextea- !
sion of that country from the Caucasus to the Gulf of Alexandria, thus ;
obliterating one of the frontiers of Turkey, tlie British tried to create an !
independent Kurdistan. This also failed for many of the Kurds had no wish
to be severed from the Turkish Empire.
The essentials of the British plan, nevertheless, remain intact. It is
England’s way if thwarted in one direction in the pursuit of her object to
turn and try to achieve the same from another side. In the present case
that object is the attempt to sever Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. from all her connections. To
that end the paramount policy of England is to create disunion among
Muslims. Take, as example, the case of Emir Feisul. It is quite possible
that as soon as the Emir is settled in Iraq he will start making some trouble
from the direction of Mosul at a time when the Turks are engaged with the
Greeks. Thus will the British help to make Kurdistan a portion of the Arab '
Kingdom and will sever the Anatolian Turks from all the nations of tbe
East.
The leaders of the Angora Nationalists refused to accept the treaty with
France and Italy signed by Bekr Sami Bey, hence developing the present
situation. It is very necessary for those leaders to go very deeply into the
various policies of the other Powers and to try and base their own on a
foundation more advantageous to their country. They should make up theii ;
minds they are up against a Government like that of the British which knows
so well how to take advantage of the slightest mistake on the part of an
opponent. • They should not lose the present, perhaps fleeting, opportunity
which, if not carefully handled, may redound to the advantage of the British
who, crouching in ambush, are waiting for a chance to spring like a beast of
prey mercilessly to tear their prey into pieces.
The British Government which, till yesterday, was supplying the Greek
army with every kind of war materiel, uttered no word until we had hurled
back the Greeks. At the last Paris Conference they officially announced
themselves to be neutral.
In spite of this announcement they proposed to the Conference that tbe
sale of munitions of war should be permitted to the belligerents. Their reason
for this was two fold. First, the fact that they had been munitioning tbe
Greeks had become known to the world. By making this legitimate through
the consent of the Conference they rid themselves of all responsibility in tj 6
matter. Secondly they know that because of their command of the sea and tbe
presence of the Greek warships it is dangerous for European firms to try
and export munitions of war to the Turks.
Behold this merciless and brutal policy of the English who on the one
hand are helping the Greeks in their Near Eastern war and, on the other hand, |
are trying to establish friendly trade relations with the Russians in Moscow.