19 AUGUST 1922, Page 2

The Greek threat to seize Constantinople seems to be suspended

for the moment. But the situation is not improved. So long as there is no peace in Anatolia the temptation to Greece to attack Kemal in his Ally-protected rear on the Asiatic shore of the Sea of Marmora must be very strong. Mr. Lloyd George is quite right to resist the pro-Turkish propaganda, that strangest of nineteenth century survivals which neither treachery nor outrage can kill ; at the same time, it shows the need for a combined and decisive Allied inter- vention in Angora to stop a war which is devastating Asia Minor and ruining Greece. As, however, there is, if possible, less Allied unanimity on this question than on others, the only real chance of attaining peace lies in vigorous separat* action on the part of this country.