The proposals of the Allies for an armistice in Asia
Minor, and for peace on terms very favourable to the Turk, were received by Mustapha Kemal at Angora. Re made it a con- dition of an armistice that the Greeks should imMediately evacuate Anatolia and • thus give away all their advantages before negotiating. The Allies last week rejected this charac- ter/stir:eller Turkish request, but agreed' that the evacuation should begin sooner than they had at first proposed. It remains to be seen whether Mustapha Kemal, who is in close alliance with the Bolsheviks, will now come to terms. It is, of course, important that the Greek troops should not withdraw until the Christians have had time to collect their belongings and leave the country. The-fate of those who remain is certain. Only last week the surviving Greeks at Samsun were massacred by parties of Mustapha Kemal's troops. The American public, as we see from the American press, is gravely, concerned about these unhappy people, but the British Government have ceased to trouble- seriously about the Christians in Asia Minor.
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