We cannot help pausing here in our summary of Mr.
Lloyd George's speech to note the astonishing reversal of the position since 1897, when in the "Thirty Days' War" the Turks scattered the Greeks like chaff across Thessaly. Mr. Lloyd George went on to explain that there were disturbing elements in Thrace which did not exist in Asia Minor, but he was confident that in Thrace also the Greeks would achieve the same success. "Turkey," he exclaimed, "is broken beyond rep air, and frcm our point of view we have no reason to regret it. She has broken every promise she ever made. We have stood by her through good and evil report, and at the most critical hour she sold us. Nothing can put Turkey together again." Turkey had been given tea days within which to sign the Treaty, and Mr. Lloyd George expressed his personal belief that she would sign it.
