At first sight it may seem possible to bring the
Turk to realize that this way of conducting business is not prac- tical so long as the three Allies act together. Unfortu- nately, in dealing with the Angora Government it does not follow that it will be possible. The controllers of the New Turkey, like those of the Soviet, are first, last, and always dogmatists. They do not so much discuss as state their terms. We are not for yielding to those terms, but we do trust that our Government will insist that whatever line is chosen by the Allies Great Britain shall take no more than a third share of the burden, military and financial. Our interests in the matter are not in reality so great as those of France or Italy, unless, of course, we are prepared to die in the last ditch to defeat the wishes of the Arabs of Palestine.
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