The modern rulers or misrulers of Turkey are not popularly supposed to possess the mental ability of the late Sultan Abdul the Unblessed, but they have certainly in-hented his remarkable skill in playing upon the jealousies of the Powers to their own advantage. The extraordinary tenderness with which the Turkish delegation in London is being treated might really suggest to anyone unacquainted with the history of the past five years that Turkey is the victor, the Allies the vanquished. There are two factions among the delegates, Tewfik Pasha and his followers and the Nationalists. Nominally opposed, they have plainly been playing into each other's hands in the policy of delay and obstruction vhich the Allies have kindly permitted them to pursue to their hearts' content. And now the Allies are humbly asking them whether they would agree to receive an Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry (ye gods! more commissions!) and graciously abide by its findings. Whether this proposal was made before or after the astoundingly impudent list of demands made by the Nationalists (and supported by the Tewfik faction) as reported in to-day's telegrams, we cannot tell. But for decency's sake, it is to be hoped the Allies will pluck up spirit to administer the sharp and most necessary reproof that such effrontery demands. The worst of it is that the Allies are divided: some frankly want to let Turkey off, others are not really sure they want to make her pay. That is why more than two and a half years have passed since her surrender and still the terms to be imposed on her are undecided.
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