If there had previously been any doubt as to Turkey's altitude towards developments in the Middle East, they should now have been swept away by the clear statement made by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, in the House of Commons during the debate on the conduct of the war. Since Mr. Eden made the visit he described, there have been a number of radical changes in the situation. Yugosla has been conquered, the mainland of Greece has been overrun by the Nazis, and German Intrigue has caused an embarrassing flare-up in Iraq. The Nazis have also seized certain islands in the sean, which command the entrance to the Dardanelles. All these developments considerably increase the menace to Turkey, yet Mfr. Eden was able to state: "I am sure' that loyally to their alliance with this country. CBritain) "will, as ever, be the basis of Turkish Doliey." There is therefore every prospect that Turkey will continue to remain a barrier to further aggression in the Middle East, in spite of the worst efforts of that prince of plotters,
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