GUARANTEE TO TURKEY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 40, 15 August 1941, Page 4

GUARANTEE TO TURKEY

ANGLO-SOVIET MOVE

COMMENT BY "THE TIMES"

(Rec. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, August 14

'Aspects of the British-Soviet declaration to Turkey are dealt with by "The Times."

Recalling that the Mpntreaux Convention, which is referred to in the declaration, "recognises the full sovereignty of Turkey over the Straits and the consequent right of her Government to take any measure requisite for their protection against aggression in time of war, or danger of war," "The Times" continues: "The value of this joint diplomatic action by the belligerent Governments of Britain and the Soviet Union depended to no small degree on its reception by the Turkish Government.

WELCOMED IN TURKEY.

"They, in fact, welcomed it warmly, and the comments of the Turkish Press show that Turkish public opinion realises its importance." The newspaper concludes, when referring to the Ger-man-Turkish pact of neutrality. "Should the Nazi Government fail in respect of that pact—and they have shown a sovereign disdain for treaties, pacts, and agreements of every kind, including, of course, 'gentlemen's agreements'—the British-Russian declaration gives the Turkish Government an undertaking that it will not be left to face the Fuhrer's malevolence alone.

"The consequences of this assurance and reassurance —which benefit Moscow almost as much as they benefit Ankara—are likely to be as fully appreciated in Russia as in Turkey. They are welcomed in this country, and Mr. Eden. Sir Stafford Cripps, and M. Maisky are to be warmly congratulated upon their signal service to the Allied cause."—B.O.W.