He expounds the principle of self-determination and justifies the scheme of depriving Turkey of its territories one after another.  While justifying this scheme he does not exclude even Thrace and this strikes the reader most, because this very Thrace he had mentioned in his pledge as predominantly Turkish.  Now we are told by him that both the Turkish census and the Greek census agree in pointing out the Mussulman population in Thrace is in a considerable minority!  Mr. Yakub Hussain speaking at the Madras Khilafat conference has challenged the truth of this statement.  The Prime Minister cites among others also the example of Smyrna where, he says, we had a most careful investigation by a very impartial committee in the whole of the question of Smyrna and it was found that considerable majority was non-Turkish.’  Who will believe the one-sided “impartial committee’s” investigations until it is disproved that thousands of Musselmans have been murdered and hundreds of thousands have been driven away from their hearths and homes?  Strangely enough Mr. Lloyd George, believes in the necessity of fresh investigations by a purposely appointed committee in Smyrna as the most authenticated and up-to-date report, whereas he would not accept Mr. Mahomed Ali’s proposal for an impartial commission in regard to Armenian massacre!  Doubtful and one-sided facts and figures suffice for him even to conclude that the Turkish Government is incapable of protecting its subjects.  And he proceeds to suggest foreign interference in ruling over Asia Minor in the interests of civilization.  Here he cuts at the root of the Sultan’s independence.  This proposal of appropriating supervision is distinctly unlike the treatment meted out to other enemy powers.

This detraction of the Sultan’s suzerainty is only a corollary of the Premier’s indifference towards the Muslim idea of the Caliphate.  The premier’s injustice in treating the Turkish question becomes graver when he thus lightly handles the Khilafat question.  There had been occasions when the British have used to their advantage the Muslim idea of associating the Caliph’s spiritual power with temporal power.  Now this very association is treated as a controversial question by the great statesman.

Will this raise the reputation of Great Britain or stain it?  Can this be tolerated by those who fought against Turkey with full faith in British honesty?  Mere receipts of gratitude cannot console the wounded Mussalmans.  There lies the alternative for England to choose between two mandates—­a mandate over some Turkish territories which is sure to lead to chaos all over the world and a mandate over the hearts of the Muhomedans which will redeem the pledged honour of Britain.  The prime minister has an unwise choice.  This narrow view registers the latest temperature of British diplomacy.

THE MUSSULMAN REPRESENTATION