conservative discontent coalition maximised sudden diplomatic crisis turkey , lloyd george s willingness see war on turkish threat british , french troops stationed @ Çanakkale. foreign secretary in coalition government, lord curzon, conservative absent when cabinet agreed strong response. curzon knew response cause diplomatic breach france prime minister friendly towards turks; in fact, french had ordered troops withdrawal. @ last minute, curzon arranged french negotiate armistice rather withdraw. incident caused of dominion governments protest. conservatives blamed lloyd george needless confrontation.
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