The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-28
PERSIA TO ASK
new DEAL FROM
ALLIED POWERS
Projected Program to Be Put
Before Conference,

WASNlNGTON, Dec ~ The
Persian government at an eSIfaof-
dinaty meeting oi the ministry. dig
niprlt, ard notable, hl, drawn up
project ipr 'uhmi,,ion 10 ihe peace
oongfcS based upon the fourteen
principles lad down by President
" ',un and accepted b. the alle' .s
o basis for concluding peace I, ,'
lunAn that Persia looks IN ihr United
state, ~ employ l', influence 10 he'
lrHa'' ~ Paris
Persia's Program.
Prrla. according - well au'henti.
Gated report, here today viii ak tle
hNo.la'cd governments 70 approv,
sni ,1r'y ou' tho following articles
Admission Of a per'ian delrga-
ton tu the peace congress
Nn1ullng and cancellation oi a'l
treaties. convention, and agreement
w C.niratcr'ipr ~ the severe gniN
srl lndcucrdcnce 0i Persia and oh
tanning sufficient guarantees from the
powers in order that in the future the
sovereignty and territorial integrity
OF Persia shall be saicRuafded
standardization OF Persia for
the losses inflicted upon her by any
OF the bellgeren. powers
4-The economical and political in
dependence Of Persia.
S-Revision OF the treaties which
have not yet been declared null and
void and which are still in froee 20
the de'rmen, Of Persia and the can
collation. Of all capitula'ion'
t-Nego,iation NJ new commercial
treaties and revision Of the customs
duties on the bass Of Per'ia's inde-
pendence
Securing 60 operation for the
Persian government, in revising CON
tessiors which have not been rem.
dered null and void ard making all
future arrangements IN accordance
with the principle Of Pef'ia's econom-
ic independence.
8-The rec,iiicatior of the Persian
front erS and the restoration 10 Per
sia Of her territories wtongiully taken
from her.
Would Restore Territory.
The last clause which il /, believed
In well informed quarters here ha,
the sympathy of the British govern.
ment would restore TO Persia, II made
part Of the peace treaty most in moi
all the ,erritorie, taken from Persia
by Russia hy the treaty OF Tufkman.
ehai IN 1890 and possibly al,o ,hos,
regions taken by Russia by the treat,
Of Guli',an in 1919. BY the laner
document Persia acknowledged 'h'
Russian annexation OF Georgia anC
oedcd 10 Russia the Caspian diNrict'
OF Doehestan. Baku and Shirwar
The treaty OF Tukrranchai gave I,
Russia Ervan and Nakni,cheran an,
IN IL Persia agreed to maintain n,
war vessels on the Caspian. thus con
..yerting that sea into . Russian lake
- By tha 9oquiSi'ion, Of the iortsesl
city Of Erivan, Russia secured the ke,
10 tHS HtaTt W TSrSla, nOrIU TSTVl
thus being placed At the mercy o
Russia.
The Persian governpen, believe
|, will be admitted TO Representations
at the peace congress even thougl
representatives Of other neutral coun
tries are not admitted because OF tn
fact that her territory was made tn
base OF military operation by tn
British, Russian and Turkish armie,
her property was destroyed to a yer,
considerable ex,en, by reason OF thes
operations and as direc, result o
the war being brought into Persia hun
dreds Of thousands OF Persians los
their lives from starvation and disease
Another reason is declared TO b.
the fact that Persia is the bridge be
tween the east and the west and an,
settlement must of necessity includ
term, which vitality affect the Per,ial
nation.