The New York herald., 1921-02-16
EXPECT ENJOYS TO-DAY
Sultan's Emissaries Alone
VIII Be Heard, Kemaps
Ignored.
BUT FACTIONS MAY AGREE
Greeks Will Tell British COun-
try Is Barrier to Islam and
Bolshevist Combination.

special cable TO TIE New York IlEaALp.
! CoD.rioht 1921. by TIM New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
london. Feb. Is.
British Government officials hope that
Premier BRAND and other French dele
gates to the conference or the aiied
Premiers, which begins next week, VIII
arrive in London by Saturday so as 70
enable Premier Lloyd George to confer
with the French Prime Minister over
Sunday before meeting the Greek and
! the Turkish delegates on Monday.
SO eager Is Downing Street to come to
a perfect understanding with Paris over
| the treaty of Sevres, which was quite
oversha dowed by the German reparations
discussions at the Paris meeting last
months, II is reported Lloyd George is
willing that the formal meeting set for
next Monday be postponed, even though
such action would involve postponements
! all along the programme OF the London
conference. IL that would be necessary
to assure full understanding with
| Premier BRAND.
Believe Vixier Speaks for Kemal.
The Turkish delegation Is expected TO
arrive in London tomorrow. While
here the Turkish delegates will occupy
the old Turkish Embassy. in Portman
circles here to-day encourages the be-
lief here that before the meeting begins
next Monoay rAwfik Pasha, Grand
Vizier and head II the Turkish delega-
ton, will be able to speak on behalf of
| the Nationalist Government of Musta-
pha Kemal Pasha a Angora as we'll as
for the Constantinopie Government,
which is the only authority in Turkey
the Allies recognize diplomatically The
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the Angora delegates separately remains
firm.
Bekir Sarni Bey, Turkish Nationalist
Foreign Minister from Angora and
head of Mustapha Kemal's delegation.
Is known in London as a moderate. not
sharing the fire eating spirit of his
chief He will be much In the position
of an old time diplomatist here, as
among all the delegates upon whom
will fall the duty of making most Inn
portant decisions in this and other con-
ferences, he will be totally out Of touch
with his Government and. therefore.
must needs act on his own RESPONSE
bility. The belief held In London quar-
ters which are well Informed on the
Near Eastern situation is that he has
already conferred with Tewfik Pasha
or will do so here preceding the confer
encc with the Allies. Even IL the
Turks are unable to come TO an agree
ment among themselves, the belief
here Is that Tewfik Pasha will be able
| to tell the conference what the Kemal-
lists demand, and enable decisions to
be taken accordingly.
Greeks Barrier 10 Bolsheviki.
| The Greek delegation also Is expected
4 to arrive here tomorrow, and II is un-
derstood that an appointment has been
made for Premier Kalogeropoulos OF
/ Greece TO see Lord Curxon. British Sec
retary of State for Foreign Affairs. and
that the Greek Premier will assure him
anew that Greece. whether venizelist or
I Constantinist believes herself the only
barrier between an Islamic- Bolshevis;
I combination at ~ CORA tthe Turkish Ma
tionalist capitaD, and is anxious to as
sumo the duties involved in preventing
such combination and to receive the
rewards contemplated by the Seyres
treaty.
AS TO the Premiers meeting with the
German delegation, the belief was ex-
pre- ID In official quarters here to-day.
after a perusal OF the latest press and
diplomatic reports, that there would be
no great difficulty in connection with en-
forcing the disarmament demands on the
Germans. but persons in these same ON
cial quarters still professed complete ig-
norance of the character of Germany g
counter proposals in roparations II
was again emphasized. however. that
the decisions taken by the Allies in Paris
last month could be modified In method
! only--not in the amount Germany will
have to pay.
PARIS. Feb. 15.--Nikolas Kalogero-
poulos. the Greek Premier. who heads
his country's delegation to the London
conference, arrived here to-day and had
| a long conference with Premier BRAND.
The Turkish delegation to the Near
East conference. headed by Tewfik
Pasha. the Grand vizier. Is expected TO
arrive In Paris Thursday morning. The
delegates OF the Angora Government arc
reported 10 have reached Rome to-day.