Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-25
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THRACE, SMYRNA
Two Groups of Turks Attend
London Conference.
WOULD REVISE sEvREs PACT
Nationalist and suItan's ENJOYS Both
Insist on Speaking for Their
country-Must Write Out
Plant, Lloyd George Says.


London, Feb. Reconsideration of
Near Eastern problems by allied and
Turkish delegates began here.
The Turkish representatives en-
tered the conference in two separate
and distinct bodies, the Turkish ma
tionalist ENJOYS having refused to
join the delegates of the sultan's gov
eminent
The conference was held in Queen
Anne's drawing room of st. James
palace, instead if in the picture gall
lery, as was intended, the delegates
assembling at a great horseshoe table
in the center of the apartment.
Premier Lloyd George sat on the
left side of the horseshoe, with Pre-
inter BRAND of France and Count
Sforza, Italian foreign minister. On
the other side of the table sat Earl
Curzon of Kedleston, secretary of
state for foreign affairs, the Japanese
delegates being seated at his right.
Turks at Separate Table.
The Turkish representatives were
given a separate table. Tewfik Pasha,
representative of the eultan's govern
ment, looked feeble and i'll when he
was assisted into the room by mem
bers of his staff. Bekir Samy Bey,
head of the Turkish nationalist dele
cation, accompanied by his colleagues
and secretary, entered the room
after Tewfik Pasha.
The session at which the Turkish
representatives stated their views of
the treaty of Sevres brought out the
fact that the nationalists and the Con-
stantinople contingent were practical
~ agreed upon what Turkey wants.
Bekir Samy Bey, however, con-
tinued to insist that he alone had au-
thority to speak for the Turkish peo-
pie.
The nationalist spokesman, who is
more of a soldier than diplomat,
was the outstanding figure on the
Turkish side of the table. He not
only interrupted Mr.. Lloyd George
when the latter was speaking. but
where the Turks were pressed for de-
tails of their demands he undertook
to give them.
Tewfik PashS on the other hand, is
typical diplomat of the old Turkish
regime. He presented a rather pa
thetic figure as he sat at the table
wrapped in rugs, speaking only once,
when he replied to the British prime
minister's expression of qualification
at Tewfik's Improvement in health.
Rechad Pasha and Osman Miami
Pasha did what little talking was
done on the government side
Agree on Broad Principles.
The two delegations agreed on the
broad principles of their claims. These
looked toward maintaining the in
tegrity of the Ottoman empire, but
with recognition of the fact that the
allies would maintain mandates over
certain parts of former Turkish prov
inces.
They insisted on the rights of mi
norities under these mandates, and de-
handed also the return of Thraee and
Smyrna TO Turkey. The liberty of
the straits and military and financial
control in Constantinople were i..sist-
ed upon.
Mr.. Lloyd George said it would be
necessary to 90 beyond mere state.
ments of general principles, and that
the allies required specific details of
the proposals for examination.
When the British prime minister
made this request Bekir Samy Bey in
terposed, making a longer, more de.
tailed statement, but Mr.. Lloyd
George still was not satisfied and
asked that the proposals be put in
writing.
The nationalist delegate agreed TO
this, but before the conference nd
journed he again insisted that his
delegation alone was authorized TO
represent Turkey. Mr. Lloyd George
replied that it was not the business
of the conference to decide between
the two delegations and that 1t would
have to hear them both.
The conference adjourned with tho
understanding that the Turks would
submit their proposals at HIS O'Clock
Thursday morning.