The New York herald., 1921-02-18
TURKISHFACTIONS
SECRETLY AGREED
ON REVISING PACT
Italy's Aid Enlisted Against
Angl0-French Plan
of Mandates.
TO BAN ALLIED ARMS
Count SfOrZa Generally Fa-
yorabIe and Will Back
Plan OF Conference.
MESOPOTAMIA OIL LURE
Suggestion of Alliance With
United States i'm Develop
ing Asia Minor.
MESOPOTAMIA OIL LURE

Special Cobiu TO THE NEW YORK IiEsALp.
Copyright, 1927. by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
II ROME. Feb. ia secret conference
has been held here within the last few
weeks by representatives of all wings
OF the Turkish factions, including ad-
herents of Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
Turkish Nationalist leader. Ahmed
Risa Bey, one time President Of the
Turkish Senate, who is not a Kemalist,
presided. He told THE NEW YORK
HERALD correspondent here that the
conference agreed to certain things
which all Turks insist upon, including
a revision of the Treaty of Sevres.'
1.-THE demands of the Turks as was
reported in THE NEW YORK HERALD last
week were:
key.
2. Autonomy for Thrace.
8. Modification of the foreign demands
and the financial clauses of the treaty
of peace.
l. An amendment to the conditions In
connection with the guarding of the
Straits of the Dardanelles.l
1t was reported here that the de-
cisions arrived at in the Turkish con-
ference were communicated to Count
Sforza. Italian Foreign Minister, and
that they formed he basis of his
policy in the Paris conference of the
allied Premiers and will be the basis
of his attitude at the Prime Ministers
conference in London next week.
Snys Turkey Must he Free.
When he admitted to THE New YORK
ing of Turkish representatives had been
held in Rome Ahmed Risa Boy said:
Turkish sovereignty may be limited
to the territory where the population Is
undoubtedly Turkish, but it must be left
free from all supervision. 1t is. there
fore. necessary that the Powers uive up
their zones of influence and their politi-
cal privileges and, above all, the mill
tary occupancy Of Turkish territory.
1t is not known here just how far
Count Sforza is definitely committed to
backing up this programme, but 1t is
known that he is generally favorable to
It and will act accordingly at the Lon
don conference, unless he is convinced
that such n policy Is impossible of
success.
Italian opinion is extremely nervous
over the whole Near Eastern Situation.
Many Italian newspaper writer's go so
far as to declare that the present allied
policy in the Near East as fostered by
England Is resulting quite the contrary
to British expectations and gives rise
TO the formation of an Islamic- Bolshc-
visit alliance which, should II burst west
ward through the Mediterranean, would
threaten Italy, the first western nation
in it's path. with a new sacking of
Rome
Want Mesopota mia OIL share.
While critics Of the present allied
policy In the Near East severely attack
England in this connection. so far they
have not proposed any alternative policy
save what Is we'll nigh an abject yielding
10 the Turkish demands. 1t Is seriously
urged In certain quarters here that Italy
should include Mesopotamia and those
Near Eastern territories from which
British and French influences snould DC
elected.
While Greece is seldom mentioned in
these discussions. Il is recognized that
T. is Grecian prestige in Asia Minor that
is particularly irritating to the Italians.
1t Is asserted in many influential
quarters here that Italy would gain no
benefits from Anglo-F'rench control OF
the oil OF Mesopotamia. One well
informed Italian writer declares that
Italy would do better by an alliance
with The United states regarding oil.
He suggests that while the Italians have
a III knowledge of Mesopotamia and the
experience of years with the natives and
ability to carry on business, on the other
hand they lack both knowledge of the
oil business and the capital necessary
to develop the petroleum fields. He
proposes a combination of American oil
experience and capital and Italian
knowledge Of the natives for the devcl-
o,.n,,pt ~ thn oil fialdg of Aaia Minor