The New York herald., 1921-02-24
ALLIES TO REVISE
TURKISH TREATY
France Wins Important Tacti-
cal Victory in the Con-
ference.
BRITAIN REDUCES TERMS
Clings Only TO Freedom of
Straits and Protection Of
MinOrities in Turkey.

Special Cable to THE New YoaK Hrs.LD.
New York Herald Bureau
London, Feb. 90.
The Turkish plenipotentiaries appeared
Before the Allied conference in st. James
Palace here this morning with such gen.
eral claims that the conferrees decided
TO postpone the taking up formally Of
the Turkish demands for twenty-four
hours, in order to give the two rival
delegations from Turkey a chance to
get together. II they will, and specify
just what they want. A careful cam
vass of the situation by THE NEW York
HERALD correspondent here tonight in
dlcates that despite this postponement
Premier BRAND of France won an i'm
portant tactical victory to-day. and that
the Treaty of .Sevres will be revised.
Also 1t Is practically certain that re-
vision OF the treaty cannot be COM
pleted this week, and. as the Epocd of
Rome says, the ninth peace confer
ence will meet to set the date for the
tenth" The tenth meeting probably
will be in Paris certainly after the
Germans appear before the allied
Powers here next week in connection
with the reparations demands
British Lower Claims.
Out of the cloudy attitude of the AL
lies when the conference began last
Monday, with the Italians and the
French insisting the Sevres settlement
could not stand and the British and the
Greeks insisting ii must stand, the
meetings have resulted in the following
conclusions:
l. England's contentious in favor of
the treaty have been whitted down to
only two things. namely, freedom of the
Straits and protection of the minorities
in Asia Minor. She also has renewed 70
France the assurance that Syria is a
closed subject and that whatever rep
resentations Emir Feisal or his father,
King Hussein OF the Hedjaz have made
France will not be interfered with In
Syria.
2 The French and the Italians. aided
to some extent by Great Britain's own
experts, have succeeded in con-
vincing Premier Lloyd George that the
Greek claims of their ability to sweep
all the Turks out of Anatolia cannot be
trusted.
3. That if the Turks tomorrow submit
details along lines within the general
above outlined, settlement
can be reached.
Opinion here Is divided whether all
these details can be settled before the
German delegates 10 the conference ar
rive here.
German Delegates Selected.
The German delegation is expected
to arrive Sunday and is understood to
include Dr. Simons. Foreign Minister;
DIR. Coeppert, Carl Bergman and Herr
COhr 90 thA frs., 90 TNra
DR.. Theodor Lewald of the Ministry OF
the Interior and Generals Won Seecht
and Strempel.
Former Premier Venizelos OF Greece
declared to-day there could be no COM
promise on this question of the revision
OF the Tresty of Sevres. 1T is incon-
ce!vable to me-" he said that the at
tempts which / am told are being nade
to revise the treaty will succeed. Any
departure from the treaty. either in the
interest of Turkey or of France would
not work for peace. and a settlement
quite the contrary"
1t was reported in French circles that
Premier Kalogeropoulos VIII confer with
Venizelos on n means TO retain the adj
vantages conferred on Greece by the
Sevres treaty.
The Turkish delegates, upon whom q
settlement of the Near Eastern imbroglio
now depends. are working in the best of
faith towards that end. Late into to-
night joint comr1ittee representing the
two rival delegations toiled over the de-
tails of a settlement. They have al
ready had official intimation thar they
will not be granted all they have asked
in their public unofficial statements, but
that they will be granted what is rea-
sonably within the British and the
French limits above outlined. II is a
difficult task for .he two delegations TO