Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-24
ALLIES TO EXAMINE
7 CLAIMS OF TURKS
Supreme Council to Send COM
mission to Asia Minor to
: Study Populations
DECISIONS TO BE ACCEPTED
by the Associated Press

London, Feb. 24.-The solution Ot
She Near East problem relating to Tur.
key, which will be reached by the allied
supreme council, will be to send an al.
lied commission Of inquiry 70 the Near
East TO examine on the srOt the pOpu-
lation claims of Greece and Turkey in
The disputed provinces ri smyrna and
1hrace, il was forecast in well Informed
circles here today. Meantime a ccs'
sRtion of hostilities between tie Turks
and Greeks will b. declared.
Rechad pasha, delegate OF the Con.
stantinople government to the Near
East conference here, speaking in the
name Of both his group and that OF the
NationsliSts. told the allied conferees
at todey's session that both factions OF
the Turks would accept the decisions Of
The Allies.
The attitude Of the Turks made an
excellent impression upon the confer
.sa. Premier Rriand, Of France, de-
clared utter the sitting that the con
ference had gone long way toward
settlement.
Dekir Samy Bny. head Of the Ma
tionaiist delegation, told the confcrcss
the Turks rested their case on the prin-
eiple OF the treaty Of Sevres, namely,
The rights Of nationalities. The Turks,
re said. we're asking for smyrna and
1hrace because in ID" populations "t
these provinces tee Turks were "a tie
majority.
Mr.. Lloyd George. Tho British prime
minister. asked the Nationalist epokCs .
man il be could support this BY stats
tics. and Bekir replied that ho could do
90 by both Turkish and foreign stats
tics. He then preaerted various docI-
mNnts to the council.
Premier kalegornpoules, of Greece,
vas furnished copies Of the documents
and the Crooks. i was announced,
would be given an opportunity TO re-
plY this afternoon.
Turkish Claims
Examination OF the detailed Turkish
! claims showed them substantially as
| follows:
In Europe. the frontiers OF 1918: in
I Asia Minor frontier on the south tO
; BE- fixed bv line traced through agree
ment by the interested parties, separat-
ing the territories iAAcoted by an Arab
! majority.
line between Turkey and Persia before
I the war, and the frontier between Tur-
. key and Armenia the oLe fixed bv the
: latest treaty between the Authorities az
. Angcra. the NatioualisLS and the gov
4; erumeIt at Erivhn (hrTeuian).
Greek evacuation ot the smyrna ter
: ritory. which should return under the
. full and complete sorerstsnty OF Tur-
I key; freedom OF IIav igaticn of the
/: straits, without compromising the Sc
I curity Of Coustau,iuople and respecting
! the full sovereignty Of TVrkev as vel
! as the demiltarizatiou OF the straits
/ an International commission for tht
! straits. on which Turkey would be gep
: resented;
Z Want Modern Judiciary
+, The protection Of minorities in tht
Z various territories respect for the SOY
/: ercignty ri Turkey in judicial matters
: and the formation Of q commission cOCl
posed OF foreign and Turkish jGrists Z
draw 10 a kcheme OF jYd!Cia! reform o.
{ modern priuCjpirs,
Prov sio1' for r0'Nary and rnra
. forces aufH"'er' . ensure ir'nr0s, ord,
and defend tho coasts and tho frontiers
The rs"rGsn cation ~ toe r"NGa -1lHri'
for the whole Of Turkey vita tie as,
sistsnce Of foreign Offers.
Turkey counts on the wi'hdrsHsl 0
the foreign troops n Corgtar'inoI =.
end also from her territory, after -,
ratification OF the treaty.
The financial and economic proposals.
include provis ision for the complete Enan
cial and e'cuomic Independence OF TLr
key, and the valuation Of damages fo,
, mutual raDRrGtOn.
The reading OF the statements ot III
two Turkish delegations occupied hHl
hour, rfter which the Turks Withdrew
while th" Allies proceeded 70 corsiGe
, the staten eutS subnHlted.