Evening star., 1921-02-25
ALLIED PLANS WIN
TURKISH APPROVAL
Accept Offer of Commission
and Arbitration of Su-
preme Council.
By The Associated Press

by Inc Associated Press.
LONDON. February 25.-The Turk
ish delegations to the near east con-
terence here accepted today the prof.
fered arbitration of the supreme coun-
Gil between Turkey and Greece, in de-
termining the status of Smyrna and
Thrace
When the conference assembled this
morning, the Turkish representatives
made this announcement, and stated
they were agreeable to the sugges-
ton Of the allied governments that a
commission of inquiry be appointed
to verify the statistics on population
OF the districts in question.
Notice was given by the Turks that
tney would reply at o'clock this
afternoon to the other points at issue
concerning the treaty The question
being asked Of both the Turks and
the Greeks by the supreme council is
whether they are prepared to accept
the result Of such an investigation BY
the allies regarding Smyrna and
Thrace, subject to acceptance of the
remaining terms of the Turkish peace
treaty.
Premier Kalogeropoulos of Greece
appeared before the conference and
expressed surprise that the allies
should suggest commission of in
quiry and cessation Of hostilitfes.
which was one Of the conditions on
the oner. He said 1t would be a task
OF the greatest difficulty for the Greek
government to halt the victorious
army IN IT'S advance. Nevertheless,
ne would telegraph to the govern
ment in Athens and submit the pro
posals of the allies.
London Papers Astonished.
London newspapers were aston;sbad
at the Turkish demands which were
submitted to the conference yester-
day. The Daily Telegraph said: "The
Ottoman ENJOYS, like the Bourbons.
have learned nothing and have for
gotten nothing. We confess our in
ability to understand what the Turks
expect to gain by putting forward OBJ
viously inadmissable pretentions."
Even the Turkophile Morning Post
asked leave to point out that Tur-
key did not win the. war" and added: ::
Clearly the Turkish nationalist dele
gates are looking toward Moscow and
are gambling on the chances of a
success this spring."
The Chronicle said the Turks wou,d
be likely to agree to the proposals if
they got Thrace and Smyrna, "there
being no power to compel their exc
cution of other clauses of the Seyres
treaty"
The London Times, which chafes at
the delay which will result from the
sending of a commission to the near
east, points out wide EMERGENCIES be-
tween the figures relative to racial
populations in Smyrna and Thrace
which were submitted by the Turks
and Greeks. The newspaper remarks
that Turkish expert claimed that
In the vilayet Of Aidin, including
Smyrna. IS per cent of the population
was Turkish, and that in Smyrna
itself 81 per cent of the people were
Turks. He asserted that SO Der cent
Of the population of Thrace was Turk
ish. On the other hand M. Gounara-
kis. Greek, declared that. even after
the deportation of Greeks from
Smyrna, the Turks and Greeks in that
city were about equal in number. and
that in Thrace the Greeks outnum-
bered the Turks by 10000.
Both the Turks and Greeks have
been told. that only this week will
be allotted to their affairs. as the
week to the Germans.
yenizelos Leaves London.
After the Turks at yesterday morn
ihS SeSSlon naQ presented concrete
proposals for a revision of the Sevres
treaty. the Greeks were given an op-
in the afternoon to refute
the Turks claims. and spent two
hours at the task. The Greek pre-
mier. M. Kalogeropoulos. lDade
strong plea for the enforcement of
the treaty In its entirety, quoting at
length Eliptherios Venizelos, the for
mer premier, who has already left
FOR Paris, greatly discouraged at the
Creek prospects.
M. Kalogeropoulos said that when
ne came to London he did not believe
the conference intended to alter the
basis of the treaty and
ne called on his experts to produce
figures showing that, according TO
population, the Greeks were entitled to
'etain what the treaty gave them.
He reminded the conference that the
Greeks fought loyalty and had done
what they were called upon to do
since the armistice, at great expense
Ind hardship. Greece was willing to
adopt the advice Of the allies, he
added, provided the fundamentals of
he treaty were not changed, but fur
her delay would exhaust Greece
When the decision of the supreme
council was read to them the Greeks
disappointment. but were
lot prepared to state whether they
would accept. The Turks are tubi-
ant. as tAlay is what they wanted