The New York herald., 1921-02-23

ence on reparations next week. striving
hard 10 effect some kind of an agree
ment between the Allies which will con-
vince Germany they are together Inc
report current here yesterday that
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
BRAND had reached an agreement to re-
turn a part of Thrace to Turkey, making
Smyrna semi-autonomous. seems TO have
emanated from Italian quarters.
TThe report said the British and
French Prime Ministers had agreed
that the frontier line of Thrace should
be moved westward, extending from
Gnos. on the Aegean, to Midia. on the
Black Seal
The claims of both the Turks and the
Greeks are so widely divergent. how
ever. that they tend to impeach each
others contentious. while 1t seems likely
hat the British. the French and the
Italians will be able to work out some
scheme satisfactory TO themselves which
;hey will impose on both the-eontentious
parties.
This hope was voiced in both British
and French quarters here tonight, al
though IL was admitted that the details
OF the scheme had not yet matured. 1t
was emphasized in British and French
circles that some agreement on the
Near Eastern imbroglio must be reached
before next Monday, when the Germans
are expected to arrive in London.
one Turkish Delegation.
The Turkish Nationalists and Tewfik
Pasha will send common delegation TO
the conference tomorrow. 1T will be
composed of Osman Miami Pasha, as
chairman, representing the Sultan ;
Beker Samy Bey. head of the Nationalist
delegation, and Yousoun Bey, also an
adherent of Mustapha kemal Like the
Greeks, they are practically agreed re-
gardng the Turkish exterior policy, ar
fering only in so far as where the real
seut OF Turkish power rests. The TURK
ish Nationalists insist they are represen-
tatives of the National Assembly ana
the Turkish people, while Tewtlk Pasha
Is only the representative of the Sultan,
who Is a prisoner in Constantinople
The conference to-day revolved almost
exclusively around efforts 20 measure
accurately the Greek and the turkish
claims to actual power in Asia Minor.
Gen. II. j. e. Gouraud, one time French
High Commissioner to Syria, and other
French military men openly question the
claims OF Premier Kalogeropoulos or
Greece that the Greek army can clean
out Anatolia with only financial aid.
The Turkish Nationalists assert they
have 10000 we'll trained and equipped
fighters and the French, who have felt
their metal, are inclined to believe this.
FefsaI Puts I'm ArnB Claim.
The Arabs also are beginning to inject
themselves into the situation. To-day
Emir Feisal, whom the Arabs pro-
claimed King OF Syria last March and
who was deposed by the French, de-
manded a hearing. but the French have
so far blocked his appearance before
the conference. 1t was said that the
French had induced the conference TO
declare ii would hear any representa-
tive of King Hussein of the Hedjaz.
father OF Emir Feisal. other than the
Emir himself However. Emir Feisal
has shrewdly packed off all the other
representatives from the Hedjaz and IS
now the only one here. He is prepared
to demand the entire ancient Arab king
dom in accordance with the promises.
he says. the British made In 1915 when
the Arabs entered the war and helped
chase the Turks off the Arabian penin-
sula.
The Greek contention is that the
Turkish Nationalists have not more
than $4,000 men ON all three Of their
fronts and that the Greek Army Is
nearly three times that size.
The French estimate the size OF the
Turkish Nationalist force at 100000
men. Greek and French figure experts
are now engaged in measuring what the
actual strength of the two forces Is, and
IL is hoped that the conferees tomorrow
will arrive at conclusions sufficiently
definite TO warrant the Allies offering
terms which neither the Greeks nor the
Turks can afford to turn down.
The Turks profess to remain firm.
however. that they will raise a holy war
throughout the East unless the terms
include their sovereignty over Smyrna,
Constantinople and the Straits and at
least that portion OF Thrace which con-
tans sacred Adrienople. This represents
some concessions by the Turks from
their demands yesterday, when they in
sisted on having all of Thrace.