New-York tribune., 1922-10-07
Diplomats Take
Charge Of Turk
Farley Tangle
Soldier Negotiators at the
Mudania Conference 10
Await Action of Curzon
and poincare i'm Paris
Collapse Seen as Final
London Officials Believe
Peace Impossible Because
of Thrace Complication
By Arthur s. Draper
rom The T,4bune'a European Bareaa

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I Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune Inc,
| LONDON, Oct. g. Diplomats, not sol.
| d;ars, viii handle tho new complication
! in the Near East tangle. After Lord
| Curzon, the Foreign Minister, went to
Paris to-day Downing Street instructed
General Harrington to delay action until
| ne received further advices.
The interruption in the Mudan!a Goa
sersations is declared by some officials
to be tantamount to g breakdown, and
there is tendency to blame Franklin
Bouillon, the French envoy, for the
situation. He is described by news
papers friendly to the government as
q civilian filing a peculiar position,
in that he is not representative OF
all the Allies. He negotiated treaty
with the Kemsl!sts which the British
regard as III violation of the London
compact, wherein the Allies agreed not
TO make a separate treaty with any
enemy countries, and ne is considered
as having encouraged the demand Of
the Turks that they be permitted to
occupy Thrace before the opening of
& peace conference.
Government papers to-day contain
urgent pleas for party unity, but they
ara unheeded, for groups of the vari-
Gus parties continue to issue stata-
nents attacking Lloyd Georges policy
in the Near East. There is no mistaking
that the government is on the defensive
and feeling keenly the criticism inside
and outside the country. 1t is equally
certain that, whatever the feeling of
the public, the ministers, and particu-
larly Lloyd George, are bitter toward
France
Thrace Question Is Obstacle
Mustapha Kemals demand that Rus
sia be admitted to the peace conference
IS not calculated to arouse serious dis
cussion here, the British having no
strong objection to the proposal, but
the occupation of Thrace at this mo-
ment is different matter, and cer-
tainly not a question to be left to the
decision of military. men. The ques-
tfon Of British occupation of Chanak
Is not being pressed by the Kemalists.
Although the Angora governments
reply to the Allied note is considered
evasive, it is generally regarded as a
step toward peaceful settlement. That
there will be hard fight over defini-
tlons of freedom of the Dardanelles
and the protection of minorities never
has been doubted, but the main thing
to-day is to bring the dsputants
around the peace table.
The problem of the Christians in
Thrace may be responsible for the
temporary deadlock at Mudana, since
the British government might easily
increase General Harington's authority
II the Turks would give sufficient guar
antics Of protection. There no longer
is any question that eventually the
Turks will occupy Thrace up to the
Martha line, all interests, except the
Greeks, being agreed on or reconciled
to this.
Britishers Still Oppose War
From domestic viewpoint the situ-
ation is about where it was a week ago.
The country's opposition to war has not
been the least broken and the public
is now wondering whether Lord Curzan
will be compelled to make smother
series of concessions at Paris in the
interest of peace.
LONDON, Oct (By The Associa
Presa).-The visit Of Lord Curzon to
Paris was described in official quarters
this afternoon as being for the pur-
pose of satisfying himself and the
British government on point they
already were Arniy convinced Of,
namely. that the French government
has no intention Of going back on the
stand taken by it in the Allied note
to Mustapha Kemal Of September 90.
Surprise was expressed at the stand
that Franklin Bouillon, the French en-
voy, took at his conference with Mus
tapha Kemal in Mudania. The British
government Is not willing to believe
that he went beyond the instructions
of his government.
Poincare Made Pledges
1t was definitely stated to-day that
M. Poineare, the French Premier gave
assurances to Lord Curzon during Cur
zon's previous visit to Paris that
Franklin. Bouillon had been definitely
instructed not to go beyond the terms
expressed in the Allied note.
Lord Curzon is going to Paris mainly
to clear up this apparent discrepancy,
1t was said. It also was stated that thie.
question of Russia's participation in