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PEACE UP TO
TURKEY AT PARLEY
u s Goes on Record With En-.
tenta on Dardanele Control
Mosiems Are Forced to Choose Be-.
tween Russia and the European
Powers and America.

Powers and America.
Lausanne, Dec. S.-The Turkish
| delegates to the Near East conference
| faced. the difficult problem Of deciding
whether Turkey, in formulating hel
| plan for control of the Dardanelles
! should cast her lot with Russia OF
with the entente powers and the Unit
! ed States.
/; Turkeys suggestions for the s0lu'
! tion Of the perplexing Straits OF the
! Dardanelles question will be made
| public at the Hotel du Chateau
1Smet Pasha and his associates, in
| formulating their plans, were confront
ed by the sharp differences In opinion
between Great Britain and Russia in
the discussion of the Dardanelles ques-
ton. Ii Turkey, On the one hand, goes
over to the British camp she fears
the irate Russian army On her eastern
frontier; if, on the other hand, she
sides with Russia in demanding conf
! piete control of the waterway, she
fears the British navy in the Straits.
I The Turks thus far have tempOrized
by saying they favored the plan of
the soviet foreign minister, NJ. Tchlt-
cherin, but they took this attitude be-
fore they had heard the solution of
fered by the powers. Ismet and his
associates were greatly impressed by
the plan presented by Lord Curzen,
the British foreign secretary, on be-
half of the entente, which was APPROX
ed in general by the statement of
the position Of the United States The
Turks apparently cannot forget Russia
is Turkeys traditional enemy and Pre-
mier Lenine's government may be not
less cOvetous of Constantinople and
the Straits than was Russia in the
days of the czars.
Turkey has always found protection
in numbers. She has played the Eu-
rOpean countries against each other to
her great advantage time and again,
and She hesitates to trust her fate
to Russia alone while The rest of Eu-
rope, supported by the United States,
opposes an effort to turn the Black
Sea into a Russian lake
NJ. Tchitcherin, fighting hard to de-
feat Lord Curzon's plans, urges 1t
would enable combination Of powers
like the entente TO keep Z great navy
. in the Black Sea, as each member of
the combination could maintain there
as many ships as belonged to Russia,
or whatever Black Sea power happen
ed to have the largest navy at the
time.
Turkey, however, in considering
Russia's plan, apparently has an eye
on her own pocketbook. II she adopt
ed NJ. Tchitcherin's proposals, Turkey
would be forced to make q great out
lay for a fleet and fortifications, and
as she has no money she would pre-
fer to have some one else bear the ex-
pense of policing the Straits.
The question of capitulations is all
even worse tangle than the Straits
problem, but Great Britain, France
and Italy are showing tact in handling
Turkeys sensitive attitude toward her
acceptance Of anything which would
bring her sovereignty into question.
The various sub-com,nissions are
meeting daily to thresh out the details
of the questions on the agenda, but
the real work of the conference Is
largely accomplished in private con-
versations among the leading dele
gates.