Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-04


 M Tchitcherin, the head of the Russian delegation and Ismet Pasha had another long conference today on the Russo Turkish attitude toward future control Of the Bosphorus the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmora and tomorrow morn ing at II o'clock they will initiate their struggle in the Near Eastern conferez;ce to upset international control of the waterways connecting the Mediterrane- an and Black seas.
 Russia and Turkey are ignoring the terrible part Turkey played against the allied powers in the great war and are scouting all suggestions that nationalist Turkey should pay for the havoc wrought by tho sultan's forces directed by German and Austrian leaders.
 Ismet, encouraged by the Moscow government is assuming the attitude of a victor because of the crushing defeat recently administered to Greece. He IS ignoring the provisions of the Sevres treaty negotiated with Turkey by the allies after the great war, but never ratified, as Mustaphs Kemal Pasha es tbiished rival Turkish government m Anatolia and declared that this treaty, signed by the sultans representatives, was void.
 The allied powers and the United states have so far in the conference presented a unified front n-+their de- ssrmination not to allow Turkey to es- cape the consequences of the aid she rendered to Germany by the mere snuff fling of it's capital from Europe to Asia and the substitution of Kemal and An gota for the sultan and his parliament and there is reason to believe that they will grant Turkeys demands for absolute domination of the straits and adjacent territory.
 Si. Tchitcherin has decided to attend tomorroH's session himself in spite of tailure of the inviting powers to admit Russia to the sessions where all the questions iivouying the proposed treaty R'itl TurkeY arez considered. He will formally protest against the limitation of Russia's- participation in the straits problem and is cpected to discusxs prac- tfcally all problems which was the con fefence Is .fRclHG in an. effort to prove that control of the straits cannot be detached from the disposition of West questions 7as1 we'll as financial questions arising from the capitulations which old Russia enjoyed along with the other great powers, '
 Before Tchitcherin arrived at Lau- same the Turks were inclined to favor admitting warships to the A. straits,5 if they entered one at a time, bul the soviet delegation stiffened the Turkish probiem, and Isnet is noWw standing for exclusion of all warships from tht straits at all times, except Turkish yes sells, and demands absolute control fol the Angora government.
 When asked today for an explanation of what the fate of the Rumaniar and Bulgarian ports would be if th' Black sea fere made a Russian lake ant Turkey given control of it's entrance, 2 member of the Russian delegation saiC that the Moscow government expected to call conference of the powers ot the Black sea to negotiate a treat. which would neutralize that water ant make navies unnecessary.
 Greece has ceased to be an inportan factor in the conference since the exc cution of Gounaris and his associate at Athens an dit does not seem nkel. that the decision of the Athens govern nent to banish Prince Andrew, rathe than shoot him will improve the posi- tion of Greece at Lausanne.
 The Near Eastern conference is in effect, ignoring the quarrel betwee Turkey and Greece and devoting itsel to the breader problems which aros from Turkish support of the centre powers in the great war. Turkeys ar parent suhserviency to. Russian order has caused much uifavorahle common among the allied delegations. Many c the members of the delegations weI Sn Russia when the Rrest-Litova { treaty was signed by the boishevii and Russia's participation in the gres war on the allied side was defnitel ended.
 Academic arguments about abso1ut freedom of the straits under Turkis control are lost on the allied represen Ntives who cannot forget the terrib' campaign at Gallipon