New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
by
U. s., Is Plea Of
Soviet Leader
Earnest Desire l. Closer Col
Iaboraiion With AnIeri-
can People, Foreign Min
isier Says at Lausf1nne
WantsNaval Disarmament
2O.OOO,OOO for National
Armenian Home Il Pro
posed by Dr.MOnigo merry

LAUSANNE. Dec. 80 (By Thf Asso-
elated PresD.-N Tehftcherip, The
Russian Soviet Foreign Minister. made
an appeal for recognition of tne SoYis'
Federation IN statement to-day
"The Soviet Republic be raid
aearnestly hopes that the beginning Of
the new year will bring o. into closer
collaboration with the American people
for productive work and for tho open
ine of our natural resources 70 man
kind
"Our most earnest doEire is hniver-
s,l naval disarmament. as we'll D. dis
armament ON land, peace and produe-
live work. The Soviet Republic "a
strong enough 70 resist aggrostion, but
we must regret that thc scheme which
has prevailed az Lausanne will compel
as to arm and fortify our sooth coast
erd will divert u.s. from our fundamen-
lal sim-production."
Must Abandon Conquest
The entire Soviet delegation de-
livercd q New Years sermon 20 The
movers. taking as text Russia's SYM
nntbv FOR oppressed peoples. NJ.
Tchitcherin distributed 20 all the
deleoations 90 Lausanne memoranda
deelarir, that "a solution Of the Near
Fast problem is only possible by
abandonment of the policy Of conquest
and Intervention tOv ard Turkey,
The memorandum warmly takes sides
with Turkey IN her struggle ior
sovereign freedom and insists that im-
perialistic nations must cease 20 con.
slider Moslems as interiors. ln behali
OF tho Moscow government NJ. 1chit'
rhefin recommends the calling oi a
rpecial conference 20 examine into the
stntus Of mlnorities of all countries
and declares that the only way 20
establish peace IN the valley Of the
Danube and i'm the Balkans is the
fornation OF confederation BY The
peoples Of those regions, each state re-
tanning is autonomy
To-day's developments brought no
approciable change in the delicate posi-
ton OF the Lausanne conference, Optl-
mists found hope In the fact ttat the
Turks have agreed 90 meet the Britisa
experts and discuss the Mosul frontier,
and I'm the announcement that further
progress had been made in the solu-
tion Of the Straits problem. But y Is
generally admitted that no change Tor
the better or the worse can come until
Ismct Pasha has heard from Angora
and until the trend of the Paris repa-
rations conference can be noted.
Plans for an Armenian national
home. financed by a possible S20,OOo,-
600 appropriation by the United states
Congfess or n popular loan in America
iu addition 10 funds from other eoun-
tries. were presented 20 the conference
to-day by the American delegation.
II r. suggested in the American plan
that the Armenian home be located IN
Cilicia. lust north of the Gulf Of Alex
andretta, in territory containing about
5000 square miles.
The plan IT, the work OF DR.. George
r. Montgomery, director Of the Ar
rncnia- American Society. who an
nounced he had just received a mes
sage from the United States saying 9
resolution was being introduced IN the
House Of Representatives authorizing
President Harding 10 lend S2C.000.00O
for this project II the Lausanne con