The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
THREE ALLIES AGREE
ON PROGRAM AGAINST
TURKEYAT LAUSANNE
POincare, CurzOn and
.AveZzano Reach Full Ac-
cord at Paris.
FOR STRONG MEASURES
Report France Will Agree
to Armed Force if All
Other Means Fail.
MEET MUSSOLINI TO-DAY
Conference of Three Leaders
viii Be Held in Swift
Zerland.
MEET MUSSOLINI TO-DAY

PARIS, Nov. is (Associated Prcss) -
Premier Poincare Of France, Lord Cur
zon, British Foreign Secretary: and
Baron Avezzano, italian Ambassador
TO France, reached a complete accord
to-day on the general outlines of the
Allies attitude toward the Turks at
the Lausanne peace conference.
Premier Poincare and Lord Curzon.
however. will proceed tomorrow 20
Lausanne TO meet Premier Mussolini
of Italy. to confirm further the har-
mony of the allied views and to go
into the general situation in Europe.
A plan for French participation in
an armed demonstration against the
Turks IL one should prove necessary.
Is believed 10 have been agreed upon.
Premier Poincare. it is declared, al
ways has been willing to use force In
somo form as a last resort to support
tie Mudania armistice, but Lord Curzon
has been anxious to anticipate the future
further and 10 obtain French approval
fe united military action II, as Is not
expected. the Lausanne conference fails
to reach a peace agreement or In any
other eventuality.
Cater TO Turks Fcars.
The French Insisted that there should
not be such an effort to smoothe out the
smallest differences beforehand as would
Justify Turkeys fears that the Allies
had framed ironclad peace terms to
present with the admonition. Sign on
the dotted line"
Their diplomatic explanation OF this
poir. might be roughly approximated al
desire 10 have the Allies go through
the motions OF a debate al Lausanne, at
least.
Marshal Foch. who came out fret
from the three and 4 half hours Sos
sion at the Foreign Office. smiled, but
said nothing. His pleasure was at
tributed to acceptance of his view that
the most effective means OF coercing
the Turks in case of necessity would
be a joint military and naval demon
stration. He held that such show
of force. when II became known that
France was ready to act and was sup
ported by her Balkan allies. would
satisfy the Turks that they faced over
~helmlng power.
liminary and useful exchange of views
took place at the Quail D'Orsay. to-day
between the representatives Of Great
Britain. France and Italy regarding the
subjects to be settled at the forthcom-
Ing Lausanne conference. The discus
sion fully confirmed that there Is COM
pIete agreement between the Allies on
ell questions which will be the subject
OF debate at Lausanne"
Main Points OF Agreement.
The three Powers were quick to agree
on the necessity OF insisting that the
Turks assure protection TO commercial
interests. but a longer discussion took
place on the two major questions. Ono
Of these was the British thesis that there
should be fairly lengthy military occu-
patton Of points commanding the straits
to insure the freedom OF the straits. re-
gardless OF the Turkish attitude during
the Immediate future. which the British
are rather inclined 10 think might run
to two years.
The other point was the desirability OF
limiting the armed forces that Turkey
might maintain In Europe. II was held
inexpedient to attempt to dictate the
number OF troops Turkey should have In
Asiatic Turkey. but 1t was considered
imperative by the British at least that
there be an effective check on Turkish
military power IN Europe.
The conferees refused details on their
agreement ON this point. bet tho blanket
statement that an agreement on all
points was reached. and the fact that the
British held firmly to this provision lie
interpreted as meaning that the French
and italians approved OF it.