Evening star., 1922-12-13
Wants some Understanding;


and human suffering.
Wants Some Understandings,
L do not say that the Turkish dele
CATION and the national assembly will
tall TO act IN accordance with that
tolerance and justice and concession
which the United states and the whole
world expect and may righteOusly re-
gu g. but do urge. on behalf of the
pc lie Of the United States, that this
CO -erence never leave Lausanne
" hout providing some means for
y manent joint labors to find 4 ref
use Tor the unprotected hor,ies and
create. sif possible, {, safe territorial
refuge for special populations if it be
determined that they require separa-
tion from other nationalities, re-
Ggions or races.
Above all. this conference should
secure by agreement and by meas
ureS OF humanitarian administration
strong guarantees that safety shall
attend the continuance i'll their pres
eHt situation of the populations which
are vexed by fears.
Because ii was upon her territory
that the misfortune of war fell and
from her territory the greatest num-
Der 'of refugees come. Turkey may
tartan questions greater than that of
any of US.
Owe Turkey CO-OperntIOn.
1T is unthinkable that the aspira-
tfons of Turkey for independence and
progress should not rely. in part. upon
a generous policy of contribution to
the safety and relief from suffering
of mankind. Safety and relief from
suffering of mankind is one of the
principal concerns of governments.
The comfort. safety and settlement
of hundreds of thousands of human
beings. most of them nom n-beIligerents
many of them women and children,
many dislodged from their homes by
the disturbances in the near east, is a
matter which has for the people of
the United states vital interest AS an
evidence of that interest OUT ma
tionals have spent freely in that
quarter of the world with which this
conference is dealing. in medical at
tention. in service OF our naval forces.
in feeding starving people and in
other forms of relief, large sums Of
money. We have put nearly seventy
five millions of dollars into this work
through one committee alone
Ismet promised to give detailed
by Lord Curzon. that Turkey find
place of refuge for the minority popu-
lations.
Russians StilI Protesting.
Bolshevik Russia is keeping up the
same pace in the way of protects at
Lausanne as she set at Genoa. The
Russian experts yesterday walked
CeremOn1OOSly out or the meeting
which was discussing the Dardanelles
and the BosporuS. as a protest against
the alleged exclusion of the Russians
from important periods of the straits
negotiations. Later the Russian dele
cation officially notified the three
presidents of the conference of Rus
sia's unalterable determination to
abandon none of her rights in the ne
gotiations over the straits which di-
rectly affect her vital interests.
Progress. however. is being made
by the experts representing Turkey
and the allies in arranging the con-
ditions under which the Bosporus
and the straits of Dardanelles are
to be used by merchantmen and
ships of war.
The soviet delegation. following
yesterdays meeting of the experts,
Issued a statement declaring they
deemed the procedure contrary to
the rules of the conference and in
violation of the conditions under
which they were invited to Lausanne.
The statement. said the Russian
experts. had desired the opportunity
to discuss the question of the
demilitarization of the straits, but
that the allies told them this question
exclusively concerned the entente
powers and Turkey.
The Russians insist that these
two questions are inSeparably linked
and should be considered together.
Furthermore. they protest that modlfi-
cations have been introduced into the
project for hsnfi the straits regime
Siihout previously consulting them.