Evening star., 1922-11-26

caph Grown Prince Abdul Med5id Es,asI Sg%sin of of
the aepGssd oh saa ON with
esque ceremonies. receiving at the hanas -d Q. =
delegation from Angora the the prophets .,ns Deafo to
soc whether the world of Islam. outside OF
Turkey. will accept him;
the Paris salon Of 1910. a composer Of music
and man of simple habits and a virtuous
life. He has only one wife.
Mohammed. at Malta. has sent radio mes
harem: stamboul newspapers allege that he
carried of with him property as follows
item. a solid gold dinner set worth s25o,ooo
item. a field marshals uniform, and jewels of
The Lausanne conference opened on the Goth
Prior to the opening Lord curzon, foreign
minister OF Great Britain; Premier Polncare
ferred. interpledged united action of the allied
delegates and agreed on a common program
however. that the text Of that agreement is
rather vague concerning the issues of first
Ismet Pasha. head of the Angora delegation.
MADISON made some difIiculty at the beginning about
Was 1t rig hit. he said. that the Americans
should be allowed to influence decisions, while
drew his objection with handsome expressions
Of cordially toward America The old fox
absurdity Of allowing the Americans to par
ticipate In all the discussions. while permitting
the Russians to participate only in the dis
vite delegation. headed by Chicherin. has not
yet arrived but is expected shortly. The
question whether it shall be allowed to par
tcipate in all the proceedings seems not to
have been decided: It seems most probable.
however, than 1t will. at the least, be al
lowed to share in the discussions, if not in the
decisions
On Wednesday. Ismet Pasha fired his first
heavy piece. He demanded a plebscite in
western Thrace. Venfzelos, for Greece. pro-
tested. The Jugoslavs and Rumanians backed
Venizelos. The Bulgarians reminded the al
lied delegates of the clause in the treaty of
Neuilly. promising them an outlet to the
Aegean. Then. in succession. Lord Curzon. for
Britain; NJ Barrere. for France. and the Marquis
Garrino. for Italy. told Ismet that there would
be no plebiscite. and they told the Bulgarans
/, that. of course. they would get their outlet:
that it was merely question of the best kind
They should by the way, have had their out
let long ago.
The armstice issue may be considered as
settled against the Turk There follows the
question of settlement Of the boundary be-
tween eastern and western Thrace 1t seems
probable that zone embracing the boundary
line will be demlitarized (perhaps neutralized
under the supervision Of the league of nations
or an international commSsion) and that Bull
garia will have access through that zone to
Dedeagatch. on the Aegean. where she will be
1t seems that the delegates of Greece Jugo-
slavia, Rumania and Bulgaria (and Bulgaria,
side with a view to common action, and it is
plausibly asserted that Ismet does not like the
with the show of allied solidarity. No doubt,
however. he piously counts Allah inter
pose 10 prevent franRiSh unity Cat any rate, in
entire good faith) the important issues.
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EEypt.--Adly Pasha of Egypt. who fav"rs
the Egyptian agreement with Britain. which
stin awaits fulflment, announced October
80 the formation of the constitutional liberty
party of Egypt. But even ABLY. leader he
is of the moderates. demands Egyptian control
Of the Sudan Extremists assassinated two
prominent Adlyites the other day. The Ameri-
tourist is a stabilizing factor in Egyptian
politics. The 'Zaghlouists and nationalists
frain from the very worst, in order not to
frighten away that auriforous goose