The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Ismet Announces That He
Will Not Recede on Terri
torial Integrity Issue.
STRAITS DECISION TO-DAY
Protests Pour In From Chris
tian World at Expulsion of
Greek Patriarch.
BY LAURENCE HILLS.


Special CabIe to THE New York HmALp.
Copyright, 1923, bv THE NEW YoHK HmALp.
Lausanne. Dec. 17.-Ismet Pasha to-
night. speaking of Turkeys territorial
policy, again asserted that Turkey
first OF all demanded absolute integ-
whelming majority, and added that on
this point Turkey would make no con-
cessions.
I'VE will assure to all minorities in
Turkey all the advantages that other
nations have recognized" he said,
but any other exceptional stipula-
tons would constitute an inadmissible
attack on our sovereignty. which
would destroy equilibrium and reduce
the authority Of the Turkish Govern
ment by the creation of State within
can accept" ~
Ismet also said that Turkey would
refuse to sign any treaty that did not
recognize the integrity OF territory
I'VE shall not accept any sacrifice on
any principle, no matter under what
title or what name it might be pro-
posed" he said. Turkey has decided
TO FIX definitely by treaties POLITICAL
judicial and economic relations in con-
formity with the rules of international
law and the principle OF reciprocity.
They constitute the minimum condi-
tions Indispensable to tho free develop
ment o: the nation. There is no other
government which recognizes more than
ours the real power OF the people. This
power removes all possibility Of secret
trafiicking in internal and foreign
politics"
Christian World stirred.
Many telesrsms reaching here indi-
cate that tho whole Christian world
is rapidly becoming excited over the
Turkish demand that the Greek patri.
archate be removed inlmedia tely,. from
Constantinople.s Organizations in Eng
/ land as well as America are joining
Premier Venizelos says flatly that the
Greek delegation with not sign anything
affecting the Greek church.
There is much interest In the atti-
tude the Vatican may take as afYectins
the delegations here from Latin coun-
tries. II Is understood that Rome does
not view with any great displeasure
the possible removal OF the patrlarchate
believing that with the abolishmcnt OF
the ancient rival see. which has held
out for so many centuries. a union OF
the Greek and Roman churches might
be facilitated. Neither the French nor
the Italian delegations have Joined the
Anglo An. orican protest.
straits Decistop To-day.
An agreement has been reached b.
the allied and Turkish military and
naval experts on the straits question.
This question Is to come up tomorrow
before the full conference. The Turks
probably will make general reservations
that will defer final acceptance until
the other questions are decided. The
Russians have been eliminated as an i'm
portant factor and again ciamor that
they are being ignored. But little at
tention is expected to be paid to their
protest against the proposed regime now
approved by the Turkish experts, the
most important feature OF which is a
clause permitting three war vessels OF
10000 tons maximum each through the
straits for any one nation. This COM
plctcly changes the Black Sea situation
as Il existed before the war.
Whether the Russians will consido-
this as n reason TO leave the conference
Is not certain. Soviet diplomacy which
has striven to erect Russian block
against the Allies in the straits, has been
a complete failure.
Although the American statement waa
plea for an unrestricted waterway
for warships, the United States. since
the Allies favo decided TO restrict the
number and size OF ships but not In any
way to prevent the sending OF Ameri-
can war vessels 10 the Black Sea ports
on peaceful errsnds. viii mako no pro-
test
Radical change. have been made in
regulations OF the demilitarizcd zones.
Many Turkish contentious have been
conceded the Allies considering that
their main principle has been achieved
in the opening Of the straits TO warships
and In Keeping them unfortified.