New-York tribune., 1922-10-16
.kernal Rejects
Sclltari as Site
OF Conference
Continues to Urge Choice
Of Smyrna So He Can
Attend Without Depart
ing From Turkish Soil
Greeks Write New Note
Renew Appeal 10 Allies in
Behalf Of Christian Pop
rllations Left i'm Thrace

llatIOIlS Lett III Ihface
ANGoRA, Oct. is (By The Asso-
ciated Press The Nationals. govern
ment officially has declined to accept
the Allied suggestion that the peace
conference be held ut Scutari. Hamid
Bey has been Instructed to inform the
Allied high commissioners at Constan-
tinople that his government still pre-
fers Smyrna as the seat of the confer
ence, SO that Mustapha Kemal Pasha
may attend.
Yussuf Kemal, the Foreign Minister
explained to-day that it weuld be diff
cult for Mustapha Kemal to leave furk-
ish soil, rs his presence as commander
in chief is essential to the army, which
lis still on war footing. fussuf
added that if the powers insisted upon
Lausanne or some other European city
for the conference the Nationalist goy-
ernment probaoly weuld accept, IN
which case the delegates would be tho
ministers at London, Paris and Rome,
headed by himself.
At to-days sitting of the National
Assembly, Deputy Gounous Nadi bey,
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, moved the immediate set
of the Sultan of Turkey. The proposal
was opposed by members of the clerical
party and vote on it was postponed
until tomorrow.
The Angora Government already mas
approached Crown Prince Abdul Medjid
Effendi and the Grand Vizier, Tewfik
Pasha, with view to the heir apparent
accepting the throne. Abdul Medjid
replied that he was prepared to accept
the crown if it seemed in the country S
interest that the present Caliph should
retire. His acceptance also was con-
ditional upon guarantees that the Sui
tan's temporal powers be not curtalled.
If the Crown Prince declines to ac-
cept revised constitution which
abridges his authority the Angora Gov
ernment may designate as Mohammed
VPs successor Prince Silem Effendi,
the Sultan's nephew.
Yussuf declared that the conference
should be held Immediately, as delay
impaired Turkeys strategical position
and strengthened thesAllies' hand.
The Nationalist government has un-
dertaken to pay all war pensions and
salaries of retired government officials,
which the Constantinople government,
on account of its empty Golfers. has
been unable to discharge. As an induce
ment to the Sultans Cabinet tosresign,
the Nationalist government offers to
pay the salaries of the members for
life, but this offer was rejected
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. is BY The
paper "Ileri' says Mustapha Kemal
Pasha will make four important new
demands at the peace conference
These will be, first, for the suppression
Of the Greek navy; sec9nd, for the
exchange of all persons of the civilian
minorities, meaning The return to Tur'
key of all Moslems in Greek territory
and the repatriation of all Greeks IN
Turkish territory; third, the neutrali-
zation of the Agean ISLANDS, and
fourth, that the question of western
PARIS, Oct Is (By The Associated
Press ).--The. feelings Of the Greek
government and it's reservations In
signing the Mudania compact are
shown in an official communication re-
ceived by the French Foreign Office
to-day.
"The Greek government" says the
note, "belieying that the declaration
made by its delegates, especially that
part of it concerning the delays neces-
sary for the evacuation of the Christ
ian population of Eastern Thrace
should have been taken into considera-
ton, desires to make last appeal to
the humanitarian feeling of the Allied
powers in favor of those populations.
However, being desirous of con-
forming itself to the decision of the
Allied powers, the Greek government
finds itself in the necessity of bowling
before superior strength and adheres
to the a1mistice protocol signed at
Mudania October H."
No comment was made to-day by the
French Foreign Office concerning the
Greek note, except to say that enc
pressure has been brought to bear
upon the Greek government to sign
the armistice."