Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
.,2RjS|S ON STRAITS
7, FACES LAUSANNE.
U. s. Opposition to Interna-
tionaI Control Board Adds
TO Problem
II. s. COLLEGE MAY REOPEN
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Lausanne. Dec. 20.-On the eve Of
that threatened to be critical day in
n. life Of the Lausanne conference
Ambassador Child last night had long
conversation with 1smet Pasha about
the Straits problem. which lord Curzon
,.sterday declared must be disposed Of
Immediately. -
Il has become known that the Amer
lean observers at the conference believe
TINT an international control commits.
sjon associated with the League Of M.
tions. as suggested In the allied plan for
supervisiOn of the Dardanelles, is Un-
necessary. In other words. the Ameri.
cans believe that freedom Of the Strnits
sSoYld be an actual freedom euarnntced
by a treaty between Turkey and the
other world Powers. and that Il should
not be a freedom limited by an inter-
national commission.
lsmet Pasha received a message from
Mustapha Kemal today announcing that
the American College at Smyrna, which
was closed during the fighting there.
may reopen and that the Nationalist
Government has no objection to the
American schools carrying on their
work In any part Of Turkey. Ismet
Pasha Immediately advised the Ameri.
can correspondents at the Near East
Conference of this official action BY the
Angora Government.
The American observers hive 30 far
'on the conference floor limited them.
selves to statements of the most general
terms on the Dnr1a nelles o,,estin,,
without suggesting rs to how the Straits
should be kept open to the commerce OF
the world and to the fleets Of the Pow.
ers. Neither have there been intima
tions Of Americas attitude toward m
International board Of control,
Allied leaders last night served notice
that the Turks today must either flatlv
accept or reject the Allied project for
settlement Of the Straits question. Fair.
ure OF the Dardanells negotiations. II In
believed. will hardly affect the other
problems which the conference was
called to solve.
Nevertheless the atmosphere iust
before tho last session on the Strnits
problem was one Of high nervous ten.
sion with the fear expressed In some
conference quarters that the American
opposition to the Straits commission
plan was stiffening the Turks not only
on the Straits question, but also on
vital questions like the customs tariff
and minorities.
The Americans are understood to hold
that future difficulties over the. OAR
danelles are best avoided by making
Turkey responsible for the liberty Of the
Straits through solemn commitments in
the treaty drawn up. here. They be-
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commission would only SOW the seeds
Of future misundersta a ndings. Ambas.
sador Child is said to have made this
clear to all the delegations in his in.
formal meetings with them.
During the hours preceding this aft.
ernoon's critical meeting the Impression
prevailed that IL the Turks could Oh.
tain a satisfactory pact Of guaranty
from the Powers concerning the in.
volatility Of the Straits and a sweep.
ing agreement of non aggression against
Constantinople and Turkey generally
they would be less recalcitrant concern.
Ing the Straits regulations.
Geneva. Dec. 20.-(By A. P.) -
Towns and villages over an area Of 200
square kilometers in Anatolia were de.
stroyed without apparent military ne
cessity, during the fighting between the
Greeks and Turkish Nationalists, &C.
cording to reports from representatives
OF the International Red Cross received
at the headquarters here.
Ono hundred and eighty thousand
persons, mostly women and children,
homeless and lacking proper food sup
piles. are digging the ground for herbs
with which to sustain life. These
people, existing In the utmost misery,
iace death from starvation and disease
unless prompt aid is given BY the
Turkish Rcd Cross or some other we'll :.
equipped relief organization.