The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-27

TODEMANDS
OF THE TURKS
Allies About Ready to
Give Up CONSTANT
nople and 1'hrace to!
Kemal Pasl1a

Paris. Sept. % (By the Assoclat-
ed Press Limited assurances in :
yolving the return of Constanta-
| nopie. eastern Thrace and Adrian
isople to Turkey. were tentativeis
agreed upon today at a meeting
of the conference Of allied repre-
sentatives and will be formally
'eonsidered by the French ana
British cabinets tomorrow.
Approval Of these conditions 7o1
neace would mean definite end
To the Near East crisis and It Is
hoped. would remove all possibil-
itv of "a clash between the British
and tie Turkish Nationalist. To
meet the ins:stence os the British
that no claims Of the .Angora gov
,ernnent should be accepted in ad-
vance of peace conference, to-
days plan would be subject to fur
ther discussions and approval by a
fun peace conference.
Taking the socalled Nationalist
pact as q. basis. the allied represen-
tatives discussed for nearly four
hours the Turkish demands. Lord
Curzon. British foreign secretary,
expressed some doubt as to wheth-
ersbis government would agree with
any of the conditions of the Nat
ionalists in advance Of peace
conference. but he finally consented
to forward the plans to London TO-
night. st first Lord CurZon OPP
posed even tentative approval of
the Turkish demands before all
the invited powers discussed them
around the peace table. but the in-
s;sterce Of NJ. Peincare.. the
French premier, won him over y
the extent of accepting them con-
t:ngent on their full indorsement
ny the British cabinet.
NJ. Poincare favored out and ont
approval OF all the Ke1nalist de-
manGs. but it is realized in French
government circles that the best
that can be hoped for is limited ac-
Iceptance. 10y Great Britain.
The general scheme for peace
would contain the following points:
constantiacple. Adria nopIe> ana
eastern Tbrace up to the River Ms,-
rita would be handed back to
Turkey, subject to the acceptance
of broad denifitarized zone along
the Thracan. Bulgarian and Gree
clan frontiers.
Observation-Disclosures of the straits
Of the Dardanelles under the league
of nations or some other internat-
ional body.
Maintenance Of permanent al
lied military force at Galiipoli.
Rigid treaty clauses insurins TIE
protection of the. minorities in
| Turkey.
It is probable the British force
at Chanak would remain there I'M
! til a peace treaty is signed be
tween, Turkey and Greece. The
British also would further limit the
size of the Turkish force in east
ern Thrace to insure. peace tc
/ THAT part Of Europe.
Premier Poincare desired to
/. have certain Of the concessions
J! finally approved today SO that
/ Franklin Bouillon wlso negotiated
/ the Franco-Turkish agreement.
might proceed immediately to
Smgrna III an endeayor te prevent
Nustapha Kental Pasha's COM
| mitting any overt act which
would cause llostilities between
the .Nationalists and the British.
| NJ. Bouillon is now expected to re-
main in Paris until tomorrow even
ing
If the two cabinets approve of
| the plan as outlined by the cou-
ference TODAY, NJ. Eouillon viii
present it TO Mustapha kenal
! Pasha and tr. TO obtain prem
Use from him that the Turkish
forces will remain in asiatic Turk
,,ey until peace conference meets.
It was further decided by the
conference today TO hold the con-
/ ference at Venice unless the
Turks object to this place. If pos
siklc the opening session OF the
conference would be held October
10 or u.
! Assistance. Asked.