Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
TURKEY IN THROES.
RECONSIDERATION.
REGARDING POWER
Hesitating Between Rus
sia and the En-
tente
SHARP DIFFERENCES
Straits Question Is to Be
Given Consideration
Tomorrow

Lausanne, Dec. THE Turkish
delegates to the Near East confer
ence today faced the difficult prob
lem of deciding whether Turkey, in
formulating her plan for control of
lthe Dardanelles, should cast her lot
with Russia or with the entente pow-
ers and the United States. Turkeys
suggestion for the solution of .the
straits question will be made public
tomorrow.
lsmet Pasha and his associates in
formulating their plans, were faced
by sharp differences in opinion be-
tween Great Britain and Russia in
the discussion of the DardanelIes
question. If Turkey goes over to the
British camp she fears Russia on
her eastern frontier, while if she
sides with Russia in demanding COM
plete control of the waterway she
fears the British navy in the straits. |
The Turks thus far have tempo
rized by saying that they favored NJ.
Ichitcherin's plan, but they took this
attitude before they had heard the
solution offered by the powers. Is
met Pasha and his associates were
impressed by the plan presented by
Lord Curzon yesterday on behalf of
The entente, which was approved in
by the United States. The
Turks apparently cannot forget that
fussia is Turkeys traditional enemy
md that Premier Lenine's govern
nent may be not less covetous of
jonstantinOplc and the straits than
vas Russia in the days of the czar.
Turkey has always found protec-
ion in numbers. She has played the
European countries against each
ther to her great advantage time
nd again, and she hesitates to trust
er fate to Russia alone, while the
est of Europe, supported by the
'nited States, opposes an effort to
lrn the Black sea into a Russian
Ike.
M. Tchitcherin, fighting hard to =
efeat Lord Curzon's plans, suggests
lat it would enable combination of :,
'wers like the entente to keep a =.
'sst navy in the Black sea, as each Q
ember of the combination could r
aintain there as many ships as be- 7
nged to Russia, or whatever Black
a power happened to have the larg-
t navy at the time.
Turkey, however, in considering
lssia's~ plan, apparently has an eye
her own pOcketbOok. If she adopt
M. Tchitcherin's proposals, Turkey
'uld be forced to make a great out m
y for fleet and for Notifications tn
d, as she has no money, she would Gu
efer to have someone else bear the OF
pense of policing the straits. ch
There are many rumors for a pos ge
lie adjournment of the congressy sh
: the Christmas holidays. The ne
estion of capitulations is in an
an worse tangle than the straits Ire
'blem, but Great Britain, France on
l Italy are showing tact in han sh
ng Turkeys sensitive attitude to-
rd her acceptance of anything that CiO
uld bring her sovereignty into
estion. Although the Russian FL
Iall over the Dardanelles has been
altered without disaster, the pros
is seem much brighter for an Ra
cement on principles that will sat tbe
? all parties. s;o
he various subcommittees are +oc
citing daily to thresh out the de- mo
S of the question on the ,agenda. Gro
the real work of the conference Or
largely accomplished in private, snt
a.,