The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-24
TURKEY JOINED i!
PACT WITH RUSSIA,
|SNE 7 D ECL 4 RE 6
Angora Delegate to Lausanne
Opens Sluice Gates of Com
Observation-Disclosures
Allied Leaders
BY Associated Press

Lausanne. November 23.-The Tur-
kish delegation opened the sluice
gates of communication this evening
by receiving the brigade of newspa-
per correspondents and provided by
far the most amusing press confer
ence since the Lausanne conclave in
augurated its labors.
General Ismet Pasha did the talk
ing. He took a fling at the other dele
cations which have been divulging
the proceedings of the secret confer
ence sessions by solemnly declaring
that his sense of honor prevented
him from making public what had
gone on
Then he joyfully jumped to the
question of love marriage" which
somebody told him had taken place
between the Balkan states, and di-
rected against the dangers of Tur-
keys return to Europe.
Personally" he retorted. 81
haven't heard a thing about this
marriage"
Allied With Russia
A vivacious woman writer from
the Balkans interjected: But gem
era1. you were not invited to the we'd
ding. were you?"
Ismet laughed heartily, but de-
cllned to answer.
The Kemalist foreign minister is
very deaf and his secretary Yahia
Renal. distant relative of the great
Mustapha. fairly shouted the next
query:
1.-The journalists want to know
about the love marriage between
Turkey and Russia"
Ismet replied in serious vein:
THAT is marriage that has actually
occurred. Everything they say about
it is true. We have a treaty with
Russia, and very good relations with
Russia"
The general speaks falteringly in
French, and for this reason his re-
marks about Western Thrace were
difficult to understand.
Dedicated to Liberty
1--WE want fair vote. without ter
rorism," he declared. Turkey is
dedicated to liberty and does not be-
lieve that people should be held in
bondage against their wishes"
He regretted to report that the
Greeks were deporting Turkish resi-
dents from Macedonia and Western
Thrace
what do you think about the sug-
gested demilitarization of the from
tiers of Eastern Thrace?" was the
next question.
81 do not think anything about it.
1t is a subject for the conference to
settle"
Asked if he, counted on loans and
credits from England or other coun-
tries, Ismet answered.:
Certainly Turkey offers the finest
investment in the world"
'And l want to say" he added.
"how glad l am that the United
States is represented in this confer
ence."
The Turkish plenipotentiary was
shy about answering the question
whether the kemalists would accept
demilitarization of the Dardanelles.
take them to Greensburg and we
would have two days for these pro-
eeedings.
81 drove to Greensburg. where 1
got in touch with Robert Smith, a
lawyer and laid the case before him.
We drove to the state police barracks
and were told that our men had not
been brought there. They refused to
tell us where they were.
-Four of the men were steam
One was steam shovel engineer get
ting s225 a month. one a tractor OPP
orator at 60 cents an hour and two
nwere driving trucks at the same rate.
TThe others were laborers at so cents
an hour"
Mr.. Bentz said that his brothers,
Charles, William and George, were
associated with him in Columbus.