The New York herald., 1922-12-27
TURKS TURN BACKS
ON ARMENIA'S PLEA.
Refuse to Attend Hearing
Of the Appeal for Ma
tional Home.
4, DISPUTE THEIR STATUS
Say Egyptians or Irish
Would Have Similar
Right to Appear.
STRAITS ISSUE is OPEN
Ismet Opposed to Control by
Commission of Demilitar-
lied Zones.
STRAITS ISSUE IS OPEN

LAUSANNE, Dec. 26 (Associated
Press) Armenia was the storm CEN
ter of the Near East conference to-
day. The Turks refused 10 attend a
meeting of the subcommission which
lad arranged to hear the plea of the
Armenians for the establishment of
national home IN Turkey. and both
1smet Pasha and Ria Nur Bey pro-
tested against the decision to allow
the Armenians to state their case.
They declared that if the Armenians.
who had no official standing and rep
resented no independent Government,
were heard by the conference there
was no reason why the Egyptians or
the Irish should not be allowed to
present their demands.
AS to the future of the Greek Pa
triarch, the French suggested that per
mission be granted the Patriarch to re
main in Constantinop.e as an autonp-
nous archbishop, with The understand
ing that he would in no way represent
political or administrative matters on
voice the ambitions or aspirations oe
Greece
AS to the straits, the Allies are SEEK
ing some formula for a general collec
tive guaranty that Turkey will not be
subjected to foreign aggression. Tn
Turks decline to grant jurisdiction 10
the Straits Control Commission over the
zones of demlitarization.
In consequence of the Turkish protest
the official meeting of the subconlmis-
sion was postponed. and the represen-
tatives of Great Britain. France and
Italy listened to the Armenian spokes-
man. Noradunghian ,Pasha. who sug
gested that a home be established in
the northeast viayets of Turkey which
should include historic Mount Ararat. or
q section In Cilicia II was Impossible
for such home to amalgamate with the
Armenian republic OF 7rivan, which had
been taken over by the Moscow Soviets
The Armenians would willingly accept
the same relationship with Turkey rs
the Dominions with England, he said,
and he asked for exemption from mill
tary service for the Armenans and
urged maintenance of the Patriarch in
ConStantinOple.
There are now ABOUT 700 900 Ar
menian refugees in the outlying coun-
tries" said Noradunghian Pasha. "Of
these 345.000 are in different parts of
the Caucasus. $4,000 in Syria, 10000
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donia 10000 in Bulgaria and Occidental
Thrace and $4,000 In Persia. the re-
mainder being dispersed here and there
not to mention about 10000 orphans.
who providentially are receiving aid
from the American Near East Relief"
"All these refugees nave lost many
relatives by violence. Those refugees
once laborious. productive elements. are
now cared for by benevolent Institutions.
and II is quite clear that this pitiful sit
uation should not last indefinitely. Only
the creation of national home would
be able to obliterate the tragic past.
allay accumulated hatred and bring
back confidence.
TO have "a dominion will not only be
title of glory for the new Turkey, but
she will also have accomplished a Just
and fruitful act in conformity with all
the interests involved. we are thor
oughly convinced that it Is only by such
solution that the peace concluded for
the Near East will have a sound and
rational basis and will be prevented
from becoming illusory and incomplete"