Evening star., 1922-11-19
BY HENRY w. BUNN.
THE following is q brief summary Of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended November 18:

the seven days ended November 1s:
United states Of AMerica.-The foreign
policy of our administration has hitherto been
uniformly successful 1t looks, however. as
though it might strike snag in the Turk.
In his note declining the invitation OF the
great allies to send an American plenipoten-
t.ary to the Lausanne conference on the near
east, Secretary Hughes set forth certain sub
jects of particular American concern in con-
nection with the proposed Turkish settlement
as maintenance of the capitulations. protec-
ton of education and religious institutions
freedom and equality of commercial oppor-
tunity protection of minorities and freedom OF
the straits. Hard-bitten old Ismet Pasha, chief
Angoran representative in the peace negotia-
tions. and F'erid Bey. the Angoran representa-
tive in Paris, have been reading Mr.. Hughes
note and have been good enough to give the
press certain observations thereon.
AS to the capitulations they say there's no
use wasting time discussing them for they no
as an absolutely Independent and sovereign
state Her case is like that OF the American
for independence Would they have enter
tanned the notion Of capitulations? Certainly
T WIN Win the bother TeTk about them
ties in Turkey. they point out. or. at any rate.
there won't be the time the Lausanne con-
ference is over. There may be still a matter
of 100000 Armenians left in Turkey of the
100000 there before the great war. but these
good folks are leaving: they are on their way.
The surviving Greeks have practically all left.
there is no minorities question.
"Philanthropic. educational and religious in
stitutions? Our attitude here Is based on the
ample. to allow your schools in nr Turkey. teach
Ing Christianity; the same privileges that
America teaching the religion of the Koran.
I'VE Turks are panied and surprised that
you Americans do not recognize that in seiz-
inc ip1o on@ f,sI1 ierrtfH jv, f1A
kind of new institutions are setting up
to replace the old niquities doing you
I'VE especially regret the medieval ma
tn the strange @ procedure e Of % certain American me can
religious groups who would start religious
In the arts of mendacity and propaganda
the Angoran Turk Is second to none-not even
the flower Of the red Museovites No doubt he
called at Lausanne. what are we going to do
about those certain subjects Of particular
The Supreme Court rules that Japanese are
not eligible to American citizenship. The rul-
confine the privilege of naturalization to
white persons and persons of African nativ
The court is meticu1ously careful to assert
that of
enter into the decision. / understand that the
Japanese press is showing little excitement
resentment over the decision
X X X X
The British Empire.-The conservatives won
famous victory in the parliamentary elections
on the 18th. and by the same token Lloyd
George was roundly thrashed. The conserva-
tives will have a handsome working majority
in the new parliament. The returns, with only
eight seats unreported. show the following:
341 conservatives. 142 laborites. 60 Independent
(Asquth) liberals. SO national Loyd GeorA
liberals. II others. The magnitude of Lloyd
Georges defeat stands forth when one recalls
that in the late lamented parliament at the
dissolution there were 12s coalition (now ma
tionaD liberals. There were IS laborites and