New-York tribune., 1922-12-16
Turks Firm as
Allies Demand
MosulOilLand
District Is Under British
Mandate, Powers Warn;
Paris and London Agree in
Insisting on Concession
Save Patriarch, Is Plea
All Christianity Urged to
Prevent Custer of Greek
Church Head by Moslems

IN wr,evotarnls suddenly jumped 20 the
fore tonight ~ q big issue IN me
Near East conference. The Entente
nations have informed the Turks that
the viisyet Of Mosul cannot be eonsid-
cred as detached from the Arab realm
Ismet Pasha, head Of the Turkish
delegation, had q long conversation To-
niRht With Lord CurEon, the chief Bit
lsk representative. Lord Curzon re-
lternted the statement made during
the day In a note sent 90 the Turkish
delegation by the inviting powers that
the vilayet Of Mosul. containing the
city Of Mosul and tho oil fields, could
not be conceded 10 Turkey, since a ma.
jority Of the population is Arab and
the district belongs naturally 70 the
Arab kingdom Of Irak
The Turkish delegation insists on its
claim Of Mosul for Turkey and In the
refusal Of the Angora government 70
grant territory for a national home for
the Armenians. The delegation de-
clares these are two points on which
II has no authority 10 make eonees-
sions.
Under British Mandate
, By insisting that Mosul lies within
Trnk, which is part Of Mesopothmia, the
Allies, II Is asserted. declare that II
comes under the British mandate,
since Mesopotamia Il assigned 10
Great Britain under formal mandate.
II Il further reported that Great Brit
ain and France have reached an agree
ment over the Mosul oil question. A
prominent ofieial from Irak arrived IN
Lausanne a few days ago and an
nouneed his country would insist on
sovereignty over Mosul.
Count Massigli. q French delegate
and secretary general Of the confer
ence, left suddenly for Paris tonight
II IL rumored that one Of the objects
OF HIS mission Is 70 lay the alleged
British-Turkish accord before the
French government. The French dele
CATION, however, denied this tonight
They said Count Massigli's visit 20 the
French capital was Of purely per
sonal nature. Under the San Reno
agreement France was 90 receive %
per cent Of the MoSul oil output.
An appeal 70 Christian America and
Christian peoples the world over 10 use
all their influence 20 prevent the Turks
from deporting from Constantlnopls
the Patriarch Of the Greek Orthodox
Church was made tonight By Mon.
signor Germanos. who has come 20 the
conference 70 fight the cause Of the
Patriarch.
at seems impossible said MonsignoI
Germanos, who is the patriarchhl ex-
arch Of western central Europe, 70 The
Associated Press. shat world Chris
tianity will permit this injustice, oI
that the Lausanne conference Will con
sent 20 write ~ into the treaty Chris
| tiAnity has existed In Constantinoplo
since the first century, and the institu-
tlon Of the eeumenciAl patriarch there
was provided for by the eeummenieal
councils Of the fourth and nth cen
turies
"constantinopls Is indeed 4 sacred
city--sacred 70 US Christisns-foT
Islam history begins only In the sew
tenth century and the Turks did not
conquer Constantinople until the III.
teenth century and this IL the first time
/ In history that any nation has APP
peAred before an international Assem-
/ bly, 20 strike a blow AZ religious insti-
tutions which have existed almost 1000
years.
]
Of the seat Of the patriarch was not
only vital TO Orthodox countries like
| RusEia. Rumania. Greece and JuEo-
slavia. but Of great concern also 20
the Anglican Church In England. and
more especially 20 the Episcopal
Church In America. whose leaders were
In eorrsspondenee with the head Of
the Orthodox religion.
Monsignor Germanos repudiated the
Turkish contention that the Greek
| The Greek Orthodox Church, he
pointed out, had sent representatives.
70 the Paris peace conference AZ the
request Of President Wilson and Pre-
miers Clemeneeau and Lloyd George,
who wanted 20 know the needs Of the
patriarch, and later on an American
mission which visited Constantinople
was told that the Church wanted the
right 20 remain In Constantlnople
under the protection OF some great
power, as the Turks steadily were an
nullinR the rights Of the Church.
Asks Allies Save Orphans
The Church. Monsignor Germanos
! declared, had asked the Allies 70 PRE-
vent the deportation and save thou
sands Of orphans who had been placed
in Turkish homes and IslamiIed, and
the Allies had helped 10 prevent these
/ things.
The exareh has asked the sub-eom-
mission on exchange Of populations 10
hear him In protest against the de-
portation Of the head Of the Orthodox
Church. He already has conferred
with Rear Admiral Bristol. Of the
American delegation, and says he will
talk with Richard Washburn Child,
head Of the American delegation, and
rlso the leaders Of the other delega-
tions.
In reply TO an inquiry as to who
initiated the proposition that the
| Turkish minority in Greece be ex-
changed for the Greek minority IN
Anatolia, DIR. Fridtjof Nanson. one OF
those most prominently mentioned as
the originator. telegraphed as follows:
''The exchange Of populations AZ the
only practical solution Of a dificult
situation originated simultaneously
with several governments and persons,
/ including myself. A similar plan has
already worked for some years be-
tween Greece and Bulgaria"
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