The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-25
THE PEACE
CONFERENCE
AT LAUSANNE
All the Powers Stand
Together Against
Territorial Demands
Made By the Turks

Lausanne, Nov. % z(By the Asso-
ciated Press).-Turkey found the
great powers of Europe arrayed
against her today on the question
Of Western Thrace. on which she
demands plebiscite. and Greco
helpless and beaten by the armies
of the Ottoman state, left a rather
heated afternoon session Of the
Near Eastern conference with the
feeling that she is not SO abandon
ed as she feared.
The Turkish plenipotentiaries re-
turned to their hotel looking de-
I,jected. One of them said: 'They
were all against us on the Thracian
! issue today but it is not yet decid-
ed; we shall probably have some
thing more to say tomorrow"
( The Bulgarian premier, Alexan-
;der Stamboulisky, explained Bull
,-garia's need for an outlet to the
Aegean sea at Dedeagatch, already
promised by treaty. Greece has ad-
mitted her obligation to grant Bull
garia port rights at Dedeagatch but
has explained that her war with
Turkey prevented realization until
now. Stamboulisky was inclined to
support the idea of making Western
Thrace autonomous but the trend
i.ef the allied leaders speeches was
opposed to this.
While hostile to a, .p1ebiscite, the
entente srokesmen favored demil-
itarization of a considerable zone
on the right bank Of the Martha
river. which divides Western from
Eastern Thrace, SO that danger OF
an armed conflict between the
Greeks and the Turks in the future
.weuld be lessened.
The former Grecian premier,
Eliptherios Venizelos, was at his
best in defending the interests OF
his country. He frankly admitted
( that Greece had made mistakes, and
added that she had suffered Sc
yerely as a consequence of these
mistakes.
I The burden of the Turks argu-
tments was that possession of both
Eastern and Western Thrace was
necessary to make. Constantinople
safe for Turkey and prevent incur
sions into Turkish territory
Lord. Curzon, NJ. Barrere and
MARQUIS Garroni spoke, respective
ly, for England, France and Italy
The American delegates did not
participate in the discussions, as
they deemed the question did not
directly concern the United States.
The Thracean problem will be
attacked again tomorrow by 1smet
Pasha.
The arrival of M. vorovsky. the
Russian commissary in Rome indl-
Gates that Bolsheyik Russia has ac-
cepted the invitation to come to
Lausanne and discuss the problem
Of the Datdanelles.
Constantinople, Nov. % (By the
Associated Press). - Lieutenant
General Harrington. commander OF
the allied forces. has issued a stern
warning to the kemalists that any
further encroachments upon Con-
stantinople would be at their peril
Addressing a large gathering as
sembled to witness boxing matches
between British soldiers and sailors
at the auditorium of the British
headquarters, he declared that the
allied forces in Constantinople
were a rock marked dangerous
upon which the Turks would wreck
themselves if they persisted In
trying the patience of the allies.
."The allies are very conclilatory'
very patient" he said, they have
exercised great forbearance and re-
straint. Cur ministers have gone
10 Lausanne with the same spirit
of conciliation. justice and fair
ness. They are, however, human
and there is limit to human ma
ture. Those who try to exceed thae
limit play with fire: they would be
well advised by the reference 10
break away"
Lausanne, Nov. % (By the AS