New Britain herald., 1922-12-08
TURKS COUNTER PROPOSALS LIKELY
 TO PERMIT SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES
Ask Guarantees Protecting Sublime Porte From Sur prise Attacks-Russia Is Seeking to Prevent Allies Ships in Strait.

Lausanne, Dec. S. (By Associated Press)--Turkey's proposals for regu- lation of the straits of the Dardan- eles and the Bosphorus presented to the Near East conference today were heard with satisfaction by the repre- sentatives of the allied powers and the United States as they were found not to contain any contention that the straits should be closed to foreign Awarships, as Russia had demanded. 1 Spokesmen for the entente express cd the opinion after the session that the Turkish and allied plans could be harmonized.
 ! Russia stood absolutely alone today i in opposing the allied plan as Ru- mania, Greece. Serbia and Bulgaria rallied to it's support.
 Four Turkish Proposals. 1.-Guarantees against surprise at tacks from land or sea threatening the security of the straits of Constan- tinople or of the Sea of Marmora. 2-T4imitation of naval forces bound for the Black sea so that they will not constitute a danger to the zone ex- tending between the two straits to the Black sea. Turkey expresses the view that these forces might be com posed of light warships employed for the protection of international com merce.
 3-Interdiction upon the mainten- ance of warships in the Black sea.
 4-Liberty of passage for mer- chantmen in time of peace and of war.
 Paslla Explains Position.
 The Turkish position on the ques- tion of the straits was presented by Ismet Pasha, who gave a historical sketch of the problem of the straits, declaring Turkey had never acted contrary to international treaties con- cerning that waterway
 Ismet mentioned certain points in the inter-allied proposals which he considered particularly harmful to Turkey. Of these, the first was the inclusion of the Sea of Marmora in the definition of the straits because preparations for defense on the shores of this sea were necessary for the de- fense of Anatolia and Thrace and yet would not .affect the liberty of pas sage for vessels.
 DemilitariZation Unnecessary.
 Another point he made was that it was needless to have a demilitarized zone around the Bosphorus. It was he considered. to indicate that there would be no Qualifications either land or naval on either shore.
 The third point was in connection with the allied suggestion that in the demilitarized zones there should be no movement of troops He though, on | the contrary, that such movement should be permitted because the zones in question connect the two parts of the country.
 Again he contended that in order to defend the shores of the Sea of Marmora by a fleet, Turkey would | have to keep arsenals and other na- val equipment in Constantinople and the straits.
 He thought also that the limits of the demilitarized zones were too great and contended that the four islands n the straits should be recognized as Inder Turkish sovereignty
 Should Protect Gallipoli.
 As to the Gallipoi peninsula, he thought a minimum means of de- 'ense ought to be assured to preserve [ against surprise attack.
 After hearing Ismet Pashas ad- lress, the conference took recess intil afternoon to give the allies time o study the Turkish suggestions.