Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-27
ARMEN|ANS' PLEA
FOR HOME LAND
IS BEFORE ALLIES
Petition Considered at
Meeting of Entente Dele
CATIONS Only.
TURKS IN PROTEST
AGAINST HEARING
Leader of Fugitive Nation
Says 100000 of His Poo
pie Are Refugees.
FEAR To RETURN TO TURKEY
Northeastern Nilayet< OF Country
Arc Urged rs SuitabI.
TURKS IN PROTEST
AGAINST HEARING
FEAR To RETURN ro TURKEY
Northeastern Nilayet> Of Country
Arc Urged ms SuitabI.
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LAUSANNE. Dec. cs.-Armenia
East conference today. The Turks
refused to attend meeting Of the
subcommission which had ARRANGED
To hear the plea OF the Armcnians
Tor the establishment OF national
home in Turkey. and both Ismet
l'asha and RIA Nur Bey sent
strongly wordcd communications 10
the conference protesting against tho
decision TO allow the Armenians 10
state their case.
They declared that IL the Armen
ians. who had no cmcial standing
and represented no independent gov
crnnent. were heard by the confer
ence, there was no reason why the
Egyptians or the Irish should not
be allowed to present their demands.
Egyptians Ask to Be Henrd.
The so-callcd irregular rgyptian
delegation has been waiting in I.aus-
anne for more than month for pcr-
mission to be heard ty the conference
ana voice demand for the indcDen-
dence OF Egyp, and complete with.
urawal OF the British army.
IN consequence OF the Turkish pro
test the official meeting OF the sub
commission was postponed and the
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ers. Great Britain, France and italy.
sitting alone. listened to the Armen
Ian spokesman. who suggested that a
nome be established in the north
east r!layets of Turkey. which I'm.
clude historic Mount Ararat. or a
section in cIllcia
III was impossible. he declared. for
the proposed Armenian home 10
amai mate with the Armenian re-
Eubiic OF Eriran. which had been
taken over by the Moscow Soyiets
The Armenians would Willingly ac.
ccpt the same relationship with
turkey as the dom!nions with Eng
land. In conclusion he asked for
exemption from military service for
the Armenians and nrged mainte.
nance OF the orthodox Patriarch in
Constantinople.
Take Petition Under Ad,i,emcnt.
Thc entente delegates took the
Armenian petition under advisemen,.
as tAey did also petitions from the
hulsarians and the ancient people
known as the Assyro- -Chaldeans.
NoradunShian Pasha. once Turk
ish Foreign Minister presented the
Armenian plea. He said the tragic
events OF 1915 had widcncd the gulf
hetween the Turks and Armenians
The Young Turk government at tha,
'ime had not only used unspeakable
methods in dealing with those Ar
nehlanS who were loyal subjects G:
the ottoman Empire. he asserted. bur
they also lacked the most elementary
understanding OF the interests of
their country. Although Armenlans
were serving in the Turkish army.
there were many deportations of Ar
rhehians and suppression OF great
part OF the Armenian population
without the slightest pretcxt
Unable to Return Home.
We deeply regret that mutual dis
trust sim exists between the Turks
and the Armenians." he continued
and that nothing is being done by
Turkey TO diminish the gravity of the
situation. II is impossible for us TO
consider as solution that the ref
ugee Armcnians who arc in foreign
countries should return TO Turkey
as lsmet suggests"
II was only by the creation OF an
armenian home that the Armenian
problem could be solved. he insisted
The RulGarians requested that i60,-
600 BulSarians who had fed from orr
entail Thrace should be permitted TO
return 10 that country, which had be-
come Turkish territory. and said they
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