Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-09
Turks Want PEACE
! PARLEY NEXT WEEK
AnSora Would Consider Delay
az Act Of Hostility
by Allies
oARDANELLES CABLE CUT
Bv Associated Press

Paris, Nov. e.--Ismet Pasha. Foreign
Minister in the Turkish Nationalist
Government. has informed the allied
Governments that any delay in holding
the Lausanne peace conference would be
q disaster. as It would be interpreted by
the Angora Assembly and the Kemalst
army as a sign OF hostility against the
Turks and an indication that the Allies
did not intend to live up to the condi-
tions Of the Mudania armistice.
The French Government. therefore.
Lausanne conference formally opened
On scheduled time. November IL. in or.
der to demonstrate to the Turks the
good intentions Of the Allies.
The British asked for postpone.
0ent because Of their approaching elec.
tions, but the French now have pro-
posed to the British that in view Of the
message from 1smet Pasha oil parties
20 ahead and assemble next week at
Lausanne. The British reply TO this
proposal has not yet been received.
AZ the French view it. the confer.
snce should be opened on time next
Monday as demonstration Of good
will and then the more important meet.
ings requiring the attendance of the
plenipotentiaries could he postponed for
q week or SO. during which the experts
could occupy themselves in sundry
preparations.
1smet Pasha still is In CONSTANT.
nople, the Foreign Office has been ad.
viesd, but he intends to SO to Lau.
same a. soon as possible.
Bulgaria has asked the Allies to
grant her representation at all OF the
discussions at the Near Eastern Peace
Conference at Lausanne !nstend Of only
at those concerning the Straits. Th"
request now is under consideration.
The troubled state Of affairs in Com
Otantinople may not be getting any
worse, but there certainly seems to be
no improvement in good feeling h"twe"n
the Ke,nalists and the allied commits
eioners.
Two British soldiers were assassi.
mated last night at Nassimpasha. ac-
cording to the Constantinople corre-
spondent of Petit Parisicn.
Colonel Charpy. commander of the
French troops in the Constantinorle
area. told the correspondent he consid-
cred the situation one OF the gravcst
nature.
The attitude Of the Kemalists be.
comes stiffer every day and the cytrcm-
lists seem to be In power at .Angora. An
indication Of this was the reiteration
yesterday of the demand that the Allies
evacuate both their military and naval
forces from Constantinople and sur
rounding districts.
Rome. Nov. 0.--(By 4. p.)-Pre-
mier Mussolini has telesraphed 10 the
italian high commissioners in Constnn.
tinople stating that he favored united
front BY the Allies regardin; Turkey.
The Premier announced the sending
o. this message at yesterdays cabinet
meeting. Turkey hda beaten Greece. but
could not claim TO hav" defeated the
Entente. the Premier said.
The Italian warship Archmede was
ordered by the Premier to remain AZ
Constantiuople and lie gave instructions
that in case Of necessity other vessels
should be held in readiness to protect
Italian Nationals.
The suggestion for n postpOnenent OF
the Lausanne conference. the Premier
added. had come from Great Britain.
and Italy had agreed TO it rn condition
that the delay be brief
London, Nov. 0.--cBy \. p.l-Lon.
don morning newspapers ia!led to re-
ceive their usual quotas of news from
Constantinople today because Of the
cutting Of the Eastern Telegraph Com.
pany's cable on the Ecmalist side OF the
Chanak zone BY the Turks. and tkcic
refusal to permit tine company to re.
rair it..
So far as was known here this
morning. no overt or hostile act has
yet been taken nt ConStantinople. either
BY the Allies or the Kemuiis,s. but the
situation is known to be extremely tense
and the insistence Of the National!sts
upon their demands for allied ayacun
tion has made 1t increasingly critical.