Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-29
STAND Of TURKS
N AY RESULT IN
BREAKING UP Of
LAUSANNE NEE 7
Turkish Courts Do Not Af-
ford Adequate Protection
to Foreigners, Is Claim of
j, S, and the Allies
COMMISSION HOLDS
A STORMY MEETING
Key to the Solution of the
Problem Lies in ISrnet' S
Hand His Delegates Meet
to Frame a Reply


Lausanne, Dec. 2S,-Ismet Pasha
has failed to persuade the United
States and the European powers
that Turkish laws and Turkish
courts afford adequate protection
to the life and property Of foreign
ers residing i'm Turkey. and the
Near East conference stands i'm
grave danger Of breaking up on
this question.
Europe and America insist that
special courts. upou which foreign
Judges sit, administer Justice to
foreigners in Mustapha KemaFs.
republic. Ismet Pasha declares
that such courts would be an in
fringement on Turkish sovereign
ty. in fact, he reiterated this dee
laration so often at today's stormy
meeting of the commission on
capitulations that Lord Cur2on re-
torted: "I beg that Ismet Pasha
wrap UP and place carefully away
in a cupboard this question of Tllr-
kish sovereignty, which nobody
wishes in the least to offend. Tur-
KEY is not the only country which
enioys sovereignty: many other
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lv greater mowers than Turkey sub
NIT questions to international
tribunals without fear Of impair
ing their sovereignty rights"
Actually Believes 1t
Ismet had declared that Turkish
laws and Turkish courts were the
equal OF any in Europe so often,
Lord Curzon continued, that he
had actually come to believe it.
But the important thing is not
what the Turkish delegation thinks
about Turkish justice" added cur
zon. "but what the rest OF the
world thinks about it. England 5
King George ~ convinced himself
that he led the guards at the bat
tic of Waterloo, but nobody else
ever believed it, and history does
not record il.
'The plain truth is, Turkish laws
arc based on Moslem law ana We're
drawn by Moslem jurists and theo-
lugians. The judges are unejucat-
ed, poorly paid and dilatory. Ihe
Same is true of the police, and the
whole mechanism of Turkish JUS
tice is defective. Under Turkish
courts foreigners cannot conduct
business in Turkey and it will be
for Turkey alone to get.
the machinery, transport and food |
necessary for her reconstruction
and DEVELOPMENT"
Marquis di Garroni, NJ. Barrere,
NJ. Bompard, Ambassador Child
and Baron Hayashi all spoke in
support of the proposed courts for
foreigners, upon which foreign |
Judges designated by the interna-
tional tribunal at The Hague shall /
sit. Under this plan, Turkey would .
be permitted to select judges from
the list submitted by The Hague
tribunal.
ChiId's Warming
Ambassador Chjld's warning that
Turkey will align herself with 9TH .
er nations which have repudiated .
their obligations, Il she wipes out |
all capitulations and does not grant .
something instead of a guarantee
to her treaty pledges created a /
impression in the confer
nnce and was, gratifying to the al
lied delegations. who regarded the |
address as advice to Turkey not to
isolate herself as Russia has done. |
Japan, which herself was Obliged |
during long period to accord the
same extra territorial privileges to
foreigners as Turkey, interviewed
In today's dramatic debate in the
role Of mediator. Baron Hayashi
Turkey to be patient ana
He recalled the many |
ong wears which passed before |
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