New-York tribune., 1922-12-14
Turks Defy
Allies; Farley
Near Break

tcOs,lHusd trsu pn5, sE0
eame rumor added the American AM
bassador was attempting 10 swing tic
Turks TO q compfomise which Nigh:
save the conference.
Turks Appear Unmoved
The Turks seem unmoved under the
general indignation in the face Of
situation which shames the GOrld. Most
Of the other questions here are polit.
ical 70 y great extent, but the problem
OF tho minOritics is purely humani-
tartan. The Turks have not only at
tempted % meet 10 With q political
argument but have gone so FAR ss 10
blame the massacred Christians for
their own butchcry at the hands Of the
Turks.
Answering the Allied proposals cali
ing for guarantees for the future pre-
teclioa Of minorities, Ismet to-day
blandly remarked taai Turkey was will
ing 10 treat them with all kindness and
70 forget the past but said he was against
any international supervisory body be-
cause II WIS incompatible with Turkish
independence, ovea with It's existence.
He repuised the Allied suggestions
that Christians be exempted from mill
tary service upon payment OF a draft
tax, on the ground that IL would be un-
fair 20 Turkish tubjectg. lie accepted
erly the proposals for The free move
ment Of minority populaces and an am
nesty Of reciprocal nature between the
Greeks and the Turks.
Says Christians Provoked Attack
Ismet said al elements In Anatolia
had undergone great suffering In recent
years. and this should be taken into
account. He charged the Christian
uinOrities had b en- armed and had
provoked attack b. the Turks. Their
misery, he asserted, was part Of the
general misery. He compared the dc.
struetion Of Anatoiia TO that Of Pom
pcii, but said the Greeks were
responsible for the former. He de-
Tended the loosely-rrasoned historical
review that made up q major part Of
his speech yesterday as a presentation
u the danger 70 minorities, which for.
eign Interference would inevitably i'm.
ply.
lsmet confirmed Tie Trbune's pre-
diction that the Turks would yield the
point of allowing a position OF the
Greeks IN ConstantinOple 70 remain IL
the Turks who had been transferred
from Greece back to Turkey were fully
indemnihed for their 10. es. He did
not mention the hundreds OF Thousands
u Greeks who literally have been
kicked out Of Anatolia during the last
few months without compensation.
Ismct estimated it would BE- fair %
allow about 100000 Greeks 10 remain
IN Constantinople, hut insisted that the
I head Of the Greek Church, with all bis
encourage and al Greeks not born in
I Conotantinopis, must leave. Those re-.
naming, he said, must become Tgrkish
citizens.
Promises Armenisns Kindness
Other questions relative 70 the ex.
change Of populations lie relcgaied 10
slb-cCmmissiOI for further study.
Regarding the ArmenisEs, he said there
was no reason Why they could not i've
IN Turkey !n peace Il they were not
inierfered with hy foreigners.
Turkey will treat them with an
/ kindness and forget the past he said.
Eleuthtri0s Vcuizelor, former Pre-
mier Of Greece, spoke briefly, challenC-
ing the assertion made b. lsmet yes
:erday that the Greeks bad originated
I the scheme Tor transferring p0puia.
tions. That project, he said. canic fToa.
! Dr. Friidtjof Nanseu. the Norwegian
peace worker, who believed u was the
only way uf avoiding greater barbarity
toward the chfistiErs forced 20 live a.
the mercy Of the Turks.
Mr Nenizcios's manner was that Of
the representative Of a defeated nation,
although he took the foor with the
iaympathy o. almost the ea.ire confeT-
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