Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-30

I down because of inability of the nations there rep
j resented to agree on essential points, and with the
French government evidently determined to take
& possession Of German forests because OF Germanys
default in her reparatlons deliveries: On the "hoe'
the prospect is anything but a comfortable one. AS
! against these disquieting prospects we have the tact
! that several peace conferences have been obliged to
] adjourn without the accomplishment of their main
.obiect; that emergencies have been tlded over, ana
! that serious efforts are apparently being made to
bring about satisfactory understandings With RET
ference to some Of the most pressing OF the worlds
/, problems, and with at least a reasonable prospect of
/ success.
The particular items which have stood out this
ttime conspicuously as obstacles to progress at Laus-
anne are those of jurisdiction over Mosul and its ad-
jacent oil fields and Turkish capitulations, by which
lis meant the reservation by outside nations OF the
fright to maintain in Turkey their own tribunals for
! the disposition of cases in which their own nationals
/ ARE interested
The Turkish representatives insist that Mosul
1 shall be included in their territory. Great Britain
maintains that the district is properly a part of the
slArab kingdom of Irak, over which she holds a man.
4 date. AT this time the discussion has not reached
d the point where the other participating nations de-
q. clare their attitude on this question, but at present
I. acquiescence in the Turkish demand seems ir1prob-
able.
~ ~ he turkish national leaQerS nave taken a very
III positive position on the question of capitulations,
ii insisting that to permit the presence within their
Il. country of foreign tribunals is a waving of the SOW
OF their own nation, and a humiliation
81 (which they cannot endure. The subject is not a
"a new one, for such tribunals have been a part of the
IA regular establishment in the past, and there has
q been nothing in recent Turkish history to indicate
q that foreigners will be any safer under the %jurisdic-
"A ton of native courts than they would have been at
any time in the past. The Japanese representative
!. has called attention to the fact that it is only recent
lily that similar capitulations in his country have
Ibeen discontinued, and he has urged Turkey to
Iyield patiently to the demand for the present. Lord
lCurzon, speaking for Great Britain, minced no
lWords in his characterization of the Turkish courts
and Turkish methods of administering justice,
which he says are such that they cannot be recog-
niZed by the western nations.
In the meantime Greek troops are massing on
the Thracian border, and it is quite possible that by
this time expected clashes have occurred, and that
that little corner of Europe is again the scene of
Isanguinary conflict. The route of the Greeks in Asia
Minor and their summary expulsion from that ter
lritory, after their dream Of empire, has been a Sc
we're blow to Grecian pride, and there is undoubted-
tly a large element in Greece that would be glad of
an opportunity to regain some of the country's lost
prestige by striking a sudden blow at the Turk from
the European side. Moreover, the understanding
that Turkey is to be awarded eastern Thrace is moi
Ionly still further huniliating to Greece, but exceed.
lingly unsatisfactory because of the probability OF
BOUNDARY trays and disputes over the treatment Of
Greeks resident in that section.
Attic meeting of the reparations commission
Germany was decided to be in voluntary default ir
that she has failed to deliver to France the quaint
ties of wood which she had agreed to deliver. The
fTesolutlon to this effect was supported BY France
Belgium and Italy, Great Britain alone voting il
Ithes negative, and the swinging of Italy over to tn.
French side in this matter is regarded as a decided
1yictorysfor France.
Following this has come the declaration from
aPTemierr Poincare of the French intention to tax,
"a Possession Of German state forests in Bavaria an,
a2Ast eiseWhere in order to make good by force what Ger
w many has failed TO perform. The French attitud
Ton the subject is very positive, the premier's state
q mentg being that he hopes that theApther Allies viii
s#I agree to the program which he proposes, but tina
Sc MOI, France will act alone.
% IGMs@@1t has developed, as was anticipated, that ii,
NJ fcellyer sations looking toward the appointment q
s&Sf a4kAnpsrie al commission to make an economic SUI
Germany, the results Of which would b
VI II sSyailsbhe Az y basis for a new agreement on repars
asf tt3piss have ctaallysoecurred although the disavoW
sSf Ais of icipat made BY several government
~ XAyeax4nite accurate The exchanges have been 81
gu aWssnE German business men and The Chamber 4
81 Commerce of HE United States, with eoarnrninii
IA &SSSfonse forwarded "a important men in Great Br
a q S8in9and FRANCE who Have received and eonsideree
81 S4snnlNns5sre As private individuals thus All iii
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