Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-22
DISPOSITION or
WESTERN THRAC q
BEFORE NATIONS
Greeks, Jugo-Slav. And Ru-
manians Object To Tur-
key. Claim; Organization
; Work Completed; United
State, Plays Brief Part In
Session.
tBy Tho Associated Press.)

.rE= (by Ino A6B0Cl6Io0 1Eec0'l a..
Lausanne, Nov. 22.-At this aft
ernoon's session Of the commit
too Of territories Of the Near
East conference, the Representa-
tiyos of Great Britain, France and
Italy all declared their opposition
to the Turkish demand for q :.
plebiscite to declare the sover-
eighty of Western Thrace.
Lausanne, Nov. 22.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. )-The question Of the
disposition of western Thface came
before tho powers today when 1smet
Pasha presented to the commission on
military and territorial matters Tur-
keys claim to all the territory en-
braosd within her frontiers>of 1918.
M. Venizelos for Greece immediate-
ly opposed the claim and was support
ed BY the >Jugo-Slavs and Rumanians,
who favored maintaining the Marietta
river a. tho western boundary of Tur-
key in Europe and agreed with him
that there should not even be a pleb-
iscite to decide the sovereignty OF the
disputed territory as 1smet suggested.
A delegation representing Syria ar
rived today, demanding that the con-
ference grant independence. to their
| country, which was given the status
Of French mandatory state by the
Allied supreme council at San Reno
in 1920.
y. Lausanne, Nov. 22.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-The Lausanne confer;
now ready to take up its task OF re-
storing peace in the Near East.
The effort Of Isnnet Pasha and his
Turkish delegation for open sessions
and complete publicity for all confer.
ence proceedings >l1as been overruled
and news announcements will be lin
TIED to formal communicates agreed
upon by. the secretariat Of the confer.
ence. The Turkish delegates are con-
contending that members OF the othel
delegations are divulging what trans
pires in conference circles whereas
they, as Mohan1medan gentlemen
have kept their word.
MAKE peace by Christmas," Is tn.
slogan whichtts being passed arount
conferencs circles. but ind Heat Ions ar
that the work will be scarcely we'll be
gun by that time. II the delegates
problems which have arisen from tn,
destruction of the sevres treaty ant
tHe defeat Of the Greeks.
The machinery Of the present con
ference wills apparently be much tn
same as that Of the Genoa, Hague ant
San Reno meetings. Three commits
sions to deal with general problem
are provided for in the preliminar,
arrangements. '.'.
(By The associated Press.) a
Lausanne, Nov. 22.-The Unitet
states played a brief part in the Nea
Eastern peace conference Tuesday
' Richard Washburn Child, American
ambassador TO Italy, making a dec
laration before the assembled dele
gates of the position Of the officia
observers representing America.
American participation in the con
ference will consist, OF Joining in tn
discussions and safeguarding as ia
as possible rights which the Unite
States feels must be protected in tn
interest of America and the rest of tn
world. The American observer
will not vote or act as members {
any Of the commissions. +
Organize Commissions.
Two sessions Of the conference wer
held Tuesday. At the hrst, the organl
3 ranged, the first on political and mil
tafy matters with an English chail
man; the second on economic
S@finance and public health with
French chairman and the third o
capitulations, minority population
and similar questions under an Ital
The after session was devote