Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-13
HITCH RESULT rs
FROM STAND Of
TURKISH LEADER
Protection of MinoritieS in
Turkey Is Stumbling
Block at Lausanne; ISmet
Addresses ParIey

Lausanne, Dec. II. (by the AS,
sociated Press) .--Ismet. Pasha,
head OF the Turkish delegation,
dashed the hopes OF the Near East
ern conference for q speedy and
satisfactory settlement for the pro-
lection of minorities in Turkey,
when, in an address at this after
moons session, he insisted upon an
exchange Of the Greek populations
in Anatolia for the Turks in Mace
donia. He demanded exclusion of
all foreign interference in Turkey,
which, he said would protect the
remaining minorites as the Turks
had always been able to get along
with other nationals when they
kept out of politics and were not
stirred up by outside influences.
Ismet declared that Turkey
would not accept Lord Curzon's
proposal 10 have tho league Of ma
tions administer the affairs of the
minorities, as that would mean
that the foreign powers would con-
tinue their interference in Turkish
affairs and encourage the minori-
ties to appeal to the league of ma
tlons. This plan, he asserted,
would result in the exploitation of
minorities for political ends under
1.-The lying cloak of humanitarian
ISM"
Reviews Turkish History
The Turkish chief delegate re-
viewed the entire history of Tur-
key from the time Of the conquest
Of Constantinople. The Turks, he
said, had lived peacefully with the
Greeks and Armenians until a
hundred years ago, when the Rus
SLAMS began agitatipg against the
Mohammedans under the pretense
that Russia was the protector of
orthodox Christians in Turkey.
He charged Russia with being
responsible for the attack Glad
stone made on Turkey in behalf of
the Armenians and maintained that
the so-called Turkish atrocities
against Armenians frequently had
been in the nature of reprisals for
pogroms perpetrated by the Ar
penians through encouragement
from Russia, which wanted some
excuse for invading Turkey.
"The Armenians brought the
massacres on themselves Ismet
Pasha declared. ''They have abused
Turkish generosity and dabbled
in politics Jews have never had
any trouble in Turkey; that proves
that the Greeks and the Armenians
have been responsible for their
difficulties in Turkey; they were
fired by the example of other
Greeks; the Bulgars and Serbs to
initiate them in the hope OF up
setting the Turkish government"
According to Ismet there are
now no minorities in Turkey which
can claim the right to belong to
any other nation, thus disposing
of the Armenian claim for a ma
tlonal home in Turkey.
Curzon Replies
Lord Curzon replied in n spirited
manner to Ismet, saying it was
tho FIRST time the conference had
seen the Turkish delegate as his
torian, and had always thought of
him before as O soldier and a di-
plomat. The British secretary for
foreign affairs said the conference
was dealing with the affairs Of peo-
pies in the greatest distress and
must find q solution for the prom
lem of the miserable refugees, and
without regard for ancient history,
and must frame q treaty which
would protect these unhappy peo-
pie.
DcnOunCes Dcrand
He called the attention OF the
conference to the fact that lsmet
Pasha had not mentioned the al
lied plans for solving the difficult
ties of the minorities in Turkey,
which Curzon had presented at the
opening Of today's session, but had
devoted himself to history and an
attack on the league of nations.
which might be useful to Turkey
In emphatic tones he denounced
Tsmet's demand that there be n
forced exchange of Turkish and
Greek populations and declared
that the minorlties must remain in
both countries,