Evening star., 1922-12-29

trtct, with its valuable oil fields,
he turned over to Turkey. The
mote denied the british contention
that the kurds who inhabtt the
district are not frie endiy to the
Turks. and want MO>ul to remain
under the Arab ernment of
Irak.
LAUSANNE. December aa.-The
near east peace conference stood to-
day on the verge of failure. the dam
ger Of a break up facing il from sew
~ral causes. chiefly the contest over
tho ownership of the Mosul oil fields
and the question of capitulations.
The allies are stressing the capitu-
latiouS Issue. taking a firm stand
against the SubjeCtion of foreigners
IN Turkey to the jurisdiction of the
Turkish courts and insisting that
special courts with foreign Judges
sitting in them must pass upon cases
In which foreigners are involved
The Turks are strongly resisting
what they declare to be the invasion
OF Turkish sovereignty that would
thus be brought about. but their dele
gates insist that it is not the Ques-
ton of capitulations that presents
the gravest danger of Il conference
failure The oil issue. they declare.
is the real one on which the allies are
prepared TO make stand.
Firm on OIL Demands.
The stress which the allies are
placing upon the capitulations ques-
tion. the Turks assert, is to mask
their strong interest in the rich oil
fields involved in the dispute over pos
session of the Mosui vilayet. which
the British insist they never will sur
render, and which the Turks are as
firm in declaring their inalienable
property.
The deadlock continued unbroken
today. pending the arrival of fresh
instructions to the Turkish delega-
,ion from Angora- The entire situa-
.ion has been submitted by telegraph
to the Angora authorities. while Has
san Bey. the third Ottoman plenipo-
tentiary, who left recently for Angora
to outline the status of the negotia-
tionS to MuStapha kemal PaSha and
the grand national assembly is due
to arrive Al the nationalist capital to-
day.
The allies meanwhile are preparing
a rough draft of the peace treaty.
which Will contain the allied concep-
tion of the various clauses and Speci-
fy also the counter views of the
Turks on the disputed questions.
Sending of Fleet Stir~ Farley.
The report that the British Mediter-
ranean fleet had been sordered to re-
turn to Constantinople has stirred
LauSan and has served TO emphasize
the delicacy of the situation.
The impression now seems to exist
among the allies that the deadlock
Will drag on until the Turks see how
the reparations conference of the pre-
Iniers at Paris turns out.
Despite the critical state reached by
the conference with hardly a single
question of Importance definitely set
tied, the delegates. although anxious
and apprehcnSiYe. have not given up
hope that an adjustment finally will
be reached.
Lord CurzOn RetOrts.
Europe and America insist that
special courts. upon which foreign
Judges sit. must administer justice to
foreigners in Mustaphy kemars re-
public. ISmet PaSha declares that
such courts would be an infringement
on Turkish sovereignty. In fact. he
reiterated this declaration SO often
at yesterdays stormy meeting of the
commission on capitulations that
Lord CurZon retorted:
Il beg that Ismet Pasha wrap up
and place carefully away in cup
board this question of Turkish SOW
ereignty, which nobody wishes in the
least to offend Turkey is not the
only country which enjoys SOW
ereignty: many other powers have it
and frequently greater powers than
Turkey submit questions to interna-
tionaI tribunals without fear of i'm
pairing their sovereign rights"
Ismet had declared that Turkish
laws and Turkish courts were the
equal of any in Europe so often. Lord
Curzon continued. that he had ac-
tually come to believe it,
Scores Turkish Courts.
Child Warns Turkey.
Ambassador Child's warning that
Turkey will align herself with other
nations which have repudiated their
obligations II she wipes out all the
capitulations and does not grant
something instead of a guarantee Of
her treaty pledges created a marked
impression in the conference and was
gratifying to the allied delegations,
who regarded the address as advice
10 Turkey not to isolate herself as
Russia has done.
Among other things Ambassador
Child said:
one of these practical ends to
which the sovereignty of Turkey
would devote itself under the national
development would be the substitu-
tion of new treaties. with their rights
and obligations for old agreements
which might not be considered to
meet the need of the times, or of
Justice or of the new conditions. We
can believe that in this attempt Tur-
key would find fair and generous
treatment from the other nations, in
cluding our own. in exchange for fair
and generous treatment accorded by
"But If her policy should be along
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