The New York herald., 1922-12-19
TURK AND RUSSIAN
AGAIN CHECK ALLIES
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IL unaniinity Is not obtained In the coun
ell, each OF the Powers is authorized to
take action individually. as the majority
OF the council seem TO favor.
The Turks appear not at all satishes
with this guaranty, and insist upon three
big Powers undertaking a separate on
gagement entirely outside the league.
The straits question seemed far from
settled at the end Of the discussion
The Russian project put In by Tchitch-
erin carries out their idea of closed
waterway, controlled. fortified and even
mined by Turkey; hut apparently in def
erence to the American point of view the
Russians now would elbow Turkey. under
exceptional circumstances, to permit
light war ships through, OF not more
than 5000 tons, and for purely non
military purposes. The Russians also
proposed a straits. commission, but NOT
under the league, and with Germany as
we'll as the United States as members
The Allies. have made every attempt
to satisfy Turkey by narrowing the de-
militarized zone at either eGd OF the
straits. allowing the Turks to have
II 900 instead Of 10000 men in Con-
stantinopie, and permitting them to for
tify the whole southern shore Of the Sea
of Alarmora, but not the northern. All
these are concessions. The Turks seem
unsatisfied, and particularly want no
limit placed upon their army, In Europe.
They appear also now as wanting To
protect the Russians from an over
whelming fleet in the Black Sea in time
OF war, but at the same time to meet
the American point of view by allowing
light vessels to pass through the straits.
The Turkish move, showing that the
Russians had not been entirely divorced
L. nf "A
the allied delegations, who thought the
matter settled. Lord Curzon appeared
particularly put out over the renewal
of the Russian imputation of British
malevolence in the Black Sea. Il wish ]
could get that idea out OF your heads. :
he told Tchitcherin. Evidently we can
not make progress this way" In dis
putting Lord curzon, who said that
opening the straits to warships was not
inconsonant with all modern ideas OF
open waterways, Tchitcherin said the
modern idea was rather 10 restrict than
to extend naval operations.
Tchitcherin said the whole allied
scheme. even as modified, still showed
the menacing design of Great Brita n
against Russia. and also that an effort
was going on TO bring about break
between the Russians and the Turks.
"You are, offering the Turks illusofy
guarantees. which are based upon the
league. which H. not recognized by the
Russians. the United States or Ger
many" he told Lord Curzon. 1T is an
association of separate powers, which
have not been able until now even to
control the mad Polish general whea
he took wilma. The league Is; nothing
more than organized impotence"
The Turks. on the other hand, were
courteous, but insisted that their ex-
perts had been called upon merely to
examine the elled plan. which did not
mean the Turkish delegation could not
put in new plan. Lord Curzon said
he had never before had such an ex-
perience, and that the Allies must re-
fuse 70 accept thes new Turkish prof.
est as a new basis for discussion. Both
the Russian and the Turkish projects.
he agreed, should be taken up in the
full conference tomorrow morning.
when, II Is believed. the Allies will re-
ject the Russian project as wholly un-
tenable, but may try again to ,compro-
mise with the Turks on some of their
points.