Evening star., 1922-12-03

would call for some modification of the above
remarks)
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The Lausanne Conference.-The conference
made little progress during the week. Not
very important decisions regarding certain
Aegean islands were reached. 1smet Pasha
announced that II the territories lost to Tur-
key as a result Of the great war should be re-
Quired to take over their due proportions of
the Ottoman debt. Angora would recognize the
remainder Of that debt; which sounds like a
reasonable proposition. The Turks reduced
their indemnity claim on Greece from s1,00O,-
100000 to 4oo.ooo.ooo.
The reader will recall that the Turkish ma
doubtless aware that the Turks have YES; sworn on
stack OF korans that the pact shall be full
a part &C Of the Kingdom Of iraRor Mesopotamia. mia
having been separated from Turkey by virtue
treaty Of oceoSee se sl wheh tooh fro
Turkey all her outlying territories In which
ish. TO that Ismet Pasha. chief turkish dele
gate at Lausanne. says that Angora does not
sheer is no of
sense when you consider that the Angora gov
sorca hch mas asseG near the ospi frontier Pi.
force i1 4osul. There are British forces in
Mosui Mosi hoeaus. Britain holds a mandate for
Mosul under the league of nations and be-
cause Britain is very. very much interested in
the oil Of Mospl Britain's position regarding
Mosui Is stated in two of the Fifteen points
Of allied policy at Lausanne subscribed by
Curzon. Potncare and Mussolini, follows
The frontiers of Irak to be maintained at pres
ent: and no changes in inundated territories
to be admitted" 1t is obvious that you have
mixture,
Now undoubtedly the great sensation Of the
Der 25) Of Mr.. Child. our ambassado to Italy
and chief of our. observers at Lausanne. He
read to the conferees those clauses of secre-
tary Hughes note of october 80 in reply to the
.s of III the ,bs a nyp our
Hughes expressed the hope that nothing in
the near east settlement would traverse that
commercial opportunity" of which we are the
spe text MI Child
cial significance to the occasion of its delivery
to wit: on the eve Cor SO twas UNDERSTOOD Of
ence: To be sure. Mr.. Hughes note might give
the impression that our government is not in
lausanne But. as Mr.. Child subtly observed
.fsw .f'. subjects may be considered by them
cannot be considered as isolated from the
o.l, o,he.s" Now Just what in particular was Mr.
Did he as a considerable part of that press
ne eSneluded. have in mind the possibility of
therefore warn that such change must not
prejudice the right Of American nationals to
equal opportunity with other foreign nationals
in the exploitation" of the Mosul fields a.
cobS sos,h an n Mr. the uxs Iast m so By Mr.
on: Oil: Destined to have the whole world
Tchitcherin has arrived at Lausanne. and the
an,.ssa olseussion Of the most important Of all the
announced to begin tomorrow.
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Miscealaneoas-Three more Irish insurrectos
found guilty by a military commission OF un-
authorized possession of arms have been exc
cuted.
The situation in southern Ireland is most
uncertain The country Is nervously appre-
hensive Of ferocious reprisals: the other
hand. there are indications that the sternness
or the government is having the effect desired
= & young Paris wife the>other day challenged
combat with the dukes" and Knocked her out
Here is a solution OF the triangle problem with
fresh dramatic possibilities.