Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-22
TURKEY CLAIMS
WESTERN THRAcE
Lausanne Conference Hears
Opposition to Move by
Greek Delegates
SUPPRESS SESSIONS NEWS
Bv Associated Press

Lausanne. Nov. 22.-Thc question OF
tho disposition Of Western Thracc came
definitely before the Powers today when
lsmet Pasha presented to the commits.
sion on military and territorial matters
turkeys claim to nll the territory EN-.
brnced within her frontiers Of 1913.
In presenting his demands for West.
ern Thrace Ismet 1'asha limited him.
self to bare claim for the territory
ana n vote BY the inhabitants. Lord
.urzon. who was presiding. pressed
ismet for an argument In support Of
the claim. but the Turkish delegate,
while re-enforciny his opening state.
ment slightly. showed disposition to
wait untif all the others had laid their
cards on the table.
NJ. Venizelos, for Greece, Immediate
~ opposed the claim and was supported
hy the Jugo- -Slavs and Rumaninns, who
favored maintaining the Martha River
9s the western boundary Ct Turkey In
Europe and agreed with him that there
snouid not even he plchiscite to de.
"iae the sovereignty of the disputed ter
rit0ry ns Ismct suggested.
Ex-Premier Venizelos began his or.
gument against the claim by fcelingly
contrasting the broken Greece of today
with the Greece that he said had car.
ried on the war against Turkey for the
Allies. Greece. after all, was one Of
the Allies. he declared, while Turkey
was on the enemy side.
Inc present conference was not be.
Ing held simply to settle the differences
between the Turkish victor and beaten
Greece. he pointed out. but to make
pence between tho Allies and one Of the
countries they had vanUuished.
The Lausanne conference. having or.
ganized for work. is now ready 10 take
W its task Of restoring peace in the
Near Fast.
=. The effort of Ismct pasha and his
Turkish delegation for open sessions ,ni
complete publicity for all conference
proceedings has been overruled and
news announcements will be limited to
formal commnni""rS agreed upon BY the
sccrctariat of conference, The
turkish Delegates are considerably
agitated over this decision. contending
that members of the other delegations
are divulging what transpires in con.
ference circles. whereas they, as
Mohammetlan gentlemen, have kept
their word.
"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.
NJ. Barrerc. head of tho French dele.
CATION; Lord CurZOn and other diD!o-
mats of the Old school have apparently
determined to give this meeting Il char.
ncter different from that of past con.
ferences in which Mr.. Lloyd George
hos been moving spirit.
The former British Premier planned
this conference before the fail of his
government. Round. table gatherings
such rs this are Mr.. Lloyd Georges
specially, but they apparently are not
50 much to the taste of the new British
Government.
The machinery Of the present con.
ference will apparently be- much the
same as thnt of the Genoa. Hague and
San Reno meetings. Three commis-
sions to deal with general problems are
provided for in the preliminary ar.
rangeincnts.
Constantin0ple. Nov. 22.-(By A..
r)-.H. T.. Jaquith. managing director
for the .Amcri can Near East Relief Or.
gnnization. has returned to Con.
stantinople from Moscow. where he
negotiated an agreement with the
soviet Government concerning future
relief work OF Americans in Georgia
and Armenia. The Moscow authorities,
he reports. urged continuance Of Ameri.
can humanitarian efforts. promising its
unqualified support.