The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
Ismet Holds Long Conference With Soviet Delegate, and
 Will Initiate Struggle on Floor of Lausanne Farley. Other Powers Will Oppose
TCHITCHERlN TO ATTEND
 CONFERENCE IN PERSON
Nationalist Leader Takes on Role of Victor-May Refuse to Pay Preparations Coming From Turkish Participation in Great European Conflict
 By Associated Press

Lausanne, December 3.-M. Tehteherin, the head of the Russian delegation, and 1smet Pasha had an- other long conference today on the Russo-Turkish attitude toward future control of the Bosphorus, the Dar- danelles and the Sea of Marmora, and tomorrow morning they will initiate their struggle in the Near Eastern conference to upset international con- trol of the straits and place Turkey in absolute possession and complete control of the waterways connecting the Mediterranean and Black seas.
 Russia and Turkey are ignoring the terrible part Turkey played against the allied powers in the great war and are scouting all suggestions that nationalist Turkish should pay for the havoc wrought by the Sul- tan's forces directed by German and Austrian leaders.
 Ismet Plays Victor
 Ismet, encouraged by the Moscow government. is assuming the atti- tude of a victor because of the crushing defeat recently admins tered to Greece. He is ignoring the prt visions of the Sevres treaty ne- gotlated with Turkey by the allies after the great, wal, but never rati- fled, as Muslauaa Renal Raaha es- tabiisfed q risei Turkish ge~erh- ment in Anato1ia and declared that this treaty. signed by the Sultan's representatives. was veid.
 The allied powers and the United States have so far in the conference presented a united front in their de- termination not to allow Turkey to escape the consequences of the aid she rendered to Germany by the mere shuffling of it's capital from Europe to Asia and the substitution n of kemal and Angora for the Sultan and his Parliament, and there is no reason to believe that they will grant Tur- keys demands for absolute domina- ton of the straits and adjacent ter ritory.
 Soviet Leader to Attend
 NJ Tchitcherin has decided to at tend to morrows session himself in spite of the failure of the inviting powers to admit Russia to the ses- sions, where all the questions in- volving the proposed treaty with Turkey are considered, He will formally protest against the limita- ton of Russia's participation in the straits problems and IS expected to discuss practically all problems which
 
 to prove that control of the straits cannot be detached from the disposi- tien of western Thrace, and scores of economic questions. as well as finan- cial questions arising from the capi- tulatfons which old Russia enjoyed along with other great powers.
 Before Tchitcherin arrived at Lausanne the Turks were inclined to favor admitting foreign warships to the straits, ifsthey entered one at a time, but the soviet delegation has stiffened the Turkish position, and Ismet is now standing for ex- clusion of all warships from the straits at all times, except Turkish vessels, and demands absolute con- trol of the Ansora government
 Would Call Conference
 When asked today for an explan- ation of what the fate of the Ru- manian and Bulgarian ports would be If the Black sea were made Rus sian lake and Turkey given control of it's entrance, a member of the Rus sian delegation said that the Mos COW government expected to call a conference of the powers on the Black sea to negotiate treaty which would neutralize the water and make navies unnecessary.
 Greece has ceased to be an impor- tant factor in the conference since the execution or GourHarlS and his associates at Athens, and it does not seem likely that the decision tf the Athens government to banish Prince Andrew rather than shoot him. will improve the position of Greece at Lausanne.
 The Near East conference is, in ef- feet. ignoring the quarrel between Turkey and Greece and devoting it. self to the broader problems which arose from Turkish support of the central powers in the great war Turkeys apparent subservency to Russian orders has caused much un- favorable comment among the allied
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