Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

the seven days ended January 1s:
The Lausanne Conference.-On January b
Ria Nur Bey. Turkish delegate. withdrew
with an insulting air from the subcommittee
conference which was discussing the proposal
of a. national home for the Armenians. And
on the same date Ismet Pasha again hatly re-
jected the proposal of the allies .that' In place
of the consular courts, courts in Turkey deal
ing with cases involving foreigners include a
majority of foreign judges selected from
list submitted by the international tribunal
at The Hague Ismet declared that there shall
be no special regime of any sort for fore gn-
ers in Turkey. He asserted that turkish law.
Turkish Judges and Turkish police answered
every possible need of foreigners mat iur-
key must be treated as the equal or other
IT will be remembered that Mr.. Child de-
clared some days ago that. should the Turks
for the Armenians. the United States would
insist" 1t is evident that the threat failed
to impress. TurcophileS will urge that RIA
MUIR Bey was justified in getting hot even If
he shouldn't have walked out snortng from
the subcommisson meeting after acting in a
most rambunctious manner. for not content
with demanding home for the Armenlans'
national home for those ancient and worthy
folk, the HISTORIANS, who are both sector
Riza's final words are: you allies are quite
right in concerning yourselves about the Ar
whom Wou nave need aanst the
Turks and upon whom you have brought ruin
But everything you have said Tor them con-
slider null and void and refuse to listen any
more
whereupon Ria started for the door. SEN
ator Montagna: president of the subcommis-
sion, shouted after him: by your conduct you
are placing yourself outside the conference"
But before the last of those winged words had
left the portal of Montagna's teeth Gas Homer,
were he alive and reporting this incident.
would say) Ria out of the door. his eyes
flashing lightning. his nose snorting fire and
his entire person emanating an odor of Turk
ish birthstone. The doorkeeper pushed to he
nearest church for sanctuary. SHOUTING that
he had seen and smelt dragon. The allied
delegates demanded an apology for RiZa's be-
havior. | cannot say whether not the
Turks obliged, but do know that if they did
obllSe, they did it with tongue in cheek.
1t is reported that the conference has reach
ed final agreement regarding the mnorities. as
confidently be called final the Turks re
Sembling the New York weather.: The Greeks
ESTIMATED to number 20000O) remaining in
Constantinople may continue to live there and
the Turks in western Thrace ESTIMATED to
number 300000) may remain in western
Thrace The rest of the Greeks in Turkey
ESTIMATED to number O,000) must leave
Turkey, and the rest of the Turks i'll Greece
ESTIMATED to number 450.000) must leave
may Be considerably out. but it is evident
that in the arrangements for exchange of pop
ulations the Turks win by a magnificent
several hundred thousand Greeks (mostly
women. children and old men) have already
been expelled from Turkey. Those who know
how to put good face on any matter will
find consolation in the fact that the Greek
men held as hostages in Anatolia ii. e., the
suI 'vors) Will be restored TO their families,
now refugees in Greece, half-naked, half
famished, inadequately sheltered The Turks
seem to have half consented that the league
OF nations should supervise the exchange of
populations, furnishing the transportation and
arranging for compensation for property left
behind. The latter would be task, indeed
The allies making a great noise over
concession made by the Turks. as though
it offsets all their own ignominious conces-