The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-29
Age-Long European Question
 May Be Solved by Proposal of MoscoW-PIan Is Taken
 Seriously by Delegates at the Lausanne Farley
B0LSHEVIKl ARE READY
 TO WELCOME ARMENIANS
Rich Agricultural Land Would Be Placed at Disposal of Nation But Autonomous Gov
 ernment Denied = DeIega- ton Calls on Tchitcherin
By Associated Press

 Lausanne, Jan. 28.-ln Near East conference circles it was considered today that, at least for once, bol- shevik Russia has played a clever diplomatic stroke in offering an asylum to the Armenian people who have formed one of Europe's most troublesome problems. Moscow, it is frankly conceded today, even by Russia's opponents, has contributed constructively to the solution of this grave question.
 The Armenian delegation, accom- panied by the Rev. Dr. George R. Montgomery, director of the Ar menia-America society, today called .-on George Tchitcherin, the chief hol- shevik delegate, and learned some thing of the details of the Russian project. MT. Montgomery will leave next week for Moscow to pursue his investigation with the Russian gov efnment. Armenians and Armenia's friends are taking the Russian sug- gestion seriously-they deem it a possible solution of the Armenian problem.
 Give Agricultural Land
 The Associated Press learns that the Russian plan is to establish the Armenians in the rich agricultural regions in the vicinity of the Don and Kuban rivers in southwestern Russia. There is no question. how ever, of giving them national home with an autonomous government The Russian delegates said tonight they will be offered land, without ex- pense to them, on condition that~they become Russian subjects; that as all ithe land belongs to the state of Rus sia they will be given only the use of the land.
 Russia. however, stands ready to welcome some 100000 Armenians and to grant them every facility for a comfortable, even a prosperous exist ence. said a Russian delegate, who added: We already have republic of Erivan in the south, and we cannot be expected to set up another Ar menian government within our bor- ders."
 pr. Montgomery pointed out that during and since the war many Ar menian refugees went to the kuban district, settled down and are doing splendidly, especially in the cultiva- tion of tobacco
 CAN SAVE CONFERENCE
 LAUSANNE, Jan. 2S.-The Near East conference can be saved, Ismet Pasha and Riza Bey, the Tur- kish delegates, informed the Asso- ciated Press late tonight, if the all lies are willing to adopt set of es- sential principles recognizing the complete sovereignty of Turkey. with total abolition of the capitula- tions and an equitable distribution of the Ottoman debt.
 Bey said that if the conference did this Turkeys national dignity and primary rights as an independent na- tion would be safeguarded; the de- tails of the treaty could then be worked out later by the experts.
 Both delegates seemed depressed and anxious to find the. road to a set- clement.
 The Armenian delegation am nounced today that they had ac- cepted with gratitude Russia's gen erous offer of asylum to 250,000 Ar menians, now for the most part refu- gees in Greece.
 The Moscow government, however. cannot stand the expense of trans portation and installation of this multitude, and the Armenian delega- tion hopes that other countries will follow the example of Russia and 'philanthropically help in the noble work of establishing the Armenians in their new Russian home"