Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10
TURKISH LEADER
JUbILANT over
PEACE PROSPECTS

Lausanne, July (By A. P.)-Is-
| met Pasha has proved himself per-
haps a greater diplomat than gen.
eral, for by the Near Eastern peace
which was arranged in principle be-
tween the Allied and Turkish rep
| resentatives in the early hours of
this morning, he achieved signal VIC
| tories for his country, emitting him
| to high honorS from the Grand An
CORA Assembly.
Ismet never relinquished his grasp
on the delicate situation that often
confronted the conference.
| The Angora government must still
be consulted on several points con-
corning allied concessions in Turkey
i peace surely will be signed within
ten days and the secretariat is 60
ing ahead with preparations for a
! plenary assembly, of the delegations
and the solemn signature of the
peace pact.
Should Bolshevik Russia accept
! the invitation to come here to sign
the straits convention, the final cere-
mony will possess special signifi-
canoe since this would bring Russia
into official relations with the pow
| ers in an important international
| treaty.
| The great result of the Lausanne
| peace as seen by the diplomats here,
| is that one of the most several dan
gers to the happiness of the con-
| tinent has been removed by the Ii
| Quidation of the state of war in the
| Near East and by the agreement of
Turkey and Greece to lay down their
arms at last. European troops will
evacuate Turkish soil and Turkey.
7 with her new type OF government
will be free to fashion her destiny
unfettered by European dominion.
Peace! Peace! Tell it to the
whole world" These were the
words of the Turkish leader to the
correspondent as he emerged jubi-
| liant from the conference hall after
session that lasted well into the
night.
! Turkey won a succession Of victo-
| ries throughout the conference and
/ by the Lausanne treaty will achieve
f! two results worthy of an important
place in European history. In the
| first place, in one sweep she obtains
! abolition of capitulations, step
| which it took Japan long years to
| accomplish. In the second place,
Turkey, by her re-entry into eastern
| Thrace, comes back into Europe.
! The agreement shows that the AL
| lies were able to maintain a united
i front despite moments when in
compatibility of views appeared seri-
| ously to threaten the solidarity of
| the powers. France, especially on
| the question of the Ottoman debt,
| which she wanted put into the
| treaty to conserve the rights of her
rifice in order to hold fast Great
Britain and Italy on the Near East
! ern problems and to attain peace.
AS the pact now stands. it contains
! no reference to Turkeys debt, but
! the Allies will declare that the debt
| contract be modified except by mu-
| tual agreement between Turkey and
! the bondholders. with whom she
| must endeavor to negotiate a mora
| torium for the payment of interest.
American views on the question
| of the concessions have been re-
! spected by a modification of the
protocol covering this important
point. Inasmuch as the United
! States expressed objection to the
i confirmation of pre-war contracts
| which were not entirely formal, the
powers and Turkey have agreed to
specify in the treaty those conces-
sions to which they desire to refer.
These include the Turkish grants in
Anatolia and the concessions extend
ed the Nickers-Armonstro group
and the Turkish petroleum COM
pany. 1t has not yet been deter
mined how the American repre-
sentatives will take this settlement
and it seems likely that some of the
concessions will be discussed by the
interests concerned.