Evening star., 1923-02-11
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
TIME allies negotiated for two
months with the Turks al
Lausanne and have little but
gall and wormwood for their
pains.
The conference. designed to bring
peace to the near east, broke down
miserably.
Though the French declare that
there is merely a lull and that nego-
tiations Will be resumed as soon as
Ismet Pasha has consulted with his
government at Angora, no such hopes
are held in we'll advised quarters.
Rather it is believed the Turks will
renig on such agreements as were ap-
preached at Lausanne, and the Turks
will keep the whole situation in a
state of allegiance until there arrives
an even more opportune time to press
homo their strictly nationalistic de-
mands upon which Mustapha Kemai
gained power and upon which his au-
thority has been maintained.
Downing street in London has no
Instead Of fixed peace agreements
there is only we'll defined conviction
that during the next year there must
prevail Il state of suspense such as
prevailed after the Turks took 1t
upon themselves to upset the treaty
of Sevres.
Anything can happen that will inf-
tiate war Of far-reaching character.
Tension I'm Closing Hours.
The closing hours of the Lausanne
conference were anything but AMIGA
BILE. Statesmen, weary of long delib-
erations and constant sidestepping by
the Turkish delegation, began snap
ping at each other in the final hours.
Lord Curzon, thoroughly worn out
and impatient. left for London, leav-
ing delegations of other powers in
Lausanne. The French made elev-
enth-hour efforts to induce the Turks
to sign. American observers also in
terceded, and the members of the
Italian delegation speeded from one
point TO another in hectic endeavor
to reconcile conflicting VIEWPOINTS.
but it was written that there should
be no success. The Turks themselves
left Lausanne possibly chuckling that
they at least had succeeded in driv-
ing deeper the wedge between the
allies, for this is exactly what result
ed from the parley.
During the closing days of the con-
ference it was learned that Premier
Poincare was negotiating through
the Turkish ambassador in Paris for
separate treaty. This at the very
time the French delegation ostensibly
was supporting the British at Lau-
same. Poincare is declared TO have
stated to the Turks that France could
not be drawn into any conflict. even
should the Lausanne parley fail, just
at the moment that Curzon, under the
impression that France was standing
with him. laid down defiance to the
Turks and threatened dire punish
ment in case they continued their
wayward path and refused to consider
the demands of the allies.
Furthermore, it is stated, the
French foreign Office notified England
that France reserved the right to
Turks in case the Lausanne confer
ence failed.
Stirs Storm I'm London.
AS might be expected, revelation
Of Poincare's action stirred a storm
Of disapprobation in London. and re-
lations between France and England
already ticklish because Of the
French adventure in the Ruhr, were
further strained. In fact. Bonar Law
himself is said to have broken forth
in no uncertain terms against So
called French perf1dy.
It is for this reason that the French
are insisting that the Turkish nego-
tiations have not ended. Therefore
they will not Immediately start ne
gotiations for separate treaty. With
the Rhineland occupation a source OF
much friction. a French-Turkish pact
would be about the finishing touch
for the so-called Franco British ac-
cord.
AS long as a status quo in so far as
the Turks are concerned can be main
tanned neither of the allies is com
PEELED to pursue strictly national
policies in dealing with Angora.
However. the allies apparently are
/ in accord in maintaining the terms OF
the AIudania conference until some
definite settlement has been reached
1t is to sustain this accord, if nothing
more, that other allies have joined
with Great Britain in answering the
Turkish threat at Smyrna and Isme
with a threat of force.
Allied resistance to Turkish ulti-
matiums at the moment may further
influence the Turks to the view that
the allies, particularly Great Britain
mean business.
At least the allies. in the face OF
dangerous tides, maintain the genera,