Evening star., 1923-02-02
LAUSANNE PEACE
HOPES RISE AGAIN
British See Treaty or Proto-
col Assured, Following Talk
With Pasha.
RUSS STIR STRAITS ISSUE
Allies Refuse Request of M. Tchlt-
cherin for Reopening of
Question.

BY the Associated Press y = r.
LAUSANNE. February 2.--Follow-
ing private conversations this. morn
ing between Marquis Curzon and
Ismet Pasha. the British delegates al
the near east conference announced
that they felt more hopeful for the
signature either of peace treaty or
protocol at Lausanne.
The greatest obstacle to peace re-
mains, as ever, tho question of judi
cial guarantees for foreigners in
Turkey. and it appears that further
concessions must be made by the
allies to satisfy the Turkish national
dignity.
Although such action had been ex-
pected. bolshevic Russia's refusal to-
day to sign the near east peace treaty
setting forth conditions for the open
ing of the straits Of the Dardanelles
and the Bosporus. and the denllllar-
iZation of the straits zones, caused
repression in near east conference
uircles. NJ. Tchitchertn, the leaalns
Russian delegate, urged that the whoie
question with regard to the STRAITS De
reopened. ST. .
Request Refused by Allies.
BY doing this, the bolshevik foreign
minister declared. the allies "ouIo
repair their fault of seekfng 10 I'M
nose upon Russia a treaty which RUS
sia had not had suitable opportunity
to discuss His request was refused
The Turks also seized the opportun-
ity to raise objections lslhel asnn
their chief representative, cpmplalheu
that the straits convention ltft ton
stantinople practically defHnSeleSs
since the entire straits region "oaio
ne demilitarized. He said the sSl.a
ordinary Turkish forces IN nr" ~
and Constantinople shoula pe 49, ,bs
10 10000 men. Turkey also WanteA ne
right to establish IL garrison Al ''a!-
Iinou Ismet warned the cunferSh"t
that Turkish acceptance was conhet'eo
with acceptance of the general peace
treaty.
distributed the texts OF the two al
dresses made by NJ. Tchitchcrl1 ot1nrt
-he conference TO-DAY. They sh"" ma
the Moscow leader charged that ths
straits convention was the frult oi
elandestiue neg ations, but thal
Rnssia was ready, IN the interest OF
conciliation, 10 make important COZ
ceSsionS.
Danger i'm Black Sea
The original project. NJ. TchitcherIr
said. was that the total Of all the
foreign p'I iiA]t'N
the straits should be equal 10 that OF
the strongest fleet in the Black sea
Russia deemed that dangerous be.
cause any fleet on the Black sea
could be artif1cialty strengthened. ano
IL foreign fleets united with It ther
the equilibrium Of the Black sea
would be overthrown. What Russis
wanted was that the total foreiSr
tonnage should be restricted to one
NTH the total tonnage OF the BiacF
sea states. including Turkey
When the Russian request 70 re-
open the discussion was refused NJ
Tchitcherin charged that the allie.
had imposed their views on Turkey
by an ultimatum and the menace. oi
var And as for Russia. he added
she allies simply had asked her t.
sign a blank check, because Russia
did not even know the purp"rt OF
some clauses of the compact which
affected her commerce
Continuing. NJ Tchitcheriu declared
that the convention jeopardized vital
interests Of Russia, rendered impos-
Sible the establishment of . stable
peace in the near. east and would I'M
nose on Russia and other countries
supplementary naval armament which
would create an obstacle to the estab-
lishment of international peace.
The Russian delegation said the
holshevik foreign minister, places on
record its Interchangeable opposition
both to the treaty and also. to the
policy of domination and violence Of
which this project is all expression"