Evening star., 1923-04-23
Both Britain and France View
Oil Concession to Americans
With Much UneasineSS.
u. S. WILL STAND FIRM
FOR OPEN-DOOR POLICY
Many Vital Issues Left Over From
Former Farley to Come Up-Rus-
sia Declines to Be Eliminated.
Ry the Associated prsss

BY the Associat ted Press.
LAUSANNE. April o3.-The ques-
tion of the near eastern oil fields, es-
pecially those covered by the Chester
concession. is in the foreground today
as the allied and Turkish delegations
met in another effort to draft a peace
treaty acceptable TO both sides.
Whether the general subject OF con-
cesSions comes before the conference
formally seems to depend on the sue
cess of direct negotiations between
British and French concession hold
ers and the Turkish government.
which were advised by the allies when
they agreed to detach economic ques-
tions from the treaty. France, 1t is
believed, will probably insist on the
rights accorded her in 1914 by the
former Turkish government, and the
British delegation has let it be known
that 1t will support the French claim
in the event the issue is brought be-
fore the conference.
France and Britain Uneasy.
Both Great Britain and France re-
Ceived the news of the Chester grant
with bit of uneaSiness-Franc be-
cause she thinks the 1914 agreement
gives her priority in territory COW
cred by the concession, and Great
Britain because she is uncertain as
to whether the region thus opened
to American exploitation affects the
inundated Irak territory in which lie
the valuable Mosul fields.
Delegates here understand that the
United States, through her represent
ative. Joseph c. Grew, will continue
10 support the open door policy that
she advocated at the previous Laus-
anne conference 1t is also believed
that Minister Grew will defend, If
necessary, the Chester concession in
the event the American government
decides it is not in violatio of its
adherence to policy of equal rights
for all nations.
Vital Problems Up.
AS legacy from the previous con-
versations the delegates have on
their hands such troublesome ques-
tiors as the legal rights of foreign
ers in Turkey and the Ottoman debt.
The allies hold that foreigners In
Turkey should not be entirely under
the jurisdiction of the Turkish courts,
while the Angora sokesmen insist
that special judicial privileges cast
an untavorable reflection on Turkeys
sovereignty. Great Britain did not
accept the ast-minute concessions
made to the Turks last February on
this question, whereby foreign legal
advisers to be named by the allies
would be informed of all arrests of
foreigners. and 1t seems likely that
the question will be reopened.
Developments indicate that soviet
Russia will decline to be eliminated
as a factor in the present negotia-
tions. but will insist on having some
thing to say, as one OF the states
invited to the original conference.
Face Russian Issue.
A Russian, who was a member of
the soviet delegation at the last con-
ference, arrived here today and an
nounced that authorized Russian
might come later on.
This statement was regarded as
showing that Russia might be desir-
Gus of entering into official contact
with the powers and thus make a
step toward official recognition. which
1t was realized the execution of Vicar
General Butchkavitch had seriously
retarded.
The same Russian spokesman de-
clared today that If the powers had
left intervention in the Butchkavitch
case to the Vatican the churchman's
life would have been spared, but shat
Poland's aggressive attitude forced
Russia'S hand.