Evening star., 1923-01-06

LAUSANNE, January 6-The Turkish
delegation to the near east conference
left the meeting hall today as a pro-
test against the allied insistence upon
the establishment of an Armenian
national home.
According to the Turkish account
OF the incident, which produced a
sensation in conference circles, Chair
man Montagna of the subcommission
on minorities, read statement favor
ing the Armenian home and was fol-
lowed by Sir Horace Rumbold of
England. who spoke in advocacy of
establishing the home in Cilicia. Sir
Horace also wanted the Turks to give
an independent district TO the Assyro-
Chaldeans, in the region south of
Lake Van and west of Lake Urmia.
Charges Revolt Incited.
Ria Nur Bey, the Turkish spokes-
man, declared he understood the allied
interest in the Armenians and others,
because the allies had melted them
to revolt and therefore felt morally
bound to help them.
Riza Nur said he must consider to-
days allied declarations as not having
been made and that it was his duty to
leave the meeting. He walked out
amid the murmurs of the other
delegates.
Conference circles were seething
with excitement after the incident
and wondering whether it forecast
further affairs of the sort calculated
to disturb if not disrupt the entire
conference. It was pointed to as, in
Indicating
were reaching crisis.
Accounts of Incident Differ.
Accounts differ as to what actually
happened at today's meeting. The
allied spokesmen declared they were
far from insisting on the Armenian
home. On the contrary, they had said
there should be no question of in
serting the Armenian home arrange
ment in the Lausanne treaty. They
' had merely asked that Turkey, for
humanitarian reasons, give her earn
est attention to the question of allo-
eating some corner of Turkey to the
Armenians where they would enjoy
some degree of local autonomy under
the sovereignty of Turkey and be
given certain guarantees concerning
the privileges of guarding their ma
tional language and customs,
IT appears lHdl dlloT
Montagna's remarks and the sugges-
tions of Sir Horace Rumbold regard
ing assigning a part OF Cilicia to the
Armenians and an autonomous dis
rrict for the Assyro- -Chaldeans, the
French were about to associate them
selves with the Italian and British
suggestions, when Ria Nur Bey arose
abruptly with his statement about the
allies interest in the Armenians and
others being understood by the Turks
because the allies had played politics
with these minorities.
Charges Fly Fast.
According to the Greek version Of
the meeting, this session, like all the
others, was secret-Riza Nur used
these words:
"You are interested in them because
they served you as agents during the
war" and added: "I do not wish to
know what you have to say on this
subject, and l deem all the declara-
tions made as non existent"
Chairman Montagna intervened.
saving Ria Nur's utterances had
violated the conference regulations,
while the British delegate declared
the Turkish representative had
brought a grave accusation against
the allies.
After the Turkish plenipotentiary
had stalked dramatically out of the
auditorium in the Ouchy Chateau,
followed by his associates, the French
delegate read a statement expressing
the hope that Turkey would give the
Armenian home question her consid-
Grafton from motives of humanity.
The American delegation took no
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