The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-11

| treaty. The four nations would be
Great Britain, France, Italy and Ger
many. and the United States would be
only an intermediary. The peace term
for Europe might be set at thirty years.
II is argued this agreement would guar.
anteo France against aggression by
Germany and enable her to reduce her
big standing army, and also would
! guarantee Germany against further
seizure Of territory by the French.
President Harding and Secretary ~
State Hughes are disposed to move
very carefully In matters relating To
! Europe. but II Is known that Mr..
Harding believes some such pact, by
which the nations will agree to consult
one another before resorting to war,
| will prevent warfare pee surely than
will any league TO p.os..Ne peace.
g ENATOR BORAH'S resolution for
- world conference on economies
and ornaments, alluded to at the head
of the column. not only has caused n
LOT of discussion In Washington, but
also has disrupted the young alliance
between the farm and radical blocs In
congress. The Idaho senator has
seemingly broken away from the group
of 'irreconcllables" and Johnson Of
California already has loudly an
nounced his opposition to the Borah
plan. He says: AN economic par
ley, Of necessity, must consider not
only present conditions In Europe but
the debts due to us, and. of course, the
PREPARATIONS due from Germany. Were
we to invite the interested nations to
discuss these subjects In order to ar.
rive at understandings and agreements,
with mental reservation to take no
part In the ultimate solution, we would
be guilty Of species Of bad faith, Of
which America has never been guilty
and which Americans never can toll
crate.
IF we bring the nations OF the
earth here TO Washington, for such n
conference we'll dump into Americas
lap the economic Ills of Europe and
the separations muddle. If, officially.
we sit down with the other nations
who meet at our invitation. and reach
an understanding and agreement, we
are In honor bound to carry out and
| execute that agreement, and the very
| instant we undertake to carry out an
agreement TO enforce reparatlons. that
Instant we abandon the traditional
policy Of America. We become u part
OF the European scheme of things and
we enter upon that course from which
we have so recently escaped and which
our people SO overwhelmingly repudl-
ated."
Mr.. Boruh insists there Is nothing
Inconsistent In his pro gram, maintain
ing that IL Is up to the United States to
point way to stability and peace In
Europe but that il Is not necessary
for this nation to enter into pledges 10
carry out agreements.
Because the Borah plan looks to the
restoration of the European market
for American agricultural products, II
is regarded with favor by the members
of the farm bloc.
CONTROL OF che Mosul oil fields
~ may yet wreck the Lausanne
peace conference. Ismet Pusha notI.
fled the British delegates that Turkey
would maintain her claim to ownership
Of the Mosul yilayet and could not
| accept the British contention that 1t Is
part Of Iraq and therefore of Meso-
l.. .f..t. Al.
mandate. In reply Marquis Curzon In
formed the Turks that Great Britain
never would abandon the Mosul villa
vet and that no prolongation of the
conference would influence the British
government to recede from Its position
in this matter. Lord Curzon said the
British had expelled the Turks from
the Mosul region and had occupied
and administered 1t: that they had
promised to free the Arabs from Turk
ish sule ana to establish the govern
ment of Iraq. and had given their SOL
emn pledge that no foreign power
should be allowed 10 take any of this
territory. To these pledges, he said,
Britain would steadfastly adhere. Lord
CurZon. however. agreed to have Brit
ish experts meet with Turkish experts
TO define the northern boundary Of
Iraq.
This statement by Marquis Curzon Is
too fiat to be taken as a hun, and II
seems certain that II the Turks do not
wish to have the conference break I'D
they must Yield.
The Turks have agreed that the non
Moslem minoriiies In Turkey shall en-
joy freedom under Turkish laws with
out distinction as to nationality. re.