Evening star., 1924-04-06
GERARD SAYS u. s.
F0ULED ARMENIA
RapS Lausanne Pact and
Hughes for Stand on
Chester Concession.
By the Associated Press.

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| NEW YORK, April 5.-CalIinp unop
| the Senate to reject the Lausanne
treaty, James w. Gerard, former am
bassador to Germany, declared be-
fore the Foreign Policy Association
| today that the State Department had
sold the cause of Armenia and Anneri-
can rights in Turkey for the Chester
oil concession.
II will put to Secretary Hughes.
two pertinent questions" Mr.. Gerard
said. why did he take so active
and vigorous part in behalf of the
Chester oil concession, even at the
risk of forcing resumption of hostili-
/ ties, and why does he now deny that
he had anything to do with it?
why did he request Gen. Goethals
| TO accept the presidency Of the Ches-
ter company, and in what capacity
did he direct the reorganization of
that company?
Retreat From Position.
Secretary Hughes made hurried
and inglorious retreat from the posi-
tion which he took in December. 1922
He accented the Turkish views on
the capitulations and upon the
Armenian case. In other words, in
consideration of the Chester conceS-
sion, he surrendered to the Turks the
rights which he claimed for American
nationals, and for Armenia before the
granting Of that concession. ObvI-
ously, he went to Lausanne fully pre-
pared to make any and all Sacrlnce
to cinch this oil concession. and he
betrayed Christian Armenia and his
own country to attain his purpose
Referring to the kemalist govern
ment, Mr.. Gerard said:
The kemalist regime IS on its
last legs. Fractional armed conflict
widespread banditry and hopeless
economic chaos seriously threaten
Kemars regime The establishment
of a republic and abolition of the
caliphate in country of illiterate,
primitive and fanatical peasants are
eloquent proofs of the instability of
kemal's government. Kemal is not
removing, as is alleged by some
superficial observers, hindrances
from the path of progress, but he IS
in reality, resorting to desperate
measures to get rid of his opponents
Advises Waiting Policy.
America stands to gain nothing by
resuming relations with Turkey in
this state, Mr. Gerard asserted. The
downfall of kemal is inevitable and
imminent. BY now surrendering our
rights to him we shall find il difficult
IO ItdSScfl the III fNAiF iNS No.
which may overthrow and succeed
him We can well afford TO wait
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart OF Har-
ward, in letter sent to the meeting
said the fundamental trouble with
the Lausanne treaty was that IL as
sumed that "the so-called republic OF
Turkey is a modern civilized nation.
There is no assurance that the
Turks who authorized the signature
Of the treaty will carry out any pro-
vision that hereafter may seem in
convenient" Mr. Hart's j. ter con-
! tinued The Turks have been max
/ ing the same kind of promises of good
| behavior and protection to the
! foreigner and recognition of the
rights of minorities for more than a.
| hundred years, and they have never
! observed one of those pledges"
! Albert W. Staub, American director
of the near east colleges, favored tbs
ratification of the treaty and main~
tained that the Turks had made
! sufficient progress during recent
years to justify the confidence OF the
United States.