Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-29
Lausanne Treaty's Failure
Raises Question of Future

The rejection Of the Lausanne
treaty with Turkey by the United
States Senate has resulted In a
spirited debate between supporters of
the minority in the Senate, which
prevented a two-thirds vote of ap-
prevail and the advocates of ratifi-
cation, who feel that even an made
quate treaty would be better than no
treaty at all. Questions are raised
as to the future status Of Americans
in that country The opponents of
ratification would demand Turkish re-
forms before establishing permanent
relations.
I'm rejecting the treaty" ord
ing to the New York. Herald " 1bune
Republican), "a minority IN the
Senate sacrificed common-sense di-
plonlacy to ancient prejudice and ran
cors. Most Of the opposition to this
settlement was based on die-hard
enmity to the new Turkish republic,
not for what it has done but for what
was done under the malevolent or
der which it overthrow" The Herald
Tribune holds that 1.-The chief OPP
ponents of the treaty have never been
able to reconcile themselves to the
failure of the effort to revive the Ar
menian state" and II insists that ''it
is fantastic to keep relations with the
new and already partly moderniZed
Turkey hanging in the air merely to
register regret over the fate Of Ar
menia or moral indignation at the
crimes of vanished Sultans and their
satellites"
"All the other Western nations"
suggests the St. Joseph News Press
independently, have accepted the
treaty, though not all of them liked
it. They have given up extraterri-
torial Jurisdiction. The United States
can hardly expect that the Turks will
confer upon it alone the special privi-
lege of extraordinarily" The Los
Angeles Express Republican) makes
the added point that experience
proves that playing a lone hand Is as
poor business for a nation as for an
individual"
IF the United States refused to
have diplomatic relations with any
nation which did not give scrupu-
lousy fair treatment to it's religious
and racial minorities," in the opinion
of the st. Louis Post-Dispatch Din
dependency, most of our diplomats
would have to be either pensioned or
fired" The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin independent Republican, di-
reefs attention to the fact that 1.-The
temporary agreement under which
rights of Americans in Turkey are
defined will expire soon, and the
United States will again be without
treaty relations, while the path for
negotiations will be made more diff
ficult by this action"
Three major grounds" on which
the treaty was opposed are cited by
the New York World independent
Democratic)-"G) that 1t failed to pro-
vide for the fulflIlment of the Wilson
award to Armenia: (2) that it failed
to provide guarantees for the protec-
ton of Christians and non-Moslems in
Turkey: 81 that ii failed to provide
recognition by Turkey of American
nationality Of former subjects OF Tur-
KEY" The World declares that these
reasons do not justify our failure
to act" and it states further: 1t is
time for us TO learn to think Of
| Turkey as nation that has won
her independence and cast off the
CALLING guarantees once worn by the
sick man Of Europe. We must learn
TO deal with modern Turkey on equal
terms and to meet problems OF citizen
ship one by one by negotiation The
Pittsburgh Sun independent Demo
cratic) suggests: Speculation will
grow In other lands over the possi-
bility Sof making treaty with the
United States on any subject. Such
speculation is unjustified. OF course,
take our time about 1t. The Isle OF
Pines treaty, for instance. was rati.
| fed after 20 years. Give us time.
Give us time. Don't rush u.s.
| In opposition to the treaty. the
! Raleigh News and Observer Demo