Evening star., 1927-04-17
PRESIDENT WILL PRESS
LAUSANNE PACT AGAIN
Treaty Will Be Resubmitted in Decem-
ber-Ambassadors Provided by
Temporary Arrangement.

TRHE Lausanne treaty with Tur
key, negotiated In 1928 and
finally rejected by the Senate
II last January. is by no means IN
the discard. It may be au
thoritativelv stated that the treaty
will be reSubmitted to the new Sen.
ate at the opening of Congress ia De
cenber. The President will press fot
ratification then If there appears the
slightest possibility Of securing Senate
approval The administration regards
the prospects as good, The treaty
failed in the last Senate by margin
of only votes.
Mr.. Coolidge shares the view OF the
State Department that it is highly
important TO put diplomatic relations
with Turkey on a. treaty basis, ana
that the Lausanne treaty represents -
the best terms the United States VIII
ever get with Turkey. The terms OF
a second treaty-if there were Il sec
ond treaty-instead of being more
favorable. might well be less favor
able.
Turkey Awaits Action.
Turkey has not yet ratified the pres
ent pact. but still stands ready to do
so if the United States does so first.
For four wears she has waited for
ratification here before taking final ac-
ton by her own Grand National AS
semblv. June ] 1928. has now been
set as a sort of dead line" for the
mutual ratification This date is
fixed in identical notes which were
exchanged between the United States
and Turkey. dated February II of
this year. just 80 days after the Sen
ate rejected the treaty These notes
~
rary ARRANGEMENT designed to accom-
plish in a practical way what the
treaty aimed TO accomplish in formal
and permanent fashion
The most significant feature of this
temporary pact Gas the definite
pledge to resume fun diplomatic Tela-
tions irrespective of any treaty agree
ment. This explains the recall of
Rear Admiral Mark J.. Bristol, who
has been American High Commits
sioner to Turkey since the close of the
war and who is due back in Wash
ington the first of June. He is to be
replaced by an American Ambassador
to Turkey. and Turkey is to send its
own Ambassador here. As in the case
of the treaty ratification, Turkey is
waiting for us to act first The diff
ference between high commits
sioner" and an ambassador" is that
the former is an envoy sent by
government, but not accredited to
the government to which he is sent.
The ambassador is duly accredited and
accepted.
Conference in June.
President Coolidge has reached no
decision as to whether 10 name an
American ambassador TO Turkey in
the near future, or whether TO await
the outcome OF another attempt tC
secure ratification of the treaty. lie
has committed the United States TO
the exchange of ambassadors how
ever. without any date set for the
artuaI accomplishment. A final deci-
SION will await the conference in June
Iatween Rear Admiral Bristol the
President and Secretary Kellogg, The
cCniral IS coming to Washington
expressly for consultation, and will
then proceed to the Far East to
e s~suY1e conrl9rI Of the Asi2tic Squad
ron Circumstances favor the view
that Mr. Coolidge is apt to dispatch
an ambassador to Turkey without
waiting for reconsideration Of the
lausanne treaty by the next Congress.
If the treaty is again rejected hE
the senate or is permanently pigeon
holed in the archives without further
notion. ii is not intended to attempt
10 negotiate any new treaty. Instead,
there viii be a series Of conventions