CHANGED ATTITUDE

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 150, 22 December 1922, Page 7

CHANGED ATTITUDE

TURKS AND DARDANELLES

ALLIES' SCHEME ACCEPTED DEADLOCK ON CAPITULATIONS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION,—COPYRICHT.) (AUsfBAIIAN ■ NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LAUSANNE, 20th December. Mhough the feeling outside tho Conference was .pessimistic that the Turks would not yield on. the Straits question, Lord Curzan, when he Jeft the Conference to-day, sail everything had passed off all right, and the Turks were very conciliatory. The Russian delegates did not say a word. ' At the opening session, Mr Childs, the United States' onlooker, read" a lo^g statement in the name of the United States Government, declaring that the United States takes the position that full freedom of he Straits for all nations, without discrimination, would best bo served 01? treaty rights and agreement rather than by international commission. It is believed that - Mr. Childs's statement was responsible for the Turks' conciliatory attitude. Ismet Pasha has agreed that a garrison of five thousand for Gallipoli is too much, and bo has offered to allow the Allies to fix the -number. Turkey -has now accepted the Allies' • scheme regarding the Straits, but objects to stationary ships, • which is a form of capitulation. They argue that an international commission should not control the demilitarisation, as it would be a calamity worse than death. Lord Curzon said he was glad to hear the moderate tone of Ismet \ Pasha's speech, and that he accepted all the Allied projects regarding the freedom of the Straits. He pointed ,out that the Turks would ba allowed to have a garrison in several towns in Thrace, also a forco of gendarmerie. 'Pie hoped that Ismet Pasha would consider gendarmerie sufficient. It was now necessaryto find a method to make demilitarisation effective. . Directly the Straits deadlock was' settled, another deadlock was reached on capitulations, the Turks claiming that the Turkish Judiciary system was.quite above suspicion, and gave ample guarantees for foreigners. The sub-commit-tee, however, reported that no agreement could be reached, as the 'Allies claim that the capitulations must be replaced by some form of guarantee for [foreigners in Turkey.