TURKS STUBBORN.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 December 1922, Page 7

TURKS STUBBORN.

APPEAL BY LORD CURZON.

LAUSANNE, Dee. 28. Sir H. Rumbold presented a report to the sub-commission on capitulations, stating that owing to the Turks declining .to change or replace their judicial system the sub-commission was unable to proceed with its work.

Lord. Curzon once more appealed to the Turks to modify their attitude. He said it was no use Ismet Pasha trying to convince the world that the' Turkish magistry was above suspicion. Everybody knew that the mechanism of jus-' tice ih Turkey was defective. If Ismet had. said his last word he (Lord ■ Curzon) did not-see any use in going on. M. Hayaslin (Japan) hoped Turkey would recede from the uncompromising, position.

Mr Child (United . States), in a lengthy statement, fully supported the Allies' demand.

Ismet Pasha, aftei^ hearing the various delegates, asked time for reflection. Ismet, /speakrfeg to the report, insisted that Turkey's judicial system was equal to any in the World. He flatly rejected the proposal for an international court at The Hague as being worse than the old capitulations and an infringement of Turkey's sovereignty. M. Barrere (France) said he could not accept Turkey's reply to the Allies' moderate proposals/ - Lord Curzon stated he regretted Ismet's speeeh. It was the-most uncompromising yet made at the conference, and it gave him the impression that,the_ Turks did not want ;to *each an agreement. Ismet, in many private conversations, had s|aid he wanted peace, but Lord Curzon asked how could it ,be obtained ' after such a speech. r -

The sitting then adjourned. LONDON, Dee. 28. ' The Daily Chronicle's diplomatic• correspondent says Britain's naval gesture is a reminder to the Turks of the ultimate reality never mentioned at Lausanne that the British forces oc^ cupy and can hold against any* conceiv able Turkish forces the twin gates to the Straits, Gallipoli and Chanakj that Britain's naval power prevails to Constantinople's very quays, and her hopes of a return to Europe will be ultimately at (Britain's mercy. It is a reminder of what a breakdown of the Lausanne negotiations might mean. |