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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1922, Page 2

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Lausanne Conference.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. PROTECTION OF MINORITIES. LAUSANNNE, Dec. 12. Lord Curzon, presiding over the First Commission, invited the Conference to approach the question of the minorities to be protected. The Moslem minorities in Europe were as well entitled to protection as Christians in Asia Minor. The League of Nations would provide guarantees tti supervise the execution, of these arrangements. Darkey had already accepted the basib | principle of the rights of minorities: , Mr Childs demanded the Conferenfce ' should not separate before finding tho ; refuge -for all minorities in the Near East. They must be given the guarani tecs necessary for their- full development and if possible, should he given : a national hearth, as promised by the Sevres Treaty. America, he said, bei lieved the ends to he sought were pre- ' ventive, rather than mere succour to existing misery. America would continue to help tlie minorities. | Ismet Pasha, replying to Lord Curzon, objected to any guarantee by the League of Nations, as the Powers I would then continue their interference with Turkey, and would incite the ! minorities to appeal to the League. He demanded the exclusion of all foreign interference in Turkey. While demanding an exchange of populations, lie assured the conference that any community staving in Turkey would he assured of security through Turkey’s goodwill and sense of justice. l’inally he demanded mass emigration. | Lord iCurnon replied that such exchanges of population were impossible. Whatever exchange occurred, the minorities must remain. He said Ismet i Pasha’s speech would cause disappointment throughout the world. He wouldi j wait till to-morrow for a further Turk- ' is’.i reply to the Allied proposals, j Ismet Pasha promised he would make j a detailed reply. It is announced here that the Turkß already have agreed that they will not i insist ‘on the total expulsion of the 'Greeks from Constantinople. Several religious restrictions will he imposed on those remaining. | Turks to the number of 350,000 will leave Macedonia, and, as a compromise 224,000 Turks will be allowed to stayin Western Thrace. I It is generally expected that an agreement will lie readied regarding all I exchange of population. Owing to the Allied proposals liavj ing increased the number of warships to be allowed to enter the Black Sea, the Russians say that they will not accept them, and they threaten to leave the Conference. RUSSIA DETERMINED. LAUSANNE, Dec 11. M. Tchiteherin declared that lie Will not sign any agreement for admitting warships to the Black Sea. If such an agreement -is reached. Russia will leave the Conference.