Show CURZON CURlON SCORES TURKS TURKS' DEMAND DEMANDS S ON CEMETERIES I Moslems Hold to tc Stand That Burial Sites of British British British Brit Brit- ish Dead Must Be Reduced Reduced Reduced Re- Re in Size BEACH INCLUDED IN SPACE PASHA CLAIM England Seeks I Consecration tion of Battlefield Turkish Turkish Turk Turk- I Turk Turk-I ish Charge Briton Declares Declares De De- clares dares He Will Win Stand Pat LAUSANNE Jan 27 7 By A. A P P. P.- P. Marquis Curzon British foreign Secretary secretary sec see speaking at today's session of the Near East conference delivered a scathing criticism of the Turks be because because because be- be I cause of their demand that the cemeteries teries containing the bodies of ot British soldiers slain In the Gallipoli campaign be reduced In size The Turks however however however how how- ever adhered to their stand Ismet Pasha said Turkey was second to none in respect for the dead but the British cemeteries Included Included un- un land What England really desired he charged was consecration of ot a battlefield battle battle- field Moreover 1 she was asking for a beach beach- which once served for military operations and might be used again for lor the same purpose the discussion Lord Curzon said that Great Britain would never give way on this question You cannot haggle over our soldier dead he exclaimed You can haggle over anything else as you have but over our dead never I We are are only too anxious to withdraw withdraw withdraw with with- draw our troops from Constantinople I and Gallipoli but I sol solemnly declare i that not a man nan shall be moved until this question is settled In a a. spirit of decency equity and honor I Russia Offers Armenian Home LAUSANNE Jan 27 By By y A A. P. P P.- P. Russia stands ready to provide a national national national na na- na- na home for the Arm Arni Armenians ac according according ac- ac cording to a letter received by the British representatives at the Lausanne conference from the soviet sovet delegation Turkish D Delegation legation Chief to Le Leave ve LONDON ONDON Jan 27 21 By U U. P P. P.-Ismet Ismet Pasha head of the tho Turkish delegation delegation delegation tion to the conference prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to leave tonight according to a Central News dispatch Mustapha pha armies will re resume resume resume re- re sume hostilities upon Ismet's departure depart depart- ure the agency understands and at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks will be made In an attempt to occupy 1 and Turkish delegates at Lausanne aro are reported bitter against Great reat Britain declaring the British are furnishing the Greeks munitions with to fight the he K in Thrace Turkey Denounced By Lord Curzon LAUSANNE E Jan 27 By U U. P P.- P. The concentration of ot Greek and Turk troops at the danger point in Thrace was r reported ported to the Lausanne conference conference conference confer confer- ence today Allied delegates made madeI I representations to Greece I Lord Curron Curzon today had occasion to use plain words words' across the council table In denouncing Turkey for refusIng refusing refusing refus refus- ing to give ghe England possession or war war cemetery at Gallipoli where the British troops who fell in the disastrous I trous Dardanelles expeditions were burled buried I The British foreign minister de declared de- de dared clard he had hail hoped Ismet Pasha would i take this opportunity to carry out elementary duties of or humanity and honor The Turks an angry go prepared to break breakup up the conference which for weeks has made no headway toward towar the settlement settlement settle settle- I ment of the problem J. J |