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Show U.S.FMED liKGEfET wiTiijine America, Without Signing Sign-ing Straits Convention, Will Receive Air Priril-eges; Priril-eges; Haa Special Statu LAU8ANNB. July it (By A. P.) The American and Turkish porta mched an agreement tonight whereby the tTnlted Stat., receives tha moat favored natlon'a treatment concerning tha freedom of tha atraita for merchantmen and war-ahlpe. war-ahlpe. Tha United Statea. without algnlng tha atraita convention, will receive all prlvllegea. Alas It arm ba restricted by an limitations Imposed by that convention, conven-tion, which glvea aach algnntory power tha rig-ht to malntai thraa warships, not exceeding 10,000 tone aach, In tha atraita, Thera ia a eub-stltuting eub-stltuting privilege, that aach power may bava aa many ahlpa as thera are possessed bv atty country bordering bor-dering on tha Black sea. Thla, of course. Includes, Russia, which haa decided to adhere to tha atraita treaty. Tha alauaa In tha Tureo-American treaty covering' theaa questions doaa not ro Into detaila of tha regulations regula-tions coda aat forth In tha atraita convention, but refers to than in blanket form. Another Important matter agreed on tonight waa that concerning tha collection of taxea on American eompanlea and America Individual Individu-al resident In Turkey. A declaration declara-tion In tha treaty will apply tha provisions combined la the allies treaty, frem May it of thla year Turkey engaged not to collect back taxes. If, however, any back taxes bava been paid Americana cannot claim a refund. . Another meeting of tha axperta will ba held tomorrow. Both lsmet Pasha and Joseph C. Grew probably proba-bly will require additional advlcea from Angora and Washington, respectively, re-spectively, before they are able to conclude tha nneettlad points, namely, aasurancea concerning the protection of ChrtstUui populallona In Turkey and tha queetlon - of claims for damaxeo suffered by Americana la 1 uraey during the wat, , . .. , |