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Show II GUARANTEES AGAINST SURPRISE f ATTACKS DEMANDED BY TURKEY i Limitation of Naval Forces as Promoting Security of Dardanelles and Nearby Waters and Constantinople Asked of Powers at Lausanne I Doc. 8. (Bytho Associated Asso-ciated Press Turkey presented to fths Nnr Kxsl conference today counter coun-ter su. merest iocs coneerninp control of .the straits t the Dardanelles and the Bosphoruo. The Turks nsk: Guarantees ag-alnst surprise nltacks from land or s.-a threatening tin-ourlty tin-ourlty of th straits of ConiUinllnopI'-or ConiUinllnopI'-or the Sea of Marmora Limitation of nanl forces bound for the Black sea 60 that they will not constitute a danger to the zone extending ex-tending between the two stralti to the Black sea. (Turkey expresses the view That thSM forces mlRht be composed of light warships, employed tor the protection of international i ommerce.) Interdiction upon the maintenance of warships In the Black sea, nnd. Liberty of passage for nrw rchantmen I In time of peace and of war. IO BJKOT1 (INS PR ESEXT 1.1 The Turkish position wa presented I by Ismet Pasha, who pave historical I sketch of the problem of the straits, I declaring Turkey never had acted contrary con-trary to international treaties concerning concern-ing that waterway. Ismet mcnltoneil f.rialn points in the inter allied proposals which he considered particularly harmful to Turkey. Of these the first was the Inclusion of the Sea of Marmora in the definition of th- straits, because preparations prep-arations for defeneo on th shores or ihis sea were necessary for the defense of Anatolia and Thrace, and yet would ,not affect the liberty of passage for ' -vessels. Another point he made was that It ! was needless to have a demilitarized 'zone around Bosphorus. It was sufficient, suffi-cient, he considered, to indicate that there would be no fortifications, either dand or naval, on cither shore His third polDt was In connection with allied suggestions that in the d- militarized r.one there should he no movement of iroops. He thought that I such movement should be permitted because the zones in question connect the two parts of the country. AGREEMENT NEAR E R Again, he contended that In order to fl fend the shon-s of the S. u of Marmora, Mar-mora, by a fleet Turkey would ha to keep arsenals and other naval equipment in Constantinople and the straits. He thought also thnt the limits lim-its of the lf militarized zones were too great and contended that the four Islands In the straits should be reCOg-I reCOg-I nixed ns under Turkish sovereignty. As to th- Galllpoll peninsula he thoupht a minimum means of defense ought to be assured to preserve It against surprise attack. The conference took a recess until afternoon to ple the allies time to BtUdy the Turkish suggestions Some of the European d.-leatei thought that the points raised by the Turks should not make a final lie-cord lie-cord difficult. Rl ssi A PROTESTS Fotelgn Minister Tchltcherln of Russia apaln insisted that the straits should be closed to all except Turkish warships He believed ho said, that the setting up of buffer states like Turkey would prevent future clashes. He warned Rumania npalnst acept-Ing acept-Ing the allied plan, saying Rumania would meet the same fate ns Greece that is. be a part of tne great powers, pow-ers, only to be abandoned. M. Duca, the Rumanian frepn minister protest efi against M TchltCh erln's remarks with regard to Rumania. Ruman-ia. He said Rumania had never been content with the former regime or iloslnp the straits Rumania. Greece and Bulgaria announced an-nounced th.-ir adhesion to the allies. |