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Show DENIALS ISSUED UPON ALL SIDES Delegations at Lausanne Take Time to Set Rumors at Rest. LAUSANNE, Dec. 2. (By tho Associated As-sociated Press) America and Japan l-th lined Up with Great Britain France and Italy today when they took their stand apralnst Isrnet Pasha's contention con-tention thai Tuiky had wiped out all capitulations, or extra territorial rights for foreigners, by declaring them null in October, 1914. Richard Washburn Child, spokesman spokes-man for the United States .oid tha- if any legul dispute should arise, the Washington government would De obliged to t.iko the same position as th allied powers. He expressed the belief, however that the common interests in-terests of all concerned In the Turkish Turk-ish situation WOtild make it possible to find satisfactory guarantees to r place the capitulations which are 80 distasteful to Turkey. Marquis dl Oarronl opened the afternoon af-ternoon session, which was devoted to the capitulations question, with th explanation ex-planation that the sultan first lpdu Od foreigners to ent,jr Into trade with Turkey by giving them special priv-1 priv-1 leges and guarantees Th- system worked admirably, and the capitulations capitula-tions later wore confirmed In treaties. Ismet told tho delegates that Tur-key's Tur-key's resentment against tho capitulations capitula-tions system was beyond the comprehension compre-hension of foreigners These special rights, ho said, were no longer necessary, ne-cessary, as the nationalists of other countries were given adequate protection protec-tion by the Turkish courts ond othe. Institutions and should not expect different dif-ferent treatment from that accorded Turkish subjects. oil RIGHTS U ITCHED LAUSANNE, Dee. 2. (By The As- soclated Prer; This war. denial day .it Lausanne. EJvory delegation to the Near Kast conference refuted some rumor or report, most of the stories! I denied being contained in dlspatchesl printed by IJaris newspapers. J The Greeks denied that mutiny had) broken out among their troops In Iwestern Thrace and that former Premier Prem-ier Venlzelos was about to leave Ixu- iSanne for Athens. 1 The Bulgarians denied charges by th Qreeks thai they were co-operating With the Turks in harra-sslng the Greek army on the border of western Thrace I The British denied that disposition' of the fosul oil fields In MOBOpOtatl la ls or has been under consideration ; here. Even the American delegation joined In the chorus, Issuing a written writ-ten statement that there was no truth In tho report printed In Paris news-! papers that Ambassador Child had !sald the conference would probably adjourn shortly. I Former United Slate Senator James I Hamilton Lewis left Lausanne today, declaring he was convinced the Turkish Turk-ish oil uuestlon would be considered ut the coming Brussels conference rather than in Lausanne. He will go to Belgium to look after tho Interests Inter-ests of tho American concessionaries whom he represents FOREIGN PRIVILEGES. The question of Turkish capitulations capitula-tions wns on the Near East conference confer-ence program for discussion today Ismet Pasha and his associates wero Iprt-pnroj to make a hard fight to sustain sus-tain the claim that the ECemallst government gov-ernment ha3 successfully terminated :thc special privileges accorded to for- elgners under the Constantinople! regime. The progress of the capitulations di"curslon in the conference Is being watched with great Interest at Angora, An-gora, as the extreme nationalists insist in-sist that the provisions havo been so! galling to Turkey that the country will never ajfaln submit to such a brand of inferiority to the western powers. The nationalist . poke man will at-j tempt to prove to the conference that all capitulations have been wived by the AngOra government, that Turkey must UO longer b hampered by for--elgn control of her customs and financial fi-nancial affairs and that the necessity no longer exists for foreign consular courts to administer justice to Other nationals living In Turkey. The Ottoman debt was also a topic to lc called up toda LAUGH BREAKS GLOOM, Gloom hangs heavily over the conference con-ference most of the time, but there Is :ir. occasional smile. n Bulgaria and Greece were presenting rival claims for the possession of Dedeag- hatch. M. Standoff a7tl3 man for Premier stambwH garbt said In Fxencfl f 'ulcaria has only tS Black sea and no ouSfl ';r has score, ot can spare ua one." M Venlzeloa interruiaB earnestness: utf God Almighty bS Greece with water all "S rieane don't blame mo tJ ,ur'l "'uron and oth3 who .ind. r,-.o,,d pr,.nch7" lv Premier StamlKmll.J their mirth when 1 2S I.lalned what Venlzolos bsl |