Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Benito Mussolini, Premier, is said to be so anxious to resume normal diplomatic relations with the Turks that he will ask the King to ratify the Lausanne Treaty, thereby putting an end to the technical state of war with Turkey which has existed since 1915. Parliament, when it meets next November, will be required to approve the Treaty. After ratification by Royal Decree the Italian High Commissioner of Constantinople will be recalled and replaced by an Ambassador...
During the numerous conversations which preceded the present agreement, Ismet Pasha proved more than ordinarily recalcitrant over the question of minorities. He ironically suggested that Turkey should be the protector of racial minorities in the U. S. Said the wily Ismet: "The Turkish newspapers have the most ferocious accounts of lynchings of Negroes in the United States almost every week. You burn them at the stake. We stopped burning people two or three hundred years...
Greek finances are badly demoralized by the failure of the war with Turkey. The Governor of the National Bank of Greece has gone to London to raise a loan. Greece made application for help from the League of Nations, which, after examining the proposals and plans for the settlement of Greek refugees, stated that the guarantees offered by the Greek Government were sufficient for raising a loan. The exact amount to be borrowed is not known, but will probably be between 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 pounds sterling...
...that he served on the Root mission to Russia, and on missions to the Near East. In 1920 he was made Minister to China, and served until President Harding took office. He still maintains an interest in the Near East. His latest plan is to send American professors to Turkey to reorganize the Turkish school system...
Constantinople is supposed to view this with suspicion, perhaps inspired by Frenchmen who object to Turks with American minds. The Turkish Relief Commission views with delight Turkish gratitude for Mr. Crane's plan, and expects Professor John Dewey of Columbia to go to Turkey as Mr. Crane's personal representative at Mr. Crane's expense. Professor Dewey professes to view with incredulity any such development...