Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world has once again been treated to a diplomatic stalemate. The Turks and Greeks are still at loggerheads over the question of indemnities. The Turks insist upon being paid. The Greeks refuse to pay. That is not all. Greece threatens a resumption of hostilities with Turkey unless the claim for indemnification is dropped. In view of the fact that Greece would completely estrange the friendship of Europe if she declared war, her threat cannot be regarded as more than a diplomatic bluff. The Turk, however, is the hardest man in the world to bluff...
Affairs under consideration at the Lausanne Conference are steadily moving toward a settlement. Nearly all the important issues are under consideration by the various experts. It is announced that the Turks will accept the principle of guarantees for foreigners in Turkey, as expounded by J. C. Grew, the United States observer. Under this agreement capitulations will disappear...
...main conflict at present is under the head of a Greek war indemnity. The Greeks aver that they will under no circumstances pay an indemnity to Turkey. Turkey, with great firmness, declares that she will not give up her claims to such indemnity. Reports from Lausanne indicate that Greece will have to give way before the Turkish demands. It is more probable, however, that the question will be solved by some form of compromise...
...Swiss syndicate proposed to Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation at Lausanne, that Turkey should grant an annual concession for the supply of 1,000,000 thoroughbred Angora cats at $1 each. The syndicate reckons that it can sell these cats at $50 apiece-a fact which, be it said, has fairly staggered the Turks, who have never regarded felines as a source of tremendous wealth. Shukri Bey, prominent in the Turkish delegation, said: "It is true that there are more cats in Angora than there are stones on the street. The same is true throughout Anatolia...
Although there are 21 nations in the organization, only nine will be represented tonight; V. S. Phen 2G., China; G. F. Jentsch 2G., Austria; C. S. Pezas 1G., Greece; G. N. Tanikawa 1G., Japan; B. G. Ohlin 1G., Sweden; Said Dabbus, Turkey; Zygmut Rudolph, Poland; Sigrud sT.S., Norway; Jules Roman, Belgium. The representative of Great Britain, G. H. Guttridge 1G., is to be chairman of the evening...