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ed Oxford in: their annual Rugby game:. this-afterneon by a scoré of2Lto 8. - = . Paris, ‘Dee: 12th.~+France’tonight is = gloomily takinsstock‘of: anather ‘repara: - tions failure ®at’kdndon: ::Premier Pein:. .- care’ returned: to:-Pais ‘with.a-wiotrried air,:and:: parliatentavy:-as. .well-a8: gov- ernmental-vireles {are deepiy disappeint- - ed. «Fhere!id-aniait-of forced -hove in some: of ‘the: newspapét comments; in- which -it is: 'suggested |Fraace map: yot - - induce:the Allies:to approve. theisaiz. . ureof the: !Ruhwsand -other guarantees:i; at tHe svesumption ~of:'the: Inter-Als: . lied:.canference’ hece:on s January 2ad.. - France’s: gcim: dstermipation: tp' gouit alomge; ifadecessary;:in - oredar<ito layher: hands semsdométhing tahgible that: will maked Germaay” act, :s stillv the:sdemi- - nantnote in the*newspapess: andzpoliti-- | cal disguisiansi: Thiete-s soines eriticism: - that:the:Govérnment had atready delayed: - toodang, and thele is 'greal’cumcern aver: | the impedding neeessity: of-Franve: act: - inz mdependently:s M.::Pojncare:iwilk- state: his “ease bufore: ‘the::Chamber of: Deputies:o#-Friday, although:a full Cabi- - net nieeting had been :'summoned . forto:] moxedw: morniog which ‘may change his. ¢ programme.> iTha-Rremier is«still:deters « mined that:theva:shall:be | nio:nionatorium=" withoatigunrdntees; for,!as: LoLibertes: says; it s «ohedr hat {fgwaranteds ares abandonéd; orieved if<these:is ‘no-longer belief ixthe? usafulness of seizing Buar- . antees,them fhereds -nothihg leéft:::Re- parationa-will become:nething: ‘more than- - dreamßy withoa saecession-of cancellations- - of inter-Alied: debts; predicted upon 3 reduetion of “Germany's: delits -until: the: . “‘slate-is’ wiped :clean; ‘tlean” for-everys .. body-except:us, who::bear: thé -burden’’: The Temps’ brushes -aside. ‘'the polifical interruptions’’ ‘of the London adjourment: and after referring: to the conditions: of- - finances, repeats ‘‘no moratoriom’ without a guarantee -of the Rahr’’.. As. for ‘possible -British ‘canecellation as :the. French debs, the Temps says, ''lt-would: not help-the Freanch- tredsury for & mo-. ment’’.. The-Jrurral des Debats regrets- that ‘thereiis so.:much: talk about the Rhur, teading the British. to think it a: “‘punitiveexpedition’’; and the :World to consider: ithe seizure of the ‘Ruhr as: France’s:main object, instead of its being .. merely a means to an end, which is pres- sure ol German industrials to-make them clean ‘liouse and prepare topay. = = - Lausanne, Dee. 12th.-=lsmet. Pasha, . head}of the Turkish ‘delegates,.:dashed the hopes. of: the Near Easterh Confer- ence: fora speedy and satisfactory settle- ment ‘for:the protectidn of minorities in Turkey, ‘when in an acdress-at this after-. noons ‘session; he.insisted upbn: an-ex-- change:of the Greek: pogilation/in:Anato--. _ liaforthe .Turks in Mucedonia:: He de-u. mandeéd exciusion of allforeign ntacfer: - ence in-Turkey, :which he said..would .- protect:the ‘remaining finorities, as: the Turks had always been able to get -along with other IN¥ationals when theykept out ST. CROIX AVIS ofpolitics: and were ot stirred up by outside influences. Ismet Pasha declared that Turkey would not accept Lord Cur- zon’s iproposals:to have. the . Leaguye of Nations administer the affairs of. the. minorities as that would mean that the foreign.. powers: would. continue their. in- terference in,Turkish affairs-and encour- age -the minorjties to appeal to . the League :of Nations... This plan, he as- serted, .would resultin the exploitation of miporities for, political ends .under “‘the. . ?yng eleak .of .humanitarjanism,” The Turkish delegate revie .ed the entire story..of -Tyrkey from the:time ofthe - conquest of.Constantinople. ghe Tuarks, - he _said, .bad lived, peacefully .with the.. fareeks. .and Armenians _until a2 . hundred years.ago, .when the Russians . began; .agitating agaipst the Mohamme- . dans under the pretense that Russia - ~ was the proteetor of Orthodox_Christians ‘ in Turkey. He charged Russia with . being responsible ' for the ‘atrack Mr. Gladstone made on: Tirkey in behalf of the Armenians and. maintained that the - so-called. .Turkish'atroeities against Ar- menigns frequently bad beenin the na . ture.qf:zeprisals for.pogroms perpetrated . -by the Armeniavs throughengouragement. from;Russia, which wanted some. excuse for :sinv;edigsxz nßurkey. . The Armenians broux,tgqx__ enmassaces onwthemselves,. ~ Ismet-Pashadeclared. '"Lhey have abus- ed .Turkish: generosity..and, dajbled .in. DO‘tS..l.?%@e* Jews -have.pever had any trou- ble in Turkey.that proves that the Greeks - and the &mmi&&&%wbeen responsible | for:their differences.in Turkey, they were . firedby the.example of other Greeks, the ‘. Bul%?_ia_n? aa?o%@s. ;s%-.imit_am them in’ - the bope of upsetting.the Turkish Goy-. ernment”’.;, I;A_ncg:;4f;ngl 40" Ismet Pasha, ‘ thet:e.aref.fg)oqq;;gu_tg@@'irjes‘_i_n.:_"l‘,uykey which can claim:the right to belongito any ocher nation, thus disposiag ..of .the ‘Armenian claim fora nationai heme in Turkey. Lausanne,. Dec..l2th. Lord Curzon re- . plied.in a spirited manner to Ismet Pasha - saying it w-s the first: time the confer- . encs, has .seen. the Fyrkish del:>gate as a- . historian, and slways thought of him . before: as- a -soldigr .and a diplomat. The Secretary for:Foreign Affairs said the conference: was. .dealing with the affairs of people in..the greatest distress . and must find a solution for the problem of the miserable refugees, and without regard -for an@ient-,histm&y. and must ~ framea treaty which would protect Lthese - - unhappy .people. He called the atten- tion of the :conference to the fact that Ismet Pasha had not mantioned the Al- . lied plans for solving the diffzrences of . the minoritiesin :Lurkey whnich Lord . Curzon had preseated.at the opening of - today’s session, but had devoted himself . to history and.an -attack upon the Lea- - gue of Nations which mightbe useful - to Turkey. - In: emphatic toanes, he de : . nounced dsmet’s ;dg;?an_ds that there be : a formal-exchangeof Turkish and Greek pop?gxim@;‘an'l declared that the minor- ities must remain in both' countries. Af- ter remarking that from 600,000 to 900, 000 Christians already had been expa- triated from Turkey within the last three or four months and -had become a charge on the :Greek Government, Lord Curzon said; *‘lsometimes. wonder if the Turkish Government has fullyconsidered the economic results of tlis gigantic transference of peoples to whick there is no parsllel jin modern history and by which it is expected in many cases Turkey will lose much meore than she gains. [ jmplore Ismet Pasha to ap- proach this question in a spirit of equity, justice and humanity and with all se- riousness’’. epntinued Lord Curzon ‘‘and I fear that this address of Ismet Pas- ha will cause great disappointment throughout the civilized World. [ am surprised at .his long speech with no reply in it jto the Allied proposals. I am bitterly disappointed with it M. Veni- zelos spoke .in .support, and expressed his surprise at Ismet Pasha’s insistenc: upon the exchange of populations, which was wholly against humanritarian princi- ples. . Ismet Pasha spoke again, saying he had not really had time to consider the Allied plan as reprssented by Lord Curzou, byt would study it and give a detailed reply. Lord Curzon urged him to de this tomorrow.. Ismet Pasha asked formore time, but Lord Curzon retorted, “*I.s3t up until two thirty this. morning and lam sure that if the Turkish dele- gate sits up until tomorrow morning, he can be prepared to .speak tomorrow. Ismet laughed and agreed, so the session will be resumed tomorrow. .London, Dec. 12th.—The collapse of the Allied Premiers mnegotiations here, it is becoming evident, was even more complete than 'at first supposed, since the one outstanding development which has teen seized upon by the optimists namely the scrapping of the Balfour note by Great ‘Britain, is now said to have been acelaimed prematurely. Mr. Bonar Law admitted as much in the House of Commons this afternoon, and from other sources it is learned that the haste, of part of the continental press to consider Lord Balfour’s utterance as a thing of the past is unwarranted. A ministéer was preaching a special sermon on the subject of temperarce. H 2 said: ‘‘There are only two drinks mentioned in Psalms. One is wine that maketh glad the heart of man, ard the other is water, with which the wild asses quaanch their thirst. You can take your choice of either.””—The Pa‘hfinder D:c. 2ng. ’ : HEIRESS TO NED POOR ARTIST. Miss Dellora Angell, of Chicago, heir- ess to $38.000,000, is to wed Lester Nor- ris,”a ¢ )mmercial artist and her school- mate sweetheart. She declares they will live a simple domestic life.—lbid.