Ismet Pasha Stiffens His Back
Ismet Pasha, General, statesman, politician and head of the Turkish delegation at Lausaune, gave evidence of Turkish intractibility by informing Joseph C. Grew, the United States Observer, that Turkey would cancel the Chester concession if America insisted upon special rights for her citizens in Turkey. Grew replied tersely to the effect that nothing would deter him from protecting United States citizens and their commercial interests.
In the matter of capitulations and the Chester concession, the United States has unravelled some of the tangles by insisting upon guarantees in place...
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