28 APRIL 1923, Page 1
On Monday the Allies and the Turk again found themselves
face to face across the Conference tables of Lausanne. By one of those conventions dear to the heart of diplomats, and indeed often usefully soothing to ruffled statesmen, the Conference is merely " resuming its labours after a holiday." Thus, unlike our home politics, there will be no recriminations over what hap- pened last winter. Although the path of this " Con- ference II.," as it is officially called, cannot be an alto- gether smooth one, it is really unthinkable that peace will be denied to the East owing to disagreement over the still unsettled clauses of the draft treaty.
