ALLIES AND TURKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 4 May 1922, Page 5

ALLIES AND TURKEY.

• AGREEMENT WITH ITALY. BRITISH PROTEST SENT. SIR C. TOWNSHEJiD'S VISIT. <Uj Ctl'le.—l'ress Association.— Copyright.) ißpfflveil 11.3H v.iv.i I LONDON 7 . May :.;. 3 Mr. Austen C hani'jerlain, in tne Houro • hi < f.n;nions. replying to a question, aairf 1 i that the It;i!in;i Government nafl • ! informal the British Government on c j April 24 ilirg Uifj had concluded an '' j ngj eeminit \>-jt-i tho Constantinople Gov- ■ i crnnicn; under which tho latter under- ' i tcnk t<. rvuminc favourably Italian appli- | catiijiis for i-crtai:; concessions in railway ! matters and public work* in Asia Minor. 1 j They gaw aSburaneee tliat the agreement 1 j crntained no counter-concessions on their ' j J"" : - Tho British wore informed at the tUtt.s : the Peris Conference that. Turkey hati I.' certain proposals to Italy, and !>e;l the laucr to preeced with ex- ' . ,i in- , caul ion, hut Britain was not aware " i)iu> nn agreement was being concluded. -'' j i'l i>resentßtions had been addressed to 1 ! the Italian Government. • Later, in the , HouS3 of Commons, Mr. j\tis',en Chamberlain, replying to General sir (Imp. TowusUend. M.P.. Raid tint the iFcreyjje Secretary liad decided in return It> passport to Sir Charles to |j.oceefl to Turki'v in the- ground that such a. jcurney at tlie present tirac would be t':i» rcv»r*» of opportune, since it i-ould not fail to hf misconstrued by vh» Allies and . I Turkey fls an official mission. Conee- , qutntly it would prejudice thr present , iiejjetii'.rions anrl further delay p nee viitu Turkey. General Townsheiul oeao plained that the regarding tKjj pas;.:x>rt vras effeneive. Was that the proper ivuy tc. ireaf him , ; ! i amain R. Gee (Kaet Woolwich) Inter i moved the adjournment in \\evt of the I »!iS9tisfaclory nature of the reply, hut. I t'.te Speaker refused the motion on the I (ground that the mßtt'-r was not now I urjrrri'..— (_V and X.Z. Cable.)