IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 17 November 1922, Page 5

IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

1 s j TURK MACHINATIONS TO SECURE CONTROL. RECRUITING IN CAPITAL NOT WAITING FOR LAUSANNE. ARRESTS OF FOREIGNERS. (By Cable.-Press Association.—Copyrlulil.l (Received 10.30 a.m.! LONDON*, November 16. The "Times" Constantinople correspondent reports that despite Ismet Pasha's reassuring statement, the Turks are! energetically preparing to secure complete control of the capital. Recruiting is proceeding, and the men in Stamboul have been warned to be ready. Local forces may suffice to establish early military control without calling on troops from Ismid. The Turks assert that the Angora Government will not await the conclusion of the Lausanne Conference. , Turkish encroachment becomes more ■ I pronounced daily, numerous arrests are j being made, and there have been some executions which are simply murder. All connected with the British forces are specially liable to be arrested and murdered. The situation appears irretrievable. j The Turks realising that they possess j the initiative, only await tlie opportunity for a final denouement, which is expected within a fortnight, under the pretext that the Anarora Government is unable to restrain the nation from fulfilling its legitimate aspirations.— ("Times.") ALLIES AT LAUSANNE. BRITAIN'S POINT* TO FRANCE. RESERVATION OF QUESTIONS. MILITARY OCCUPATION. LONDON, November 16. The British Ambassador haa handed to the French Foreign Office Lord Cureon's Note, setting forth the points on which he wishes to come to an agreement with France before the Allies go to Lausanne. The Note has not been published, but it deals with Mosul, Mesopotamia, and Syria, plebiscites in Arab territories and Western Thrace, and other matters. M. ' Poincare is now mastering the Note. It is stated unofficially that lie is in general . agreement with Lord Curzon's standpoint. Lord Curzon's Note stipulates that certain questions shall not be allowed to be discussed at the conference, including the .Mosul oilfields. The Note insists on a Dreliminarv Allied agreement to occupy the Straits militarily for a term of years until the Peace Treaty terms are fulfilled, also an agreement regarding capitulations, Ottoman debts, and Turkish customs. Kafet Pasha has published a list of socalled luxuries, importation of which will be forbidden in Turkey a month hence. The list includes alcoholic drinks, glass, furniture, trimmings, and ready-made , clothing. Many of these articles are imported from France. —(A. and N.Z.) TREATIES OF AMITY. AMERICA'S ATTITUDE. NEW YORK, November 16. 1 The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" learns from a high quarter that the United States Government exoects to negotiate treaties of amity with the Allies and Turkey during the Lausanne Conference if possible or later, for the purpose of protecting legitimate American rights am! interests in the Near East, especially in the former Ottoman Empire. The United States, however, will not be a signatory to the Peace Treaty to ]be negotiated" at Lausanne, though the I Government has already appointed as I unofficial observers the American Mm,- --! ister to Switzerland, the Ambasasdor at Home, and Admiral Bristol. — (A. and , N.Z. Cable.)