MOSUL CONFERENCE
ON EVE OF BREAKDOWN THE TURKS OBDURATE j PREFERENCE TO LEAGUE MAY BE PROPOSE!)
Tne Anglo-Turkish negotiations in regard to the Mosul Vilayet threaten to break down. Sir Percy Cox has informed Fethy Be v that he has been instructed to return to London unless the Tubks modify their attitude. .
(BY TELEGRAPH.— Press association.) Copyright. London, June 2. Tho Constantinople correspondent of “The Times” reports that the Mosul Conference is on tho eve «£ a breakdown. Sir Percy Cox informed Fethi Bey that according to instruction from London he was unable to modify his position. If Fethi is unable to give way and abandon the claim to Mosul Vilayet Sir Percy Cox’s orders are to return immediately to London. If the Turks continue obdurate it is expected that Sir Percy Cox will propose that the matter be referred to the League of Nations. Fethi will probably refer the matter to the Angora Government further instructionsThe Turks continue agitated, and it i s alleged that an Italian naval concentration is taking place at Rhodes. It is further reported that Turkey has demanded an official explanation, failing which it will be compelled to take requisite counter measures. — “The Times.”
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 214, 4 June 1924, Page 9
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198MOSUL CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 214, 4 June 1924, Page 9
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