ISMET OBDURATE
REFUSES TO ACCEPT TERMS.
LAUSANNE, 27th January.
At a meeting' of the First Commission, the, Turks again refused to hand over the Gallipoli cemeteries in their' entirety. Ismet remarked that the cemeteries might serve the Allies as strategic bases in the future. Lord Curzon, who presided, declared: "I am sorry Ismet has not taken the opportunity now afforded of carrying out his elementary duties of humanity and honour.'' Ismet "has instructed several members of the- Turkish delegation to leave Lausanne. This is interpreted in Turkish oircles that Ismet is determined to refuse to accept the Allies' conditions in the Peace Treaty, ATHENS, 27th January. The Allies have warned Greece of the danger of concentrating troops in Thrace, and have suggested ;the withdrawal to west of the Maritza River.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 24, 29 January 1923, Page 7
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