VITAL ISSUES
TURKS AT LAUSANNE
THE STRAITS CONVENTION
OWNERSHIP OF ISLANDS.
(OMIIBD FRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) ■ (Received 27th April, noon.) LAUSANNE, 26th April. The TurEs suggested that the Straits Convention could be debated and signed by the neighbouring States, an,d that Russia should participate in. the debate next session. ■ The Turks raised the questjon. of the island of Gastelorizo, allotted to Italy by Article 15. They claimed that it 1 should be handed back on the ground that it is within Turkish territorial: waters, being separated 9n ly by a narrow strait from the mainland, thus, forming .part of Anatolia. The visw of the Allies was.that the matter was not open to. discußsion. The claim was not raised before, and the Allies had Hid jt down that they- would not reopen the negotiations on matters-on whioh agreement- had. already been reached. There ■were no Moslem Turks on the island. The Turks..suggested- arbitration," but this was . refused. '. The nert move is with Ismet Pasha* The Turks also pressed for. the island of Adakaleh, now in Rumanian , hands, on the ground of sentimental value.. Sir'Horaoeßumbold definitely refused th,« claim..
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 99, 27 April 1923, Page 7
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190VITAL ISSUES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 99, 27 April 1923, Page 7
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