THE TURKISH PEACE

Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5537, 20 July 1920, Page 6

THE TURKISH PEACE

ALLIES DECLINE TO MODIFY PRINCIPAL TERMS.

MINOR CONCESSIONS

SEVERE LESSON TO EX-ENEMY

LONDON, July 17

The Allied reply to the Turkish peace note with reference to the Turkish treaty declines to modify the relating to Thrace, Smyrna, the Syrian frontier, or Armenia. , Regarding regime over the stiaits, the reply says emphatically there can be no question as to the necessity foi [akin- effective measures to prevent another betrayal of the cause of civilisation by a Turkish Government but the ‘Allies have decided to gram- the ish request as a riparian power foi the r ight to appoint a delegate on the Straits Commission, they also make a number of minor concessions, such < withdrawal of the condition whereby Tuihey cedes to the Allies all Turkish steamships of IGOO tons and upwards The reply emphasises that luiKe> intervention in the war P r °[° u S ec 1 ' (T conflict for at least two yeais, cans n„ the loss to the Allies of several millions of lives and thousands ot of non nds. It recalls the lurkisii atrocities in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Armenia as showing the necessity toi oTirlino- the Empire of tiie ruiks crvei other 'nations. It declares that i turkey refuses to sign the peacc sCll more if unable to re-establish autlioiitj Vi Anatolia, the Allies may be dinen t 0 reconsider the arrangement w tth reference to Constantinople, ] '‘regaid to which the Allies have grave doubts, by ejecting the Turks from Europe once ““fd°T.Ss are siren until July 27 to .sign.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

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(Received July 19. 2.4_» a.m.) July 18. iSSfllflig fication of the tieaty. • meeting* of tore without waitin o 1 only the Crown Council. Delay making the position ing British cavalry l ci t T * together marauding bands ner . btipwith Indian troops enga ea the pression ot ° abundantly Biack Sea forces are clear tint the y i hands of mern“'“ted Orders in AmtWut J™ ot tl.e N “v io Q™?k. t »"Swi> *» “ r,:vrf Smyrna. —Times.

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\ n Englishman recently t "» vs* years a&o (he ... )• , Allied over-populated. Besid . r 0 Annomnns, <md otno refllgß loft the prormcen "i„ ro pc»i,s S»lo»iW. P-ilAstine are flocking to the u • I a lest int a c nftc.r the signing ado that is to be settlement of peace and the dofimte settle men of the status of the city. Meanwhile chaos exists, . there bejner no recognised authority oi » elning body; everyone docs practaaMlv as he likes, and in cases oi trouble or difficulty one does not know to whom to appeal Th s is especially the case ot anyone tvlio is not a subject of one or oth i of Allies Yet even in the case of an Allied subject one is never sure ot obtaining redress through ones own authorities. . i The cost of living is exorbitant, at most incredible. At the same R, while English people are rationed for sugar, coal, and other articles in Constantinople there is no rationinn- whatever and one can ootain anything—if he only pays the P™©I was told this was the case also during the war. All shops are now well stocked; there are no end ot pastry-cooks and confectioners, where any amount of sweetstuffs can be procured. In pre-war cays when we wanted cream we. had to oidei it 48 hours beforehand, whereas today cream can bo had in quantities at 300 piastres, the oke. Milk is Is 6d t 0 2s the quart. Large quantities of condensed milk are being con sumed. , .. £ , All labor has to be paid for at fi cures which one never dreamed of m previous years. Traffic is very much congested. Yen see dtuikisn police, British 1 onunies (JM.I French pcilus, and Italian carabinieri regulating, or attempting to regulate the traffic, notu ithstanding which there are daily cases of people beino- nin over by motor cars or lorries, all military, and among the principal offenders. I am very sorry to sav, are the French. With all this there is any amount of buying and selling, and everyone appears to be making money; all talk in thousands, no one in tens and hundreds. The morals, customs, and consciences of the people liavo very much altered, the only things which remain unchanged are the Bosporus anil the blue skv. Devastating fires during the last four or five years destroyed 20,000 'buildings'. Besides this, there lias been an enormous increase in the population.