IRAQ TROUBLE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 October 1924, Page 7

IRAQ TROUBLE

BRITAIN AGREES TO TURKISH SUGGESTION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received October 16, 8.50 a.m. LONDON, Oct. is. The Government, has informed the Turkish Minister that it has readily agreed to the Turkish suggestion that the difference between the two Governments in regard to. what is the status quo, which both oh September 30 agreed to maintain on the Iraq frontier pending a final settlement, should b e referred back to the Council of the League of Nations for decision, it. to be distinctly understood that neither side in the meantime shall advance its forces beyond the lines now- occupied.—Reuter. STATEMENT BY COLONIAL SECRETARY. GOVERNMENT’S DETERMINED ATTITUDE. (Received Oct. 16, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. Toasting the Exhibition officials at. the Lord Mayor’s dinner in honour of the Wembley administration and overseas representatives, at which every part of the Empire was represented, Mr J. H. Thomas said that Britain and Turkey had agreed to refer the difference in connection with the Iraq frontier to an independent tribunal. He emphasised that, although Britain was in the throes of an election the Government w-a& determined to maintain the prestige of the Empire unimpaired. ' He believed that in that the Government received the united support of all classes. No step would be left untaken to avert w-ar, but equally the honour and prestige of Britain was at stake. Peace was desired, but peace with honour. Peace which sacrificed no word or pledge to which the Empire stood committed.—Reuter. THREATS OF THE TURKS. DISPUTE WITH BRITAIN. LONDON, Get. 14. The Turkish protest to the League of Nations is regarded in London official circles as a subtle attempt to further complicate proceedings and justify their reply to the British commander. Britain is unlikely to make a counter-statement to the League. The question is not one of frontiers, but of the invasion of territory administered by Britain under the League’s mandate. On this point Turkey has shown utter disregard of the British rights. Baron Adatehi, who caused an eleventh hour hitch in the protocol debate ‘jat Geneva, speaking at the League of Nations’ dinner in London, said he had been intimately associated w-ith the League’s work for five years, not as a politician but as a jurist. /The viewpoint which was submitted at Geneva was ■ offered purely w-ith the idea of completing arbitration in order not to leave a loop-hole in the protocol. No aggressive carping spirit was behind the Japanese proposals, which w-ere only aimed at perfecting a noble scheme. M. Treub (ex-Minister for Holland), Count Dendsorff (ex-Austrian Ambassador in London), Senator Cippic-o of Italy. Professor Seferiados, of Greece, and Djemal Bey of Turkey, all paid a tribute to- tlie valuable and important work of the League, despite its infancy and the world-wide scepticism which necessarily takes time to break dow;n.