LATE NEWS ANGLO-BRITISH UNITY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 22 September 1922, Page 5

LATE NEWS ANGLO-BRITISH UNITY

At Paris Conference GREAT STEP TOWARDS PEACE. REVISION OF SEVRES TREATY. NEEDED. IBy Cable.—Presa Association.—Copyright ] (Reveived 22, 12.45 p.m.) v London, Sept. 21. French newspapers declare that the Conference was a real inter-Allied one, and marks a great step towards a peaceful settlement of the Near Eastern question, and to making fresh ; p ace. The “Gaulois” is of opinion that j peace in the Near Ea.st depends on a Franco-British agreement. Both recognise the necessity for an early revision of the Sevres Treaty, which is the open door to the new arrangements.—(A. and N.Z.) ALLIED COMMANDERS. WARNING TO KEMAL. DARDANELLES TO BE HELD. (Received 22, 12.45 p.m.) Constantinople, Sept. 21. The Allied Comraandcr-in-Chief has issued a proclamation declaring that the responsibility for violation would fall on tho authors.—(A. and N.Z.) “CONTINUE THE WAR.” FOR OCCUPATION OF THRACE. ANGORAN INSTRUCTION TO KEMAL. (Received 22, 1.45 p.m.) Constantinople. September 21. Hamid Bey, Angoran representative, interviewed, declared that nothing would alter Angora’s decision to occupy Thrace. The Angora Assembly, by an overwhelming majority, authorised Kemal to continue the war until achievement oi national aims.—(A. and N.Z.) SOVIET PLOT. MAKING FRIENDS WITH MOSLEMS. RUSSIAN FORCES MOBILISED. ON RUMANIAN FRONTIER. (Received 22, 12.45 p.m.) London, Sept. 21. How Russia proposes to utilise the Turkish victory to make friends with Mohammedan peoples and force the Allies to recognise the Soviet republic, has been revealed by a secret circular, published by the “Times,” addressed by Karakhan, Foreign Minister at Moscow, to representatives abroad. The plan is to concert measures with the Angora Government to compel the Allies to recognise Russia as an intermediary on behalf of Turkey, thus forcing them to modify their refusal to recognise the Soviet Government. Naturally the Allies strongly resist this; therefore the Soviet representatives abroad have been directed to placate European Governments by a temporary partial concession towards the demands made at Genoa. The circular, which is marked “very secret,” summons a conference of these representatives at Berlin at the end of September to arrange a common policy. The circular does not mention military measures in favour of Turkey, but Russia has. already mobilised her forces on the Roumanian frontier, which are available either to keep Roumania neutral or for an advance on Thrace to co-operate iii.the Turkish invasian, but it is by no means certain, says an article in the “Manchester Guardian,” that Russia will be content with helping Turkey to recover Constantinople. Russian sentiment will not allow Turkey being helped to keep it, because it would terminate the* dream of Russian Constantinople. I’hufi* Russia may prefer to leave the ownership for the present unsettled. ON SMYRNAN FORESHORES. 200,000 CHRISTIANS. AWAITING HELP OR DEATH. British, French and Italian Consuls at .Mitylone officially report that 200,000 Christians are still lying on the no - shores oi Smyrna awaiting help, and insisting that urgent action is necessary otherwise nobody will sur- \ ive.—(A. and N.Z.) INDhA NOT INVITED. TO SEND A CONTINGENT. (Received 22, 4.45 p.m.) Delhi, Sept. 21. It is understood that no invitation to send a contingent to the Near East has been received in India. It is considered that it would accentuate the bad feeling already existing if troops are sent. —(A. and N.Z.)