To Win by Bayonet

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 3, 15 December 1925, Page 5

To Win by Bayonet

Turks and Mosul BITTER PRESS DIATRIBES. FORCE BEFORE MEDIATION. (By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. j (Received 15, 5.55 a.m.) Angora, Dec. 13. Newspapers bitterly attack England. The official Government organ declares that Turkey will win Mosul by bayonets, not through the League of Nations’ mediation.—(A. and N.Z.) TEWFIK BEY’S MISSION. SEEKING RUSSIAN AID. (Received 15, 8.55 a.m.) Paris, Dec. 13. Tewfik Bey is visiting Paris, it is believed with a view of discussing with Tchitcherin a secret agreement entailing Russian help in the event of war.— (A. and N.Z.) EARLIER MESSAGES. SETTLEMENT BROUGHT NEARER. London, Dec. 13. The “Morning Post’s” Geneva correspondent says the settlement of the Mosul dispute has been brought infinitely closer as a result of a conference between League officials and British and Turkish delegates. Tewfik Bey has gone to Paris to consul Fethi Bey, who is responsible for an assurance that Turkey will accept the League Council’s decision. The League is now contemplating a majority, if not a unanimous, (recommendation, which should form the basis of subsequent Anglo-Turkish negotiations. This is regarded as the only manner in which an actual arbitral award can he removed from the League’s jurisdiction without endangering the League’s prestige.—(A. and N.Z.)

THE BRITISH STANDPOINT. STATUS OF IRAQ. Geneva, Dec. 13. The British attitude in regard to Mosul is explained in a lengthy statement from British quarters, which emphasises that the British Government is anxious for an amicable settlement, •ut there can be no starting point for any discussion until the League has settled whether Iraq is entitled to ream the territory which has always been hers since the territory was constituted as a State, or whether the Turkish demand for a complete reversal of the post-war settlement should

<e maintained. As soon as the council’s decision has been given it will be possible to discuss any adjustments hat might make that decision mutually more acceptable. Meanwhile Turkey’s view, as expounded bv Tewfik Bay at Geneva and Ismet Pasna in the Angora Assembly, is that the League Council has so far not attempted mediation. No proposal has been made furnishing a basis of understanding.—(Reuter.)