PROTOCOL SIGNED.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 13 October 1922, Page 5

PROTOCOL SIGNED.

WAR CLOUDS DISAPPEAR.

CONDITIONS LAID DOWN.

A DRAMATIC SCENE.

DATE OF PEACE CONFER-

ENCE.

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT 1,. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 1L The protocol has been signed. It ■ provides for the Greek evacuation of Thrace, Adrianople, and "Karagatch within fifteen days,, being replaced by the Allies, while the Turks will occupy the extreme eastern sector immediately after the Greeks quit. The Turks .take over the middle portion after 30 days, and occupy the western frontier of Eastern Thrace 45 days after. When the latter term expires the, Allied troop» retire west of Maritiza.r""' The line separating British and Turkish troops covers' the , existing Turkish.. positions, except Chanak, where the Turks retire to a zone bounded from Lapsaki to Kumkale. It was also agreed that the British should not fortify the^ Dardanelles while the Constantinople and Chataldja lines are re- . , tamed by the Allies. ' • Pending the peace conference's decision Gallipoli will remain in the hands of the Allies, with a mixed ad- __ ministration, until the conference de;C,eides who will hold it. The Turkish Government satisfactorily guarantees the protection of 'minorities. A mixed * commission controls the railways converging on • Constantinople, while the Greeks occupy the regions traversed by them.—Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, Oct. 1L The Morning Post's correspondent at Mudania says now that the war cloud Las melted the Turkish leaders are inclined to forget their earlier impression that Britain was the chief villain of the piece, and now believe that BriN taim is prepared to regain the prestige of the Moslem world by doing for Turkey what she did for Egypt, without,- however, exacting political control, f , The final scene, in eonneetion with the signing was dramatic. Before mid- ' night the Allied generals took the text of the^ protocol to the Greek general, who was virtually interned upon the Greek ship Nemesis, as the Turks refused to have their old enemy on shore at Mudania.' The hours passed, and still the generals did not appear. Finally, at 3.30 a.m., General Haring-/ ton came ashore, took his pipe from Ms pocket, and said: "It's all over. Copies of the protocol are being typed. Yesterday I had no hope. I went to .the conference with two -ultimatums, one in each pocket, and they are there now. When a break seemed inevitable • I told Ismet that this was my last, word. Then"l walked across to look at. a map on the wall. Absolute silence leigned. Then Ismet asked: 'Is this really your last word?' I put my hand into my pocket, fingering the ultima'••rf' turn, and replied: 'Yes.' Five minutes — ■.. .later I was hopeful for the first time in several days." , He added that only the Chanak troops know how near it was to the first shot, which would have precipitated a conflict.' The protocol was formerly signed^ at 6.35. The room was crowded. General HaTington explained that the Greeks would not' sign, as they had no instru6tions. After General Harington reviewed Turkish troops he returned to Constantinople, ,•.'■,•-• The Turks are jubilant over the Dews. The signature of the armistice "brings nearer their long pent-up desire for the return of the Nationalists to Constantinople.

ROME, Oct. .11. Official: The Near East peace conference opens at Scutari on November 1. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■