THE NEAR EAST

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 October 1922, Page 7

THE NEAR EAST

1 THE TURKS PLEASED,

THE COMING CONFERENCE.

'GREECE ACCEPTS AGREEMENT,

'8Y CABLE—t-EESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 12. Turkish quarters are beflagged. Most •of the inhabitants welcome the agreement, if only because a rupture with has been avoided. The Turkish forces have withdrawn from Ghebzeh,- but there is still no backward move from Chanak. The newspaper Yakit describes the agreement as not only an armistice, Taut a peace preliminary which has satisfied most of our aspirations bloodlessly. It hopes the same goodwill will Tae shown at the peace conference. LONDON, Oct. 12. The Morning Post's Constantinople •correspondent forecasts that Turkey Tvill regard the peace conference not .as following their defeat in" the world "war, but their own successful war of liberation, and will approach the conference with the intention of establishing Turkey as a full, independent nation on an equal basis with other na--fciona, unhampered by capitulations. ■Other special .restrictions will probably .accompany its demand with sword brandishing as at. Mudania, whence arises their desire that the conference should meet on Kemalist territory. PARIS, Oct. 12. It is authoritatively stated that the

<rreek Government's authorisation for -the signature of the Mudania protocol jeaehed General Magarakis after the /conference dispersed. The Greek Government has intimated its willingness to ratify the agreement within three *days.

. ATHENS, Oct. 12. News of the signature of the agreejnent was received with resignation as unavoidable evil. „. '

GENEVA, Oct. 12,

Dr Nansen, the League of Nations ■"*■■'arefug'ee. commissioner, j meets Kemal - -Tvithin a few days to discuss the whole -question of refugees from Asia Minor. JDr Nansen subsequently confers with sthe Greek Government.