NEAR EAST.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 March 1923, Page 8

NEAR EAST.

TREATY REJECTED.

NEW DEMANDS BY TURKS.

BY CABia:—^S2SS ASSOCI4.«?A^*?^-<!OPyKIGHT

. (Beeeived March 9, 9.10 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, March 8| ' i Official.- —Tlie Angora Assembly, by a large majority, rejected the Lausanne Treaty, demanding a Mosul settlement within, a fixed period, full safeguards "for iTurkey's vital rights of independ- . ence in. her financial, economic and ad- * mimstrative domains, and the immediate evacuation of occupied Turkish territories upon the signature of peace. The Assembly passed a vote of confi- j deuce in the Government and author- ! iscd it to continue peace negotiations. The decision, which wipes out all the work done at Lausanne and demands new negotat\ons based on further concessions, was reached after a final heated debate which lasted 12 hdUTS.—• Aus,-N.Z. Cable A,ssn.