TURKEY IN EUROPE.
TO BE SHIFTED TO ASIA.
ALLIES ADMINISTER CONSTANT! NOPLE.
By Eleotrio TelegrapL-Copynght.. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association LONDON Deo. 31. .It is authoritatively predicted that tho Allies are determined to remove the Ottoman Government to Asiatic Turkey,.thus freeing Europe of the Sultan's political, power. -, The' Allied Commission .is to -administer Constantinople, where the. Sultan -will be permitted to .remain^With full.pvrsqnal.freedom in the capacity of the- supreme head of the .Mussulman.faith,, wliilc.his.functions are separated < ' ,/•■••* ~-'■ » Every care will be taken not to lessen the Sultan'B dignity.as a. religious.authority. . LONDON, Jan. 1. No final decision has yet-.been ; reached regarding the futuro of Turkey. GenenU principles have been agreed on provisionally, pending a final "decision' at 'the forthcoming Paris conference. ; The general idea at present, favours a joint, possession or the Straits an'd Constantinople. Everything, possible will be done,'in -settling the' new Turkish capital to avoid offending the Moslem susceptibilities.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1714, 3 January 1920, Page 5
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