NEAR EAST CONFERENCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 358, 28 March 1922, Page 5

NEAR EAST CONFERENCE.

TURKS TO LOSE GALLIPOLI

PI-OTKCTIDX ok aiimkxia

1.0.XD0.X. "March 25,

Tin 1 Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondcnl slates thai ih. 1 conference has reached compleli l ii.moiMiiiMit regarding the Near |i’., s t || is assumed that the lurks will neither Callipoli nor Adrianople. ’I he south side <.f the straits, however, vvi I 110 , be placed under internal tonal control, as provided in the Treaty of Sevres but will lx 4 giu‘ii wholly to tho lui ks. Nu‘ new' Thrace frontier will lie from the Sea of Marmora to the Black sea, and tints Constantinople and a large, portion ol Kaslern Thrace will remain under the Sultan’s complete sovereignly. Ihe lerrilon in the neighliourhood ot tlie Straits will be demilitarised, whether remaining in the Turkish F.mpire or passing to. (.reek sovereignty. The protection ot Armenians will be entrusted In the League of Nil,lollsand TnrUev’s financial mdependenee will be I a reel v respected. Greece and inrkev will he invited to depute representatives to diy enss the proposals within three weeks. and X./i. eahle. RE-ESTABLISHING PEACE. PARIS. March 27. The Near ICust Conference has made an official statement that the. armistice posals are based on a desire, firstly, to i<establish a Tnrko-Grecce peace without m posing anv conditions or suggesting ‘ defeat of either party; si-ooikHv. '• ■ establish the national power of l»‘ 1 under conditions permuting ot 'lie res. m e lion of an independent national l\, w' I the relent | kinstaittmople ; thir • C assure the Mnssehnen of the most ‘T ■ ' ri .,rjnie: fourthly, to mam am the sruki and religions authority of the Snhati. H ' conference. on the other hand,, desires to eompensale the decks for their saenlnes on behalf of the Allied cause during t . war. If this operation is successful! c. ,-ied out. Turkey’s sovereignty ovet Anatolia will be assured. —A. and X./. cable. ARMISTICE proposals. ti rkisii acckitaxck DOCBTI'TL Received March 28. IUS a.m f.OXDOX. March 26, ,\ Constantinople correspondent slates that he is dubious about the ITy eeplance of the armist.ee proposals I Nationalists insist that it w'l >' acceptable if Thrace is me hided, with tin Mil,ld guarantees for the Grecian .‘vacuaImu of Anutol m. , Tho Dailv Mail the Alhocl (.-ovornmoot to stale the conference pro,,o.sa s ate the ultimate Turkish policy tunned at ■with the utmost publicly llimnglmu In KaV particularly from the JJrtdsl. sf.mlpoiut convincing the Moslems jd out in--1,.,,1i0n to safeguard the Mohammedan claims. Liiiited Service.