SAFE KEEPING
CILICIAN CHRISTIANS
TIMELY GUARANTEE.
ALARM MODIFIED,
(Received 1 p.m.)
PARIS, Dec. 1
The Ivemalists (Turkish Nationalists) have signed an agreement granting the necessary safeguards to Christians in Cilicia, abrogating the Kemalist law which allows confiscation of 40 per cent, of Christians' property, postponing the enforcement of inilitrfry service, and establishing a Franco-Turkish Commission to safeguard the property of refugees. The arrival of Frenen officers in the principal towns of Cilicia has considerably allayed the alarms. Many Christians are returning to their homes. —Reuter.
Cilicia is a coastal region in the south-cast of Asia Minor. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and coincides nearly with the modern Turk vilayet of Adana. Anciently it was ruled by native princes and subsequently belonged to Persia, being inhabited later by pirates. In the year 66 B.C. it was subdued by Pompey, who made tiie region a Roman province. France lias recently been accorded certain economic privileges in the region.
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Northern Advocate, 3 December 1921, Page 5
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