THE LONDON CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17348, 20 December 1919, Page 9

THE LONDON CONFERENCE.

STATEMENT BY PREMIER.

PROBLEM OF CONSTANTINOPLE

TURKEY'S BROKEN TRUST.

By Telegraph—

(Received 11.30 p.mO

A. and N Z.-Reuter.

LONDON, Dec. 19.

In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George stated that the Allied Conference in London had discussed peace with Turkey and Hungary and the situation in the .Adriatic. Arrangements for future, sittings of the Peace Conference and the ratification and execution of the peace treaties had already been concluded- The conference also discussed the economic situation, in connection with which, in order to remedy the fall of exchange, Britain had agreed to issue a French loan in England.

The. conference also fully considered the Russian situation, and its decision was completely in accord with the policy already announced in the House of Commons. The Allies were completely agreed on all questions, and had decided to resume the conference soon in order to formulate a proposal for the Turkish treaty and finally to dispose of difficulties arising from the situation in the Adriatic.

Mr. Lloyd George, referring to the problem of Turkey, asked: " What would be done with Constantinople and the Dardanelles? Could they be left in the hands of the same gatekeeper who had slammed them in our face?" He added that if these gates had been kept open the war would have been shortened by two or three years, but they were treacherously shut. We could not trust the same porter." (Cheers.)

PEACE WITH TURKEY.

ALLIES' NEXT TASK. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Dec. 18. Mr. Lloyd George stated to-day that the Allies intended making peace with Turkey at the earliest possible moment.

ROUMANIAN TREATY.

SIGNATURE OF DOMINIONS.

(Received 10.50 D.m.) LONDON. Dec. 16 (delayed).

A. and N.Z.

Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, and Mr. Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia, will visit Paris on Friday to sign the agreement in connection with the liberated AustroHungarian territories and the Roumanian Minorities Treaty.