OFFICIAL NOTE FROM ANGORA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18211, 3 October 1922, Page 7

OFFICIAL NOTE FROM ANGORA.

TURKISH ADVANCE TO CEASE.

IMMEDIATE DANGER PASSED.

MILITARY LEADERS MEETING TO-DAY.

Bx Telegraph—Prees Association—Copyright. A. and N.Z. (Received 8.25 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 1. A Constantinople telegram states that as a result of the interview that M. Bouillon, French Commissioner, had with Kemal, it is proposed to hold a conference of generals on Tuesday at Mudania, ou the south-eastern shore of the Sea of Marmora, north of Brusa. The •conference will fix the military arrangements pending a diplomitie conference to settle the terms. All the troops will immediately be confined to the positions they at present occupy, and the generals will arrange conditions for the evacuation of the neutral zones in Chanak and Thrace.

The Turkish authorities hope that if the conference a.t Mudania is successful, the peace conference will be held on October 15.

The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Express reports that Hamed Bey states that the cessation of operations will be unconditioned.

The latest messages from General Sir Charles Harington are reassuring. Though not published, it is stated they indicate that immediate danger has passed. The Mudania conference should be able to settle the problem of the neutral zone, especially as M. Bouillon reports that Kemal is conciliatory. M. Bouillon has gone to Constantinople to advise General Harington regarding Rental's attitude. A. and N.Z. (Receired .11.25 v.m.) PARIS. Oct. 2. It is officially stated that the Angora Government informed M. Poincare that it had ordered immediate cessation of military operations toward Constantinople and the Chanak a.rea, but demands immediate Greek evacuation of Thrace, from tbe MaritzaAdrianople line.

The Angora despatch, which is signed by Hamed Bey, Foreign Minister, states that a formal reply to the Allied Note will be sent in a few days. The decision to cease military operations was; influenced by M. Bouillon's assurances. The despatch points out that Greek occupation of Thrace for a day longer than it could possibly be ended constitutes a cause of danger and Buffering.