DIFFICULTIES NOT YET REMOVED AT MUDANIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18218, 11 October 1922, Page 9

DIFFICULTIES NOT YET REMOVED AT MUDANIA.

EEMAL'S RELUCTANCE TO WITHDRAW TROOPS. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Oct. 9. While the Xear East situation has greatly improved by the Allied agreement regarding the interpretation of the terms of the Note to Turkey, official circles point out that the difficulties in reaching an agreement at Mudania are by no means removed. It is regarded as most significant that Mustapha Kemal has not yet committed his Government to withdrawal from the neutral zones, though he has withdrawn his troops from the Chanak zone. A high authority states that a condition precedent to Greek evacuation of Thrace is Turkish withdrawal from the neutral zones. It is also pointed out that while the Allies have agreed to admit Turkish gendarmerie to Thrace they will not admit unlimited numbers. The number will be a matter for negotiation. Official resumption of the Mudania Conference was postponed until this afternoon, owing to slight discrepancies in the instructions to the Allied delegates, which have now been removed. The latest official reports from Constantinople state that the Turks have begun to arrest Christians in the Asiatic suburbs of Constantinople, but it is not believed that the Kemalists instigated the arrests. The Allies will protest.