NEAR EAST PRECAUTIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18295, 11 January 1923, Page 7

NEAR EAST PRECAUTIONS.

NAVAL CONCENTRATION. DISPLAY OF BRITISH POWER. FLEET OF BATTLESHIPS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 4.5 p.m.) A. and'N.Z. . MALTA, Jan. 9. The. warship Ajax, after landing the ex-Sultan of Turkey, will proceed to Constantinople. Excepting the Marlborough, which is undergoing a short refit here, and the Emperor of India, the whole of the Mediterranean battleship fleet, together with the- Malaya and the Revenge from the Atlantic fleet, will be concentrated in Turkish waters. ~--.! TURKS IN EAST THRACE. MOBILISATION WARNING. ! _____ ' ALL BETWEEN 20 AND 48 YEARS Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.5 p.m.) ATHENS, Jan. 9. ' A Turkish Nationalist proclamation issued at Adrianople calls on all Moslems between the ages of 20 and 48 to prepare to serve in the army. Foreign subjects must pay 300 to 900 Turkish pounds to gain exemption. . TURKISH COUNTER-TREATY. HOPE OF DIVIDING ALLIES. Australian and' N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 9. The Lausanne correspondent of the Petit Parisien states that the Turks are drafting a counter-treaty which will be handed to the Allies after they have completed theirs. Since the failure of the Paris Conference the Turks have been considering tho desirableness of making separate treaties with the States represented at the conference.