PEACE WITH TURKEY.
SIGNING OP THE TREATY. ■ SIMPLE SCENE AT LAUSANNE. DELEGATES shake hands. By Telegraph Association—Copyright. :: : (Received 8.30 p.m.) ' . : A. and r.Z. ' ..... LAUSANNE. July .24. The ceremony.of signing the treaty of peace between the' Allies, and Turkey was of the simplest character. The Swiss "President, M. Seheurer, delivered a short speech before inviting the plenipotentiaries to place their signatures to the documents. Isrnet Pasha was the first to sign, and Sir Horace Rumbold (Britain) next. ■ When the Swiss President, who was mucn s moved, closed his address all the delegates rose arid shook hands. " This was the final scene in the long drawn-out conference.
THE DEAD LEFT BEHIND. TURKS REMINDED OF TRUST. Reutor. CONSTANTINOPLE. July 24. Returning from a call 011 the Turkish military Governor,: General Sir Charles Harington said lie■ trusted the new peace would be long lasting, and concluded: " e leave behind 011 Turkish soil bodies of many soldiers of Britain and her Dominions, who gave their lives in a fair fight. We leave them in confidence, that you, in keeping with old traditions, will ever respect their memory." i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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183PEACE WITH TURKEY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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