PEACE OF LAUSANNE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18471, 7 August 1923, Page 7

PEACE OF LAUSANNE.

A DEGRADING TREATY.

TRENCHANT ENGLISH ORITiC.

.TRAGIC LOT OF CHRISTIANS.

By Telegraph— Association— A. aria N.Z. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Sir Edward Grigg, M.P., lecturing before the Institute of : Politics at Williamstown (Mass.) described the Lausanne Treaty as a degrading document, and a victory for" Turkey. In /its ' European aspects, he 'said, the. treaty was like Jus-tice-without her scales Hope-without her anchor; and Truth stone blind. : He added : that : the most tragic part of the settlement was the lot of the Armenians and other Christians. Sir Edward said that Britain should work for the emancipation of the nations subject to the Turks, the freedom of the Straits, and the establishment of Constantinople as a free port under the jurisdiction of the League of Nations. .: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward W. M. Grieg, who is National Liberal, M.P. for Oldham, is a much travelled man, and a noted journalist. He had a brilliant career at Oxford, and among other things won the Gaisford Greek verse prize in 1902. He' joined the editorial staff of the London Times in 1903, and during 1905-6 he was assistant editor of the Outlook. He travelled much, and then rejoined the Times. Joining the , Grenadier Guards in 1914, he became general staff officer of the Guards Division. He was military:' secretary, to the Prince of Wales during the Royal tour of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand,' and was later private secretary to Mr. Lloyd George. ;>-■ t

THE TURKISH ARMY.

DEMOBILISATION DEFERRED.

A. and N.Z. CONSTANTINOPLE.. An? 5. The Angora , Government has decided not to demobilise ; before Constantinople and the Straits are evacuated.