PARIS CONFERENCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18514, 27 March 1922, Page 5

PARIS CONFERENCE

NEIR EAST PROBLEMS. EVACUATION OF DARDANELLES. TURKISH GUARANTEES NECESSARY. Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, March 25. (Received March 26, at 5.5 p.m.) The semi-official conference of Allied Foreign Ministers asked the military experts to define the guarantees it was necessary to obtain from Turkey if the Dardanelles and Thrace were evacuated. It is believed that the Allies will consent to evacuation if the military control of the straits from the European side is ensured. —A. and N.Z. Cable. TURKEY AND GREECE. ARMISTICE PROPOSAL. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 24. The Allied Commissioners handed a joint Note proposing an armistice to the Porte and Kemalist representatives.—A. and N.Z. Cable. RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RECOMMENDED BY ALLIED EXPERTS. FRENCH OPPOSITION. Ptms Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. March 24. (Received March 26, at 5.5 p.m.) The Allied Experts’ Conference, after a lengthy debate, recommended the recognition of the Soviet immediately after the Genoa Conference; also, that recognition should not be dependent on any probationary period on the part of Russia. The French delegates strongly opposed the recommendations. The Conference is now drafting a general treaty for submission to the Genoa Conference which includes the creation of a Russian Debt Commission which will act as accountant for creditor nations.—A, and N.Z .Cable.