BRITAIN GIVES WAY.
DARDANELLES TO BE RE-FORTIFIED. ABOl.l'ilOX OF STRAiTS United l’russ Assll —1 > v Kltctrir leltgi upii—Copyright. LONDON, Jury 17Thfc T.OT3’ Montieux cor respondent says tne conference sat ali uay anti final.y agreed to the text oi tne Convention which the drafting committee to-day will give in its finai torni for signing on Monday at the historic Castle of Chillon, which Byron immortalised. The cull I < ’r.rncc accepted the Turkish demand for the abolition of the Straits Con.vention and permitted Turkey to b-s-c 1 u regarrisoning and re-fcu'tif.yiiig the coastal areas and islands guarding the Bosphorus. The Dardanelles Convention will be left open for signature by Italy and other .Lausanne signatories. Britain had to concede most of her contentions, but the points in question, in some cases, were of problematical practical importance.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13311, 18 July 1936, Page 5
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