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GRAECO-TURKISH DEADLOCK. ISMET REFUSES TO BUDGE. CONFERENCE'IN JEOPARDY. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LAUSANNE, May 17. (Received May 18, 7.45 p.m.). The conference between Venizelos and Ismet in an endeavour to remove the reparations deadlock ended in failure. Veni■elos afterwards said: “There is no hope of settlement unless the Turks admit the principle of reciprocity to which we are entitled legally.” This refers to the Greek contention that if they do not oppose the setting up of a neutral tribunal to fix the amount of damage done by the Greek Army in Anatolia, the Turks should be prepared to pay compensation in connection with the 500,000 Greeks driven out of Anatolia, whose upkeep was now charged on the Greek treasury. M: Pelle and Sir Horace Rumbold appealed to Ismet to make a compromise offer and prevent the wrecking of the conference, and possibly of the renewal of war in the Near East.
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Southland Times, Issue 18945, 19 May 1923, Page 5
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