ASIA MINOR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16638, 12 January 1920, Page 2

ASIA MINOR.

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Jan. 12, 8.65 a.m.) PATHS, Jan. S. Le Temps understands that the main provisions of the agreement between the Emir of Feisul and the French Government are as follows;—The Emir agrees to France exercising a mandate over the whole of .Syria, and France consents to the formation of an Arab State embracing the towns of Damascus, Homs, and Aleppo, which will be administered by the Amir with the assistance of French advisers and inspectors. In the region of El Bekaa, which is claimed by both Lebanon and the Arab State, policing arrangements will be provisionally under the control of the Arab gendarmerie with French military inspectors. Definite allocation of the El Bekaa region will be made by the Peace Conference, but it is probable that the claims presented by Lebanon will be accepted. The Arab State accepts the financial and economic colloboration of France to the exclusion of all othjr countries.—Renter Service.