THE NEAR EAST.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16903, 30 November 1922, Page 5

THE NEAR EAST.

A NAVAL ADVISER. Telerrx-vl* —Pre*» Association—Copyrigh* Australian and N.Z. F'sbte Association. LONDON November -8. Vice-Admiral Sir "Roger Keyes has none to Lau*anne as expert adviser on the naval clauses in' the. new treaty. SOVIET'S DEMAND REJECTED. LAUSANNE. November 28. Lord Curzion. AT Barrere and Signor Garoni considered the Russian demand hr admission to the of the discussion's. and it is understood rejected it but decided to bring the .Straits question before the Conference immediately. to permit the Russians to state their views. TURKISH DEMANDS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LA USA NX PI Xovem her .28. The issue of the conversations between Lord Cuneon and Ismet Pasha depends on the arrival of a courier from Angora. Meanwhile, the Turks insist ou tlie surrender of Mosul. They acknowledge that they hare opened negotiations with America on the subject.

ISMET’S ACCUSATIONS.

Australian and S.Z. Cable Association. 1 y Telegraph - -Pre.»H Association —Copyright .LON r>OX. November 2S. .Mr Martin. Don o hoe, the ‘"Daily Chronicle's ’’ roiTo«pomknt. :ib Lausanne, says the Franco-British underhanding is mill proof against the combined Soviet-Komalist assaults. riniet "Pasha is evincing an acrimonious mood, and is reproaching the French for treachery in refusing to adhere to the unofficial accord negotiated by M. Bouillon. According to the Kemalists, AT. Bouillon piornised that: all their term® would be accepted. instead of v. hick -they have obtained practically no thing. The Kemnlists requested that M. Bouillon be sent to Lausanne to assist them, out M. Barrere refused to E ntertain the demand. 'Hie TCema lists then commissioned Hamid Boy to go to Paris and interview M. Poincare, who also refused t > consider the proposal. The Kemalists now talk of publishing M. Bouillon's v.ritteri promise to support the Turkish claims. Meanwhile, M. Bouillon ’s suffering from a severe cold, which :s understood to be diplomatic rather than physical.