AMERICA AND TURKEY.
AN IMPORTANT AGREEMENT. Ej , Teleeranh—Pre«n Association —CopTrijlrt Australian and; N.Z. Cable Association. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 11. Hie National Assembly has approved the acceptance of th e ' United States scheme tor the reconstruction of Turkey. The agreement provides lor the employment of Turkish labour only. J ho. Premier declared that the project would draw Turkey and America into closer friendship. NEW YORK. April 11. Ihe “New York World’s” Washington correspondent says that the Angora Assembly’s 1 ratification of the American Chester concession in Turkey, while not quite a surprise in official circles here, is nevertheless considered sudden. General Goethals. who built the .Panama Canal, and who is president ct the Chester firm, has hurried to con suit with the State Department, who-*: exjierts ireelv admit the responsibility which the concession puts upon the United States. Tho United States will now be compelled to participate in the problem?* growing out of the Turkish question rilc }. Far Eastern mandates. The feeling is that Angora has acted quick iy because she desires American capital in Turkey. The latter will now probably use the United States against Britain and France in the Mosul questions and other Near Eastern problems.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17014, 12 April 1923, Page 9
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