TURKEY & GREECE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 7

TURKEY & GREECE.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS RESUMED '. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright • .■;/■!■/'.;'(Rcc." : February 4, 0.50' a.m.) Constantinople, Fobruary 3. ' '~'■•-.Turco-Greek diplomatic relationslu've /beenroaumed. It is believed that direct negotiations have been opened regarding '.tho'Aegean Islands. ...,.■,,

: According 1 to Reuter's Paris correspondent; tlio .British Government-is stated to have proposed that the islands now occupied by Greece should be recognised as, Greek possessions, subject'.to. certain guarantees as regards their fortification and; contraband '.traffic, and .'that only Imbros and Tenedos should bo returned to Turkey. ' As for the islands occupied by ..-'ltaly,- they would be returned to the Turkish. : ' Government, but guarantees .would be obtained • for their autonomy. All ...the. Aegean Islands are at -present .held by .-Greece, or .Italy ..,-Italy.ljplds the twelve •to J largest arc. Rhodes','' Karpathos,. and'Kos, and the inost". northerly Patmos.' . Greece- is in possession, of eleven' islands 'taken <froih .Turke^.-''', Imbros and -Tenedos, tho surrender of'"'which : by the Athens Government'Great'Britain is said to suggest, lies close to the Mediterranean mouth of thq Dardanelles, one on each hand of the entrance. - Of' the islands which the scheme would pivo to Greece. ' Mytllene, Samos, and. Chios ~are Very close to the coast of Turnkey in Asia. The others, in Fellehic occupation, are Thasbs, "Saraotbrace. Semnos, Hagiostrati/.Psara, and .Nikaria. : , '■■.-._■■' ■■'■'" i '■'•' ■•..