END OF TURKISH RULE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 104, 27 January 1919, Page 6

END OF TURKISH RULE

BRITAIN TAKES THE FIRST STEP COMPLAINT OF A FRENCH PAPER , By Telegraph-Press Asoociation-Copyright Paris, January 22. The "Echo de Paris" stntes that the British Commander in Constantinople (Admiral Calthorpe) has assumed the direction of tho gendarmerie (police) professedly for administrative purposes. It is interpreted here as the 'first stop towards terminatiriß Turkish rule. It IS the more interesting as problems concerninfr the Bosphorus will arise at the Peace Conference shortly. • "Lo Journal," in a complaint that British action in Constantinople forestalls the Peace Conference, says that Constan tinople is General d'Esperey's hendquar-tei-s. Admiral Caltliorpe'e step appears questionable as an anticipation of events. France seriously objects to an international regime in Turkey. The conference should not find it-self confronted by a fait accompli. The "Echo de Paris" says: "AYhue the Turkish interests of Britain and France are identical, the fact remains that Turkey lias been regarded aa a sort of French colony."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TURKISH MURDERER ARRESTED. Athens, January 22. It is reported from Constantinople that Marshal KiamiKMalimout Pasha has been arrested on a charge of massacring Greeks and Armenians.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.