BOULOGNE CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 232, 25 June 1920, Page 7

BOULOGNE CONFERENCE

TURKISH QUESTION CONSIDERED MILITARY MEASURES APPROVED GERMANY REQUIRED TO FULFIL TREATY Br Telegraph-Preßß Association-CojiyrlsM London, June 22. A Boulogne communique states: The conference considered the Turkish question, and decided that the Turkish reply to the draft conditions of peace' must be returned on tho date previously fixed, June 26. The conference approved certain military measures concerted by Marshal Foch and Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wil-son-to meet the situation at Constantinople and the Straits. It was decided to invite delegates from Greece, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Czeoho-Slovakia, and Jugo-Sfavia to Spa to discuss the questions which specially concern 'thorn, , The conference approved the terms of an Allied communication to Germany drafted by Marshal Foch and FieldMaishal Wilson requiring the fulfilment of the clauses of tlie Treaty of Versailles dealing with disarmament, the destruction of military material, and the reduction of effectives which have hitherto not 'been executed or have been enly inocmpf.etely executed.—Renter.

GERMANY'S REPARATION PAYMENTS Paris, June 23. M. Marsal, Minister of Finance, in on interview regarding Germany's reparation payments, said tho Allies would not furnish Germany with a particular amount, but would ask the delegates at Spa what sum she was capable of paying. If the offer was unacceptable, the Allies would reveal the amount they had decided upon at Boulogne.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIES UNITEDAND DETERMINED MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEWS ON THE CONFERENCE. Paris, June 22. Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed piior to his departure, said the Boulogne Conference had gone very. well. The Germans apparently anticipated divided counsels, but they would find tho Allies united and as determined as ever. Regaining disarmament, the had taken the strongest line on the basis of the British proposition. The Turkish situation was not grave, and iias well in hand. He declined to answer a question regarding the lump sum fixed for reparation. Regarding a suggestion that America should forgo an amount of her debt due from Britain, equal to the amount of the debt due to Britain from I'rance, Mr. Lloyd Georgo raid that fresh proposal's had been made to Washington, but the answer had not yet been received. He emphasised tho fact that the best relations existed between Fiance and Ehgland.—Reuter.