TURKISH AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1920, Page 2

TURKISH AFFAIRS

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TURKISH' CABINETConstantinople; ifarcii a

Sulihi’s invitation to form a Cab met amounts tp defiance, which is hacked by the Nationalists.' TURKISH REQUEST. (Received tbi§ day at 9.20 a.mr) LONDON, March 8. New York reports state the Turkish Chanibpp decided to ask America to send a Cpmmjssipp tp investigate jjhg Anatolian piassacrpi?.

TURKISH TREATY. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March S

The Turkish question continues to engross newspapers who canvass the prospect of a revision of the Treaty. On the other hanfj, Paris messages, declare tjie nexj; meeting of thp guprpmp Council will put the finishing touches to the Treaty wjiioh will ho signed sit Paris, despite the indication that Mr Wilson is contemplating a strong antiTurkish measure, with reference to Constantinople.

INDIAN RESOLUTIONS. CALCUTTA, March 10. The Khilafat Conference resolutioned in favour of a final message to the Viceroy and King-Emperor, severing connection with the British Government if Mohammedan feeling in reference to Turkey was not respected. A further resolution urged a Mohammedan boycott of British piece gooejs.

TO EXPEL THE TURKS. (R< •ceived This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW* YORK, Maj-cjj 8. A committee pf prominent; A ,n 9 r l' caps interested in Armenia, jre appeal: i ing to Anglo-French opinion to insist on the expulsion of the Turks froip Constantinople, to terminate tlg» long drawn out stigma on European fiuinapity. THE MASSACRE. '(Received This Da-- at 8 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, March 8. The French evacuation of Mnrnsli is 'largely due to shortage of ammunition, Turk gendarmes started attacks, and supplied the Turkish population with machine guns. The town was •soon un-

tenable. [ A revised estimate gives the total massacred, at the least, at 1(5,000.

MUST BE ENDED. (Received this day at 8.40 a.in.) I LONDON, March 10. ' Mr Asquith, speaking at the National Liberal Club, referring to the Armenian massacres, <1 eel a reel the Allies' two great duties were the duty of punishment and the duty of prevention. Effective prevention must deprive the Turk, as a ruling power, of the opportunity and means of ;i repetir tiop, while punishment would not be adequate, unless it was exemplary. This is, or ought to be, the last chapter of Ottoman misrule.