Lausanne Conference.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1923, Page 2

Lausanne Conference.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A TURKISH PROPOSAL. LONDON. January 7. The "Morning Post's” Constantinople correspondent states the Angora Government is summoning an ecun'Vinjf Conference in February, at winch Kemal and the Presidents of all the l>ig b;;n!\s and businesses ’n I'm xcy wdl he represented. The note summon’iig Conference suggests the Russrti Soviet mission will influence the economic policy ami that State Control of industry and commerce will be the keynote. Angora’s economic policy is expected to lie far-reaching in the r"st'-i‘ctcn of foreign business. Companies will be enunciated in the name of Turkish in- s—'' dependence. GREEK TROOPS MOVE.* LONDON, January 7. The “Daily Express” Constantinople correspondent states the Greek eleventh division occupied Tvakaragatch. opposite Adrianople, within the neutral zone along the Maritza river. Allied officers protested hut. the Greek general refused to" withdraw. RUSSIA AND STRAITS. LAUSANNE, Jan. 8 The Russian Foreign Minister, M. Tchiicherin, has sent a Note to the Allies hinting that any tentative Straits agreement between the Allies and the Turks would collapse unless the Russian delegations are admitted to the Allies” private discussions. concludes that if a final agreement is ■< reached in their absence, it is doubtful whether a basis ol' settlement would he reached with Russia.