GALLIPOLI.
The sacred ground on Gallipoli where the dean of the Allied forces lie buried I is. according to the Peace Treaty with f Turkey, to lie transferred to the Allied Governments by the Turks. The Prime Minister lias made available the following extract from the Treaty "ill Turkey:—“The Turkish Government shall transfer to the British, French and Italian Governments respectively full and exclusive rights of ownership over the land within the boundaries of Turkey, as fixed by the present Treaty, in which are situated the graves of their soldiers and sailors who fell in action or died from wounds, accident, or disease, as well as over the land required for laying out cemeteries or erecting memorials to these soldiers and sailors, or providing means of access to such cemeteries ot memorials. ’ ’ »
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 23 July 1920, Page 4
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132GALLIPOLI. Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 23 July 1920, Page 4
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