TURKISH TREATY

Southland Times, Issue 18850, 16 June 1920, Page 5

TURKISH TREATY

THE PORTE’S OBJECTIONS GRAND VIZItR GOING TO PARIS (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Reuter's Telegrams, i CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14. The Grand Vizier left for Pans to present Turkey's reply to the Peace treaty and endeavour to obtain an oral hearing as regards the terms. It is understood that the reply protests against the clauses dealing with Ihraee and Smyrna, the attack on Turkish suzerainty by the internationalisation of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, and the elau?e? granting rights of capitulation to States which they enjoyed before the war. PLOTS AGAINST THE GRAND VIZIER. FOUR CONSPIRATORS HANGED. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14. Four conspirators were court -martialied for plotting against the Grand \ izicr and hanged in the public square. I hey spent, the last few moment- m denouncing the Turkish Government and proclaiming their devotion to the Committee of I niou and Progress. 'I he bodie.-- remained until the British ordered their renewal. NATIONALIST CONTROL OF ANATOLIA. A REIGN CF TERROR. Reuter's Telegrams.CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14. Travellers from Brusa say the Nationalist? are now masters of the whole of Anatolia except Ismla and are terrorising the population in districts which supported the Government troops. General Sulaunan I’hetik Pasha, commanding the anti Nationalist topees, has been re- < almd m Constant mopie mi the ground that he failed in his duty. ;m 1 to account for a sum missing trout the secret fund entrusted to him. MESOPOTAMIA. BRITISH PUNITIVE OPERATIONS. ;Reuter's Telegrams. l LONDON, June 11. Advices from Baghdad state that the A rah? suffered heavy hj is.-e.s in attacking convovs between Scrgat unu Mosul. Ur had practically no hm-e.-. (tor ea\:dry encountered 300 raiders at. Taayarali, killing thirtyfive. Armoured ears killed the others. A column reached Tela far, and ss carrying out (umtivc operations. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION. RECAPTURE OF KIEFF. MASSACRE OF WOUNDED POLES. (Reuter's Telegrams./ LONDON, June 14. Polish sources confirm th- Bolshevik recapture of Kiel!. The c,,u-, -.va... earned out by a Bolshevist cavalry corps, which penetrated Jir-onur, where K remained a few hours, burning the ho.-pital, and killing tiDO Polish wounded, besides doctors and nurses. The Pole? maint.im that the military significance of the coup is far less than the political. A POLISH COMMUNIQUE. REDS REPORTED ON THE DNIEPER, LONDON. June 14. A Warsaw ronrnum-j'.e -ays. "dhe enemy vainly tried r a break our trout. A thousands Hol.-ln-vik.- cin.-?-e<i t.he Dtuejar and suffered heavily, PH) Mtrvivmg, o{ whom many -were drowm-d in attempting to return. The Polish withdrawal from the Ukraine euutinue? utording to plan." PERSIA. THE BRITISH WITHDRAWALS. DESPATCH OF REINFORCEMENTS. DELHI, June 14. Pert, urban on k.is been caused in Persia over the withdrawal of our deiachnn nfs from Tabriz and Reshr. Our position is being st mngly reinforced. Several units from India have been sent post, haste to iVrsia. Tlte iitdit iry .-nuation !,- not such af to justify alarm.

ASSASSINATION OF ESSAD PASHA, A NEGLECTED WARNING. PARIS, June 11. It ! rar.-aptfes if. at !.s,- cl Pacha received warning a, w, ek .r-o. r-tj' did not take precautionary on- ,i.-t; r- - ■-. Ru.-iem apparently carried out the decision of a secret society. Rustem saiil: "i acted or; behalf of the Albanian cause." GERMAN POLITICAL SITUATION. HEINZE UNABLE TO FORM A CABINET. RERUN, June M. Dr Heinze is unable to in.m a ('.inn-'t owing to the .Majority Socmli.-t- refusing to join a coalition with the People's Party. THE AUSTRIAN CABINET. RESIGNATION OF THE CHANCELLOR. VIENNA. June 12. The Chancellor. Dr P.r run • has resigned With r-ocnil Democratic members from the Coalition Government o.vmg to an acute difference with Christian Soeia!i?.s. who threatened to leave the coalition, LEAGUE OF NATIONS. CONGRESSIONAL RATIFICATION URGED, APPEAL BY MR GOMPERS. .MONTREAL. June H. (Received June 1.", 7.4,1 p.m.i Mr (Tampers ask"d rim American Federation of Labour meeting to urge Congr-,—-to ratify the League of Nations. He said that the League question would probably be .submerged during the Presidential campaign and owing to prim-mg internal questions.