TURKEY'S DESTINY

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1920, Page 5

TURKEY'S DESTINY

A REDUCED EMPIRE. NO NAVY PERMITTED. 'Bj Tetetnph.—Ptmt Ami.—Copyright Received March 7, 5.5 p.m. London, March 2. It if semi-officially stated that the draft of the Turkish Treaty forbids the TttrkWh Navy in future, allowing only a few revenue cutters. The Turkish Empire will be under an Ottoman Government, and will contain a population of six million subjects, compared with thirty millions before the jmt. It i» tmdentood the Empire will be iwnßWd to Constantinople and Anatolia. The financial conditions of the Treaty are practically completed.—Au*.-N.Z.

ffc£ tEAGtJE OF NATIONS. CONTROL. Received Man* 8, 12.5 a.m. London, March 4, A meeting of the Council of the Leagat of Nations Union passed a resolution in favor of the government of Constantinople and the Straits coming under th» control of the League of Nations. Constantinople, Man* 6. Marshal Izzet is a strong supporter of Snver and the Nationalist Party. BU appointment, therefore, is signlfl•Wt at the present juncture, but he mnst not be confused with the notorious Intt, wbo is Abdul Hamid's Minister of Taliee and the chief instrument of his tortuous policy.—lmperial Service.

"TtJfcKIY MLL NOT ACCEPT." ATTJWDE OP THE NATIONAUSTS. London, March 5. The fall of the Turkish Cabinet,and the easing on lzetf Pasha to form a QabinH h*» aggravated the seriousness of the Turkigh crisis. Thj) rgcal j of tptt .Rf|te attracted considerable attent»on, ag he was notorious hitherto as AWn) SjHßid's evil genius, He was the instigator of the appalling mas> ■acreg of Armenians under Hamid's rule %f\i it apw the Nationalists' nominee fat the Premiership. Meanwhile it may oo taken far granted that if official report* from Turkey confirm the accounts ff the massacre Allied forces will be disjUtched immediately. It is stated more. over that the Armenians will be proTided with arms, while as regards future gafeguards it is noteworthy that a protKfeal is now being considered that in future the Turkish gendarmerie will be officered by the Allies. Influential Europeans in Constantinople informed the British Government tbat Turkey will not accept the drafted treaty and that the temper of the Nationalists is stiffening owing to the decision to leave the Turks at Constan-tinople.—Aug.-N.iJ. Cable Assn.

iiAfiJACBS OF ARMENIANS. STATEMENT BY LLOYD GEORGE. London, March 4. fu the House of Commons, replying to Sir Donald Mac Lean in regard to the Armenian massacres, Mr- Lloyd George tteted tbat the matter was being dUlouuad by the Allies and between the Government and the British represenatives at Constantinople. A detailed statement at present was InadvisabW. Mr. Asquith had urged that full information as far as possible should be 'given in order to relieve the grave general anxiety. This desire was fully shared by the Government and all the representatives of the Allies, since they had ncejved very serious news of masaaorei. The Allied Conference very anxiously considered the matter and came to a decison which would be communicated to the Allied representatives at Con ■tantinople. It was inadvisable at present to publish the character of the decision, which depended on the advice received, but the Government was fully alive to the gravity of the .position and the need for taking very strong action to protect minorities as far as possible. Cable Assn,