GRAVES ON GALLIPOLI.
TO BE PRESERVED 3Y ALLIES. PROVISION IN THE TREATY. By Telegraph.—Press Association Wellington, Last Night. The sacred ground on Qallipolif where the dead of the Allied forces lie buried is, according to the Peace Treaty with Turkey, to oe transferred to the Allied Governments by the Turk.
The Prime Minister made available today the following extract from the Treaty with Turkey: "The Turkish Government shall transfer to the British, French, and Italian Government respectively, full and exclusive rights of ownership over 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 land required for laying out cemeteries or erecting memorials to these soldiers and sailors, or providing means of access to such cemeteries or memorials."
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1920, Page 5
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146GRAVES ON GALLIPOLI. Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1920, Page 5
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