THE ALLIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1921, Page 5

THE ALLIES.

LONDON CONFERENCE. GERMAN DELEGATES LEAVE. TALK OF MONARCHIST COUP. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 28, 8.40 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 27. Herr von Simons, head of the German delegation to the Allies’ Conference at London, has left for London. He made his departure amidst shouts of “stand fast,” which he himself echoed. There are rumors of an intended Monarchist coup to coincide with the London deliberations. —Ars. and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Feb. 28, 11.5 a p.m. London, Feb. 28. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says the Press comments throw little light on the nature of the German proposals, and all the forecasts are guesswork. In any case, the delegates are acting strictly as the mouthpiece of the Government, which reserves the final right of decision. The Press comments generally are pessimistic, and persistently refer to the Entente as “Our enemies,” which is perhaps the best indication of the German attitude. Voerwarts sardonically comments: “After all, we lost the war, and German workmen must make good with their own hands the devastations they committed.” Some papers vaguely threaten revolution and the establishment of a dictatorship in order to avoid the Allies’ claims.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PROTECTION OF ARMENIA. SECURING STABLE COUNTRY. RETURN OF LOST TERRITORY. Received Feb. 28, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 27. The Armenian delegation at the Allies’ Conference advanced its claims for a greater Armenia to include much of Cilicia, as a protection against aggression. The Turkish delegates contended that by the Turco-Armenian Treaty of 1920 Kars and Alexandropol, which the Kemalists occupied, had been ceded to Turkey, but in reply to this it was pointed out that the Allies did not recognise the treaty. Nubar Pasha, head of the Armenian delegation, produced a telegram from the Patriarch at Constantinople alleging that Turks massacred eighty-five per cent, of the Armenian population in the Kars and Alexandropol regions. The Turkish delegates also urged the claims of the Kurds. Armenia, they declared, already enjoyed a wide local automony, and did not desire independence. Lord Curzon (British Foreign Secretary) pointed out regarding Armenia that the Powers had not the slightest intention of abandoning their obligation to constitute a united and stable Armenia, restoring the districts of which she was recently deprived and providing secure national existence. The meeting decided to submit to the Supreme Council proposals for a possible modification of the Kurdish and Armenian clauses of the treaty. Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.