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CONSIDERING DRAFT. FORECAST OF CONTENTS. COUNTER PROPOSALS MADE By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 29, 8.30 p.m. London, Sept. 28. The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily 'Express states Kemal’s reply to the Allies will be delayed a few days until it is discussed by the Angora Assembly, to which the draft has been lorwarded. The correspondent says he is able to indicate the lines of the reply as follows: (1) The Turks will lay down arms before opening the conference, but they now occupy strategic points in order to be in a position to enforce a national pact in respect to Thrace. (2) The movements of British troops must be suspended and a pledge given not to construct fortifications in the neutral zones. (3) Thrace must be occupied before the full conference meets. (4) There must be no de-m>litariga-tion of the coast of the Sea of Marmora or Thrace, except in the Dardanelles, the neutrality of which is accepted. (5) The Straits question shall be discussed between the Allies, Turks. Russia and countries bordering on the Black Sea. (6) The right is reserved of further discussion of certain points in the Allied terms. If the National Assembly approves of these points the nationalists will agree to an armistice conference at Mudania, to b * followed three days later by a full conference in Smyrna, at which Kemal will be "the chief Turkish delegate. Meanwhile, the Turkish invasion of the neutral zone is extending. Our detachments leave as the Turks arrive in order to avoid conflicts, while the Turks are taking every precaution to observe peace.—Aus.-NJZ. Cable Assn.
HAGGLING BY THE TURKS. POSITION IN NEUTRAL ZONE. BLOODSHED NARROWLY AVERTED. PICTURE OF THE SULTAN. Received Sept. 29, 7.45 p.m. London, Sept. 28. Mr. Martin Donohoe telegraphs from Constantinople: “Haggling is part of the Turkish character: concede everything a Turk asks and he immediatelv propounds further demands. The Allied conference having behaved much more generously than any Kemaiist expected, a number of Nationalists are now upbraiding Kemal for erring on the side of moderation. 'Tn the meantime the Kemalists persist in sitting down on the wrong side of the neutral frontier, where their cavalry is holding three points. They are not a large force, but big enough to I precipitate war with soldiers less coojheaded than the British. Bloodshed j would have ensued days ago, but hapj pily reinforcements reached Chanak, exercising a moral effect on the bellicose Kemalists. “I went to th*» Yildiz Kiosk, where I saw weeds peeping between the paving stones in the palace yard, and I found the Sultan a prey to the blackest melancholy. leading the life of a recluse. All attempts made to rouse him from lethargy fail. His only visitor is a doctor, and he finds comfort in reading the Koran with the fatalism o-f his race. The Sultan awaits the end. whether it will be a pass to paradise in the shape of a bowstring or a passport to exile.”— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
CONSIDERATION BY ASSEMBLY. OPINION OF ALLIED NOTE. UNFAVORABLE IMPRESSION. Received Sept. 29. 55 p.m. Paris. Sept. 28. The National Assembly at Angora is considering the Allied Note, but the reply is not yet known. Authoritative quarters state the Allied Note produced an unfavorable impression on the ground that it was insufficiently clear and definite regarding Thrace and the future of the Straits.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DELEGATES AT CONFERENCE. NEW ZEALAND’S ATTITUDE. Wellington, Last Night. . In replv tn a Question in the House to-day, the Prime Minister said no arrangements had been made for New Zealand -to be represented at the pending conference on the Near East question, but rs there was at present in Europe a New Zealand Minister of the Crown (Sir Francis Bell), as well as an ex-Minister (Sir James Allen), he thought New Zealand should be represented. Mr. T. M. Wilford (Leader of the Opposition) thought the matter should be left to Great Britain to decide. THE GREEK FLAGSHIP. Received Sept. 29. 8.30 p.m. London, Sept. 28. The Morning Post reports that the Greek flagship Giorgios Averoff, which left Constantinople nndr British pressure, is now in the Sea of Marmora.
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