PEACE PROPOSALS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1922, Page 5

PEACE PROPOSALS.

TURKEY IN EUROPE. BACK, TO 1914 FRONTIERS. CONTROL OF THRACE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 3, 8.10 p.m. London, Oct. 2. Mr. G. Ward Price, at Constantinople, says General Harington and his colleagues will propose at the Mudania conference that Eastern Thrace should be controlled by an inter-AUied commission during the peace negotiations, and when these are satisfactorily completed the Turks, as promised, will take over the government of the whole of Eastern Thrace, including Adrianople. The Turkish frontiers in Europe will then be approximately the same as in 1914.—United Service.

WESTERN THRACE. • KEMAL WANTS PLEBISCITE. Received Oct. 4, 8.40 p.m. Belgrade, October 3. It is reported that Kemal, at the peace conference, intends to demand a plebiscite as to the future of Western Thrace. SUPPORT FOR TURKS. FROM FRANCE AND RUSSIA. Paris, October 2. M. Poincare has communicated the Angora Note to Britain and Italy and urges that the Turkish demands be accepted. London, October 2. The Soviet has sent another Note to Britain strongly protesting against the blockade of the Straits and pointing out that Russia, in order to accomplish reconstruction, has placed numerous orders for goods, most of which would be forwarded through the Straits. The Powers, which had refused to renew normal economic relations, were thus preventing her carrying out by her own efforts the work of reconstruction. The blockade is a new proof that the Powers for whom the navigation of the Black Sea is not vital would always be able to threaten the peaceful economic life of States bordering on the Black Sea. The liberty of the Straits in the name of which Europe is again preparing to spill blood, merely signified the liberty of the Entente Powers to blockade the’ Straits under any pretext. Russia supports liberty to merchant vessels, which would completely free the Straits from foreign naval forces and insists on the raising of the blockade. It is semi-officially stated that nothing is known of the alleged blockade. Helsingfors, October .2 The Soviet intimated to Angora its willingness to protect Turkish interests. Russian troops are now concentrating in Batum. FRENCH PRESS OPINION. Paris, October 2. The press generally welcomes the improved outlook in the Near East as a triumph for Anglo-French diplomacy. The Echo de Paris says it would be foolish to be over optimistic, for while the situation at Chanak is eased, the Straits’ question is stiP unsettled. TURKISH CONFERENCE DELEGATE. Constantinople, October 2. Ismet Pasha, commander of the western front, represents Turkey at Mudania. The Allied mission to Thrace will consist of a French staff for Adrianople, an Italian for Lule Burgas, and a British staff for Rodosto. The object of the missions is the protection of the population and the maintenance of order. ASSISTANCE FROM AMERICA. New York, October 2. A message from Norfolk, Virginia, states that 12 United States destroyers have sailed, bound for the Bosphorus. TURKISH ROYALTIES ON THE MOVE. Malta, October 2. The Princes and Princesses of the Ottoman Royal family, who have arriver from ’Constantinople, have departed for Naples.