DANCER LIFTS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1922, Page 5

DANCER LIFTS

NEAR EAST PROBLEM. GENERALS IN AGREEMENT. MAIN POINTS SETTLED. GREEKS RECONCILED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Constantinople, Oct. 4. An agreement has been reached at the Mudania Conference. The communiques from British and French headquarters state that the result of the Mudania (Conference is satisfactory. The French communique says <that, thanks to the conciliatory disposition shown by both sides, an agreement was reached without difficulty regarding the majority of the articles constituting' the basis of the later peace conference. AGREEMENT CONFIRMED. TURKS LEAVING CHANAK. V THRACE FOR THE TURKS. Received October 6, 12.55 a.m. Constantinople, Oct. 5. The Turks are retiring from Chanak. The agreement has been confirmed. It gives Thrace to the Turks, and a joint Turkish and Allied commission will conConstantinople. FERVENT DESIRE TO AGREE. CONCILIATORY TONE PREVAILS. AGREEMENT ON CHIEF POINTS. GREEKS DISCUSS THRACE. Received Oct. 5, 11.20 pm. London, Oct. 4. The Greeks have joined the Mudania conference. The delegates are discussing Thrace, which is not included in the preliminary agreement. Messages from Smyrna state the Allied generals, with M. Bouillon, met Ihmet Pasha and Fetir Pasha in the first conference at the Turkish gendarmerie. The talk lasted 90 minutes. A fervent desire for an agreement was expressed by both sides, the Turkish viewpoint coinciding with That of the Allies On ai. important poin’s, and the principle of certain objections being advanced by the Turks in a conciliatory manner. The Greek delegates, Colonel Plasteirs, one of the leaders of the revolution, and Colonel Sanicannis, arrived on Wednesday, and were present at the second conference, Which considered the problem of Thrace. After the meeting the general opinion was that the Greeks arc becoming reconciled -to the position.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. THE MAIN PROBLEM. DISPOSAL OF EASTERN THRACE. GREEKS* PLANS TO HOLD IT. London, Oct. 4. Official circles are still -without news from Mudania. They point out that the exclusion of Allied journalists was jthe decision of the military authorities, who insisted on treating the conference as purely military. It is undertetood that the political department disapproved of the exclusion, in view of €ne importance of the political consequences. The question of bringing about the withdrawal of the Kemalista from Chanak neighborhood has now become of minor importance compared with the problem of handing over Eastern Thrace to the Turks, in accordance with the Allies’ views. The new Greek Ministry is showing an increasingly strong tendency to hold Thrace at all costs. It is believed that two new classes of Greek troops have been called to the co loure. The inter-Allied mission have now arrived in Thrace, and it is hoped they Will have a valuable moral effect in avoiding serious incidents. The evacuation of the Smyrna refugees has been completed. They number 200,000, of whom 150,000 have been evacuated through British and American efforts.

THE ALLIED NOTE. ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE. POSITION SATISFACTORY. Received Oct. 6, 12.55 a.m. London, Oct. 5. The Daily Telegraph’s Constantinople feorrespondent states the first official news regarding the Mudania conference reached the British headquarters on Wednesday morning. It says the conference is proceeding satisfactorily. The Nationalists accepted the Allied Note 5n principle. Ismet Pasha has issued orders to the Nationalist troops to avoid all contact. Apparently only Chanak was discussed, the question of Thrace being reserved until the coming of the Greek representatives.