THE NEAR EAST.
PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHT. GENERALS TO MEET AGAIN. TURKS STILL IN ZONE, BREACH TOWARDS ISMID. By Telegraph.—Press Asm.—Copyright. Received October 11, 12.45 a.m. London, Oct. 10. The pros-pect of an early settlement in the Near East is bright, according to the latest from Constantinople. Mr. Winston Churchill, in a telegram read to his constituents at Dundee, says: “I think we can get through our troubles in the Near East allright.”— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, Oct. 9. While the Near East situation has been greatly improved by the Allied agreement regarding the interpretation of the terms of the Note to Angora suggesting a peace conference, official circles point out that the difficulties in reaching an agreement at Mudania are by no means removed. It is regarded as most significant that Kemal has not yet committed his Governent to withdrawal from the neutral zones. He has withdrawn the troops from the Chanak zone and is actually continuing the peaceful penetration of the Ismid zone, which he himself assisted to mark out.
A high authority states that a condition precedent to the Greek evacuation of Thrace is the Turkish withdrawal from the neutral zones. It is also pointed out that, while the Allies have agreed to admit the Turkish gendarmerie to Thrace, they will not admit unlimited numbers. The number will be a matter for negotiation. The official resumption of the Mudania Conference was postponed until the afternoon, owing to slight discrepancies in the instructions to the Allied delegates, which has now been removed. The latest official reports from Constantinople state that the Turks have begun to arrest Christians in the Asiatic suburbs of Constantinople, but it is not believed the Kemalists have instigated the arrests. The Allies will piake a protest. CHRISTIANS TO LEAVE THRACE. Received October 11, 12.15 a.m. Athens, Oct. 10. The emigration of the entire Christian population in East Thrace is considered inevitable. Thracian Deputies are going to their constituencies to arrange emigration on the best possible isonditions to West Thrace and other garts of Greece. * UNITY OF EMPIRE. ESSENTIAL IN FOREIGN POLICY. Melbourne, Oct. 10. Mr. Hughes, at the Lord Mayor’s luncheon, referring to the Near East, said the great war had, taught us how close and intimate our relations with the Empire were, and it was our clear right to be called into council and given a voice in moulding the Empire’s foreign policy. The Empire could not speak in half-a-dozen voices, but must speak with one. By the way Australia had stood by the ‘Empire recently, we had been able to make the world realise the voice of Britain was not exhausted when it reached the confines of its own terirtory, but that it shouted with tremendous volume across the seas. Speaking for the United Empire .it was our clear duty when the British Government had spoken on matters of foreign policy, to range ourselves by its side. In domestic affairs we had comple e control, but, in regard to foreign policy. we must act through Britain. We demand to be consulted in matters of foreign policy before that policy is laid down but, once laid down, we were committed to it, otherwise there would be no unity in the Empire and no safety for the Commonwealth. MARTIAL LAW IN ATHENS. Athens, Oct. 9. Martial law has been proclaimed in Athens. M. Bouillon hag left for Paris. RELIEF FROM AMERICA. Washington, Oct. 9. President Harding has announced the formation of a committee to raise funds throughout the country in aid of relief to the Near East. Various bodies such as the Red Cross, Y.M.C.A.. Y.W.C.A., the Federal Council of Churches, and the Jewish societies are merging with the American relief administration.
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