ANXIETY CONTINUES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1922, Page 5

ANXIETY CONTINUES.

NEAR EAST SITUATION. SUSPICIONS OF TURKS. ; ATMS NOT DEFINED, By Telegraph.—Press A,vn. —Copyright. Received Nov. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov .11. Official circles in London admit that anxiety over Turkey is not allayed. All the available Ministers are standing by in London during the week-end. The Evening Standard says the Turks have not defined their intentions, and it is feared they are concentrating their forces for a coup.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Nov. 12, 11.5 p.m. London. Nov. 12. Ministers remained in London over the week-end in view of the urgency of the Near East situation. Cable communication with Constanti--1 has been restored. Delayed messr 'es detail frequent meetings between T'afet Pasha and the High Commissioners. Yielding to the pressure of the Allies, the Kemalists reverted to the Customs levies operative before they seized the administration. The situation is still disquieting. — Reuter Service. EXCHANGE OF NOTES. ALLIES TAKE FIRM ACTION. TURKS’ ATTITUDE SUSPICIOUS. Received Nov. 11, 5.5 pm. Constantinople, Nov. 10. The Allied High Commissioners have handed a Note to the Angora representative demanding the repeal of all measures in regard to Customs, public debt, sanitary and other services which conflict with the capitulations and stipulations in the Mudros armistice, otherwise they will be compelled to refer to their Governments for the necessary action.

The Tligh Commissioners also presented a Note to the. Kemal i.st representative protesting against the political murder of the Turkish Liberal journalist Ali Kemal, whom the Kemalists hanged, and which they are bringing to the knowledge of their Governments.

Ismet Pasha complained to General Ha rington in regard to the constant adjournments of the peace conference, which he said created a very ’difficult situation. Ismet Pasha and Hamid Boy (the Angora representatives at Constantinople) and Turkish experts are leaving to-morrow for Lausanne in order to place on record their presence there on the date fixed. The Allied generals arc meeting Rafet Pasha and are submitting minimum demands, with a view to ensuring the safety of the troops and the efficient control of the police and gendarmerie. The result of the meeting is not. vet known, but there! are abundant indications that the KetoAlists are in an intractable mood, as witness the fresh demand for the evacuation of Allied troops and withdrawal of warships. — Reuter Service. DEFENCE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. MARSHAL FOCH MAKES PLANS. Received Nov. 12. 5.5 *p m. Paris. Nov. 11. Marshal Foch has outlined to M. Poincare a scheme for the Allied defence of Constantinople in the event of Turkish attacks and uprisings. This is being submitted to Britain and Italy immediately. The Echo de Paris report* that the Angora Assembly has thrown over the compromise which reconciled the* Nationalist aims with the Allied occupation of Constantinople.—Aus.-N.Z. Caole Assn. RUSSIA AND CONFERENCE. CERTAIN RIGHTS CONCEDED. Received Nov. 12, 5.5 pm. London, Nov. 11. A joint Allied Note, replying to the Soviet’s demand for representation at the Lausanne conference, was forwarded to-night. The Note points out that Russia is not affected by the first part of the conference relating to peace conditions following upon the war with the Turks,win which Russia did not participate. The Allies have no objection to the admission of Russia, Georgia, and the Ukraine jointly to the second part relating to the Straits. ITALIAN REINFORCEMENTS. Received Nov. 12, 5.5 p.m. Rome, Nov. 11. The Giornale do Italia announces that 250 troops, with machine-guns, have gone to the Near East on board the destroyer Bermuda.