ALLIES AND TURKEY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1922, Page 5

ALLIES AND TURKEY.

BASIS OF AGREEMENT. BRITISH OUTLINE TERMS. TROOPS TO GUARD STRAITS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright. Received Nov. 16, 7.35 p.m. Paris, Nov. 15. The British Ambassador has handed the Quai d’Orsay Lord Curzon’s Note setting forth the points he wishes to come to agreement on with France before the Alfies go to Lausanne. The Note has not been published. It deals with Mosul, Mesopotamia and Syria, plebiscites in Arab territories, Western Thrace, and other matters. M. Poincaire is now mastering the Note. It is stated unofficially that he is in general agreement with Lord Curzon’s standpoint. The Note stipulates the questions not allowed to be discussed at the conference, including the Mosul oilfields. The Note insists on a preliminary Allied agreement to occupy the Straits with military forces for a number of years until the peace treaty terms are fulfilled; also regarding the capitulation of the Ottoman debts and Turkish customs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MILITARY ACTION. OPPOSED BY FRANCE. ‘ QUITE ENOUGH TO DO.” Received Nov. 16, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 15.' The Daily Chronicle’s correspondent states the Paris newspapers comment freely on Lord Curzon’s attitude. They say it is easy to come into accord except on one point, and that is the military measures the Allies may take in the event of Turkey rejecting the Allies’ proposals. Some papers remark that France has to keep a watch on the Rhine, and has quite enough to do with that. The French public will not tolerate any expedition to the Near East. Le Temps indignantly denounces the coercive measures which England has been preparing, and adds a hope that Lord Curzon will not insist upon this point.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. BAN ON LUXURIES. MANY ARTICLES PROHIBITED. Received Nov. 16, 7.35 p.m. Constantinople, Nov. 15. Rafet Pasha has published a list of socalled luxuries, the importation of which will be forbidden into Turkey a month hence. The list includes alcoholic drinks, glass, furniture, trimmings and ready-made clothing. Many of these articles are imported from France. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.