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TURKISH TREATY TROUBLE.
EFFORTS TO SOW DISSENSION,
“BRITAIN OFFERED BEPARATI ZEA
PARIS, February 0.
The newspapers agree that the Turks made a supreme effort to sow dissension among the Allies at
Lausanne.
To-day's closing rate 2/2 11/18. | To-day's opening rato 2/2_11/16]
**CATASTROPKE OF PEACE."
GENERAL SMUTS SPEAKS our.
(HOPE KLIPPING DOWN THE SLOPE,
CAFITOWN, February 67 Gateral Smuts has issued an important atatamont on the reparations question. He declares that the £6,600,000,000 fixed by the Reparations Commission in
· It is rumoured that Ismet even offered "Earl Curzon May 1921 was absolutely beyond. Germany's power to a separate pesco.
The newspapers emphasis that the Allies difficulties as not yet ended and that great efforts are necessary to obtain the ratification and useful application of the Treaty.
pay. This impossible amount was now being used as a lever for the dismembermens of Garmany and tha reduction of the whole of Central Europe to a condition of industrial and evonomiu chaos. America's collabora tion was the keystone of peace and when Amarica decided to retire the peace was lost. +
LONDON, February 0.‚¦ Reuter learns from a French source that the Qani | „* D'Orsay has informed the Foreign Office that the Turk ish delegation at Lausanne advised its acceptance of the terms rejected on Sunday. The French Government o commends a settlement before Ismet leaves Lausanne to-morrow. The rame 'source confirms the report that the Turks proposed a separate peace with Britain before
Earl Carson left Lausanne.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 6.
The papers dispute the Paris report that limet accepted the capitulatione olanse saying that, it was M_ Bompard who accepted Ismet's formule.
WARSHIPS ORDERED TO LEAVE, SMYRNA:
COMSTANTINOPLE, February 6.
The representative of the Angora Government kas issued a proclamation that all foreign warships above a thousand tons will no longer be allowed in Smyrna har bour and are required to leave before midnight on February 7, The Allied admiral discussed the rabject in the morning. Admiral Nicholson on the craiser * Curacan" has been ordered to Smyrnaį
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The Allied High Commissioners bave protested to Angora. The reason of the measure is obscure and is be Jieved to be in order to prepare for eventualities,
EARL CURZON INTERVIEWED.
LONDON, February 6. Earl. Curzon in an interview stated that his final concessions to the Tarky settled all the important Tarco British issues. The outstanding poin's relative to capitulations and the inancial and economic clauses coz. cerned more directly the Franco-Italian interests.
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The British Empire'a representative on the Re- Ptions Commission had ceased to function. The character and had virtually become an annex of the Commision had lost all semblance of a non-partisan. French Foreign affice." The sands are out and unles some strong hand can even now clutch Europe and resove her from the slope down which she is slipping the catastrophe of peace may yet become.far greater than the catastrophe of the great wat."
-RUE&-QOCUPATION:
CHANCELLOR CUNO'S APPEAL.
BERLIN, February 6. Ins speech he declared that he was convinced as a
·Chatcellor Uuno received an ovation-at-Elberfeld--
result of his visit to the Buhr that the Rhineland aud Westphalia would cooperate in repeding the Franco Belgian irruption. In a speech at Maunster he said that
the German nation was los; unless the inhabitants of the occupied and unoccupied territory held together
ESSEN AGAIN ISOLATED.
Eass, Fabenary 8. -
The postal ofacials at kissen refused to give the French telephone connections. The Frenan thereupon. cut off the batteries which they decline to reinstate notil the postal workers aarrender. Thus Esen is again isolated. Similarly at Wetten all shops were ordered to shut up because they refused to serve the Franch.
MINERS" WAGES INCREASED.
Kasa, February 6, The coalowners have increased the miners' wiges eighty percent.
DODGING COAL EMBARGO.'
Emphasising the generosity of the terms offered he said they would place Turkey in a position unt only of political independence and assured, sovereignty but of military and territorial security such as she had never before enjoyed even in the plenitude of ber power. One of his final concessions was the withdrawal | of the restriction of the size of the Turkish army g Europe.
Esses, Fobrusty 6. The Germans claim that since the embargo, they bave.ancceeded in despatching to unoccupied. Germany
On arrival in London he told the members of the at night time 100 coal trains with 320 engines tiling Cabinet that he thought the conference had succeeded a couple of outlets over private railways belonging to and not failed and that the Treaty would still be signed. the mines, Ear! Curzon finally emphasised. that he had firmly ad hered to the principle of Allied solidarity adding that when others were heard to talk of the conclusion of separate Treaties he rejected overtures more than once made to him in this direction preferring to fall with the Allies while helping to fight their cause rather than win a selilah victory.
THE BRITISH ATTITUDE,
PARIS, February 6
'MURDERER OF MILLIONS 17
LUDENDORFF UNPOPULAR IN AUSTRIA.
VIENEA, February 6.
Ludendorff's journey through Austria was interrupt, It is learned from an anthoritative French source
ed by violent demonstrations on the part of labourers that the British government has informed the French A mob at one station forond an entry to the train that it is ready to give serious and courteous treatment shouting "Where is this murderer of millions! He be to any definite proposals from Ismet but it seems that longs to the gallows!" The polios informed Ludendorff Britain will not agree to the Paris suggestion to omit that his presence in Vienas was not desired and that the sponomic clause from the Treaty. She apparently
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refuses to resume conversations until the Turks have he must take the first train to Munich. given tangibis proof of goodwill,
M. Poincare immediately decided to asanointe him- self with the British decision. He subsequently tele- graphed inviting Temet to state the final terms he was prepared to sign.
It is reported that the Turkish legation to day was
.0.0, BEAT TRANSVAAL. og m
JOBANNESBURG, February 6. The M0.0, beat the Transvaal by: 199 runs in dine,
-less, conciliatory and it is not impossible therefore that warm weather on a fast wicket below moderate attend- Tamat will proceed to Argom, to consult the Goyun- ance. The 1,0,0 meda 988 for 4 and declared. Band-
ment
DREADFUL IRISH OUTRAGE"
GIRLS IMPRISONED IN BURNING BUILDING,
LONDON, February 6 Incendiaries at Dublin in the morning, burned. down the offices of the cinematographers, Pathe Freres and four armed men imprisoned, the staff of five girls ad one man in an upstairs room. They then sprinkled the premises with petrol and the buildin roaring furnace The employes, the girls, scream senesped through the is
ham soned 114 in a masterly innings with splendid strokes bakind the Wickets, Woolley, mad. Tran
180, Macaulay taking 14 for#30 mið, Woolley for
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