Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-18
FRENCH To PROBE
TURKISH AFFAIRS
British Are Charged With Grab.
bing C0nstantinopIe Rule.
MlLLERAND ASKED FOR DATA
Control Of Zone of Straits" Given to
Interaiiied comrission--Body Lays
Down Rules for Government
of Turk Capital.

PATS, June I7.-Inyestigation Of the
situation in Turkey and Asia Minor
has been decided on by the committee
of foreign affairs Of the chamber Of
deputies. which will send delegation
there for that purpose. The commit
tee has requested Premier Millerand
TO furnish it with all reports and tele-
grams exchanged between the govern
ment and. Gen. d'Esperey, commander
of French forces in the near east.
Regulations Laid Down.
Regulations laid down for enforce
ment by the interallied commission
provide that:
No beligerent warships may remain
within ports of the zone more than
"A hours. or take on food. stores or
recruits,
The Dardanelles, Sea of Marmora
and the Bosporus are to be open in
peace and war to every vessel of com
merce and war.
The straits are not subject to block
ade.
No beIigereat right to be exercised
within the zont except upon special
authorization OF the League of Ma
TONS.
An military works and fortifications
to be demolished and no roads or rail-
roads to be constructed within the
zone for movement of mobile batter
les.
Wireless Stations Barred.
Greece and Turkey are prohibited
from constructing any new wireless
stations within the zone; all present
ones to be taken over by the allied
powers.
These regulations are TO be enforced
chiefly with naval forces and force
Of special police recruited within the
zone and commanded by foreign off
,eeFs. as well as such military and nav
III air forces and guard ships Of their
own as Great Britain, France and It
ally may deem necessary
To Probe Transfer Authority.
Washington, june 17.-Ofieial adj
vices received here say that the lnves-
tignton OF the situation in Turkey
and Asia Minor by the foreign affairs
committee of the French chamber of
deputies viii center around the trans
fer Of military authority over Con-
stantinople and the near East from
French TO British command.
These adyices disclose that General
d'Esperey, who after the armistice oc-
cupied the position Of allied comman-
der in the near East, was summarily
recalled from Constantinople upon the
occupation Of that city by allied
forces, commanded by the British gen
eral, Milne
With this second occupation Of Con
stantinope, General Milne, according
TO the official advices assumed ahso-
lutte authority over the city and defer-
mined at once upon policy Of active
operation against the Turkish nation
alsjs In this he is said to have been
opposed by General dEsperey, who
insisted that since he was commander
of the allied forces in the near East.
General Milne was answerable TO his
authority.
Conflict between these two points of
view, the advices say. was responsible
for the recall of General d'Esperey.
Capital in strait Zone"
Limited Observation-Disclosures Of the
port Of ConstantInople and it's inclu-
sion within the zone of the straits" is
provided for in the provisional terms
OF the Turkish treaty.
This is disclosed by an official sum
mary received here of the Jurisdiction
provided for the inteallied commits,
sion of control.
Granted its own flag, budget and
separate organization, the commits |
sion, by the lines of the boundaries
fixed for the zone OF the straits" win
have authority over territory con
siderably greater than some Of the
smaller nations of Europe
Made almost sovereign in itself tho
commission is 10 be practically indie /
pendent of the League Of Nations as
stipulation Is xpressly made that
should it find liberty of passage of the
straits interfered with, ii shah take
such measures as may be deemed nee /
essary to preserve the freedom of the
straits.
The zone includes not only the Ros, \
porus, Sea OF Marmora and Darda- /
neles, but also three miles off shore
from the mouth of the Dardanelles
and the Bosporus and the Aegean is /
lands Of Sdnathrace, Imhros, Limos
Tenedos and Lesbos. a land zone also
is provided.