Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-17
|NTERNAT|ONAL|zED
CONSTANT|NOPLE IS
PROVIDED IN TREATY
Sovereign Commission Gov
erning ''Zone of Straits" to
Be Controlled by England,
France and Italy


Associated Press. )-Limited inter.
NATURALIZATION of the port of Con
stantinople and its Inclusion with
in the zone of the straits" is pro
vided for in the provisional terms
of the Turkish treaty. This is dis
closed by an official summary re-
ceived here today of the jurisdic-
ton provided for the inter-allied
commission of control.
Granted it's own flag, budget and
separate organization. the commits
sion, by the lines of the boundaries
fixed for the zone of the straits
will have authority over a territory
considerably greater than some OF
the smaller nations Of Europe. Made
almost sovereign in itself, the COM
mission is to be practically independ-
ent Of the League of Nations As
stipulation is expressly made that
should it find liberty of passage of
the straits interfered with it shall
take such measures as may be deem
ed necessary to preserve the free
dom of the straits.
The zone includes not only the
Bosyhorus, Sea of Mormora and
Dardanelles, but also three miles off
shore from the mouth of the Darda-
.nelles and the Bosphorus and the
Aegean Islands of Samothrace, I'M
bros, Lemnos, Tenedos and Lesbos.
A land zone also is provided extend
ing from ten to seventeen miles
northwest of the Sea Of Marmora
and 8-2S miles southeast of it. It's
northwestern limit is partly common
with the new Greek frontier, So
miles west of the Bosphorus on the
Black Sea; its eastern limit is 40
miles east Of the mouth of Bosphorus
and it's southwestern limit is partly
common with the district of Smyrna.
55 miles southeast of the entrance
to the Dardanelles. The zone also
includes an area on the western
side Of the Gallipoli peninsula which
Turkey cedes to England, France and
Italy for war memorials and ceme-
teries.
Regulations laid down for en-
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mission provide that:
No belligerent warships may re-
main within ports of the zone longer
than "a hours OR take on food stores
or recruits.
The Dardanelles, Sea of Marmora
and the Bosphorus are to be open in
peace and war to every Tessel of
CT, orn
not subject to blockade.
No belligerent right to be exercis-
ed and no act of hostility commit
ted within the zone except upon spe-
cial authorization Of the League of
Nations.
All military works and fortifica-
tions to be demolished and no roads
or railroads to be constructed with
in the zone for movement or mobile
batteries.
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 en-
forced chiefly with naval forces and
a force of special police, recruited
within the zone and commanded by
foreign officers, as we'll as such mil
itary and naval air forces and guard
ships of their own as Great Britain,
France and Italy may deem neces-
sary.
In addition to the general laws
pertaining to the administration of
the straits. the commission is fur.
Their charged with executions of any
works considered necessary for the
Improvement of the channels and
the approaches to harbors, the light
ing and buoying of channels, control
Of pilotage, towage, anchorage and
al matters relating to wrecks, sal
wage and lighterage%
Maintenance of the ports of Con-
stantinople and Haida Pasha as
ports of international concern, where
the citizens, goods and flags Of all
countries belonging to the League of
Nations shall enjoy complete free
dom is also placed within the control
of the commission, which shall pro-
vide at the two ports free zones for
the erection and use of warehouses.