Evening star., 1920-11-06

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 5.-France, Great
Britain and Italy have signed a tri-
partite agreement in which they un-
dertake to support each other in
maintaining their spheres of inf1u-
ence" in Turkey. The limits of the
areas in which the respective spe-
cial interests of France and Italy are
recognized are defined by the same
document.
This agreement. it developed today.
was signed at Sevres August 10. the
day the public ceremonial of the sign
| ing of the peace treaty with Turkey
took place. Although the agreement.
! it is explained. is not considered a
secret one, it. nevertheless. has never
| been made public until now, after a
| lapse of nearly three months since
the signing. Under its own terms the
! document was to come into force and
! be published at the time the Turkish
peace treaty should go into effect.
! This date is still an uncertainty.
In connection with examination OF
the text of the agreement. now avail
able. attention is being called here to
the fact that while the treaty defines
! he spheres of influence of France and
Italy-recognizing the special inter-
ests of France in Cilicia and the west
ern part of Kurdistan bordering on
! SYRIA and of Italy in southern Ana
| |tolia-the British spheres of influence
are not only underlined. but are not
[ mentioned. This has raised the cues
! ton if the agreement is susceptible OF
the Interpretation that the British IN
| terests may be held to extend to any
| or all the remaining parts of the
! Turkish empire.
| Ii is noted also that while the
ingreement does not take the form OF
Ian alliance it pledges the contracting
mowers to render diplomatic support
l iYfl n n n o.
| tspective positions in the areas In
(which their special interests are rec
logniZed."
| one section of the document pro-
tvides for the exploitation of the Bag
! dad railway by a company in which
British, French and Italian capita! Is
| equally interested. 1t gives the ex-
lploitation of the Heraclea coal mines,
between Konieh and Adana. to Italy.
| Article Y of the agreement provides
that nothing contained in 1t shall
pre- ejudice the rights of nationals OF
lnon-signatory states to free access to
the various areas for commercial and
economic purposes.
Text of Preamble.
! The preamble of the document reads:
Being anxious to help Turkey de-
velop her resources. and to avoid the
international riValries whicn have OBJ
structed these objects in the past. and
! the Turkish government that it re-
ceive necessary assistance in the reor-
ganization of justice, the finances, the
gendarmerie and of the police, in the
i prote ction of religious. racial and lin
guistic minorities. and the economic
development of the country; cons:d-
crmg that the autonomy or eventual
| independence OF kurdistan has been
recognized by them, and that it is de-
sirable with a view to facilitating the
development of that country and
make provision for any assistance it
may require in its administration and
to avoid international rivalries in such
matters: recognizing the respective
special interests of Italy in southern
Anatolia and of France in Cilicia and
the western part of Kurdistan bor-
dering on SYRIA. up to Jezire-I Ibn mar.
: as these areas are hereafter defined,
! the British. Italian and French gov
ernments have agreed upon the fol-
lowing:
+ Article I.
"Article There shall be equality