Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-06
BRITAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY IN
PACT OVER CONTROL OF
suLTAN'S DOMAINS.
PARTITION SECRET
SINCE LAST AUGUST
Three Big European Nations Agree
to Support Claims of Each Other
as Against Outside Aggression
Italy Granted Valuable Coal Mines
Notification of Railroads Planned.

Paris, Nov. 6.-F'rance, Great Brit
ain and italy have signed a tripar-
tite agreement in, which they agree
to support each other in maintaining
their spheres OF influence" in Tur-
key. The limits of the areas in which
| the respective special interests of
France and Italy are recognized are
defined by the same document.
This agreement, it developed to-
day. was signed at Sevres August
10. the day the public ceremonial of
the signing of the peace treaty with
Turkey took place.
Altho the agreement, it Is explain
ed, is not considered q secret one. it
| nevertheless has never been made
public until now, after a lapse of
nearly three months since the sign
ing. Under it's own terms the docu-
ment 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.
British Spheres Undifined.
In connection with examination Of
being called here to the fact that
while tie treaty defines the spheres
of Influence of France and Italy
recognizing the special interests of
France and Cilicia and the western
part Of Kurdistan bordering on Syria
and of Italy in southern Anatolia-
the British spheres of Influence are
not only underlined but are not mem
toned.
This has raised the question If the
agreement is susceptible OF the in
depreciation that the British inter-
ests may be held to extend to any or
all the remaining parts of the Tur-
kish empire.
IT is noted also, that while the
agreement does not take the form of
an alliance, it pledges the contract
ing powers to render diplomatic sup
port to each other in maintaining
their respective positions in the
areas in which their special interests
are recognized"
Coal Mines to Italy.
One section of the document pro-
vides for the exploitation of the Bag
dad Railway by accompany in which
British, French and italian capital is
equally interested. 1t gives the ev-
ploitation of the Heraclea coal mines
to Italy
Article X OF the agreement provides
that nothing contained in it shall
prejudice the rights Of nations of
nonsignatory states to free access to
the various areas for commercial
and oponpn1ir r,urppSacS
The preamble of the document
reads:
Being anxious to help Turkey de-
velop her resources, and to avoid the
international rivalries which have OBJ
structed these objects in the past, and
being DESTROYS to meet the request OF
the Turkish government that it re-
ceive necessary assistance in the re-
organization of justice, the finances,
the police, in the protection of re-
ligious, racial and linguistic minori-
ties, and the economic development of
the country; considering that the
autonomy or eventual independence
OF Kurdistan has been recognized by
them, and that it is desirable, with q
view to facilitating the development
of that country and make provisions
for any assistance it may require in
it's administration, and to avoid inter
national rivalries in such matters;
recognizing the respective special in