Evening star., 1922-10-04
Mudania Conference Opens
With Acceptance of Allied
Terms in Principle.
TURKISH ARMY ORDERED
NOT TO ATTACK BRITISH
Gen. Harrington Reports Farley
With Angora Envoy Is Yield .
ing Results.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. October 4.-An agree
ment has been concluded between
the allied generals and Ismet
Pnsha. the Turkish nationalist rep
resentative, who have been In con-
suItntiOn at Mudania over the
question of an armistice. says an
Exchange Telegraph message from
COnstantinOple today. 1t Is ex-
pected. 1T is added, the protocol
will be signed today.
CONSTANTINOPLE. October A.
The Turkish nationalists have ac-
cepted in principle the allied note
regarding the near eastern settle
meut, it was announced here this
forenoon.
A communique issued by Gen.
harrington, the British commander
In-chIeI, regarding the Mudania con-
ference. which he is attending, says
the conference is proceeding salts
tactcrily and that ISmet Pasha. the
nationalist representative, has re-
issued orders to the nationalist
troops to avoid all contact with the
British.
French COmmunique.
The French official communique
says:
The preliminary meeting of the al
lied generals was held at Mudania
yesterday morning and ended with
the draft of the protocol. Thanks to
the conciliatory disposition mani
Tested by both sides, there was no
difficulty in reaching an agreement
as TO the majority OF the clauses as
a basis for the peace conference.
The meeting ended at 5 pm. and
resumed this morning at 10. Dur
ing the interval the allied generals
exchanged views in order to examine
the non-fundamental objections of the
Turkish delegate. The general i'm
preston is very satisfactory. The
arrival of the Greek military mis-
sion, including Coils. Platiras and
sarriyannis, is expected this morn
ing"
The joint allied note TO Muse4pffa
Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist
leader, was dispatched September %
from Paris. signed by Premier Poin-
care for France, Lord CurZon for
Great Britain and Count Sforza for
Italy. In it the three allied govern
ments invited the Angora assembly
TO d conference at Venice or else
where with plenipotentiaries of
Great Britain, France. Italy, Japan,
Rumania, Jugoslavia and Greece, with
the object of negotiating and con-
soiidating a final treaty of peace
between Turkey, Greece and the al
lied powers
Regarding the terms of such a
treaty the note stated:
The three governments take this
opportunity to declare that they view
with favor the desire of Turkey to
recover Thrace as far as the River
Martha and including Adrianople."
Gist of Note.
The note promised the willing sup
port of the three governments to the
drawing OF a frontier line on this
basis on condition that the Angora
government did not send armies into
the neutral zones during the peace
negotiations. The note declared it
would be understood that steps would
be taken in drawing such a treaty to
safeguard the interests of Turkey and
her neighbors by. .demilitarizing Ger
tain zones to be fixed, to obtain peace
full and orderly re-eStabliShment of
Turkeys authority, and finally to as
sumo effectively under the league of
nations maintenance of the freedom
vi iHe idI udUSlieS, lHe SEA Oh hdT-
mora and the Bosporus, as we'll as
protection of religious and racial mi
nori.ies."
The allied governments promised to
support the admission of Turkey to
the league of nations, to withdraw
their troops from Constantinople as
soon as the peace treaty became ef-
fective and to use their influence to
obtain the retirement of the Greek
forces to line fixed by the allied
generals in agreement with the Greek
and Turkish military authorities be-
fore the opening of the conference.
Insist on Neutrality.
. The note stipulated that the Angora
government in return for allied in
tervention would undertake not to
send troops before or during the peace
conference into the neutral zones
and not cross the Dardanelles or the
Sea of Marmora into Thrace.
A conference at Mudania between
Kemal Pasha and the allied generals
to fix the Greek line of retirement
was suggested.
GREEK. ENVOY TO PARLEY.