New-York tribune., 1922-10-08


Transitional conferences. II is proba
u,e tnat the choice will fall upon Seu
1arh opposite Constantinopie.
ffcmisr Foineare is 80 confident ths
situetsen 10 ia hand that he left Paris
fe-nA&ht for eastern France TO take
part In Jean dare ceremony to-mor.
row.
etGnihcance beyond the desire TO
xtrasEhten out the Mudania tangie was
seen here in Lord Curzon's hurried trip
from London to Paris and his demani i
which was granted-~for an immedi-
ate meeting with Poincare and the Itai-
ian Charge d'ATaires. From British
sources it Is learned that the British
roreign Secretary came here to get
profupt assurances from France and
italy that they were not drifting away
rom the three-Power decision of Sep
The British Cabinet. on the strength
OF messages from representatives in
the Near East, believed that the
French, and perhaps the Italian. ENJOYS
there, were encouraging the Turks to
make requests wholly outside the scope
ef tie Allied proposal. In the event of
split among the Allies. Curzon was
authorized by the Cabinet TO announce
Great Britain's complete liberty of ac-
tion In proceeding to withdraw from
further consultations with Paris and
Rome.
Poineare and Signor CALI hastened
to assure Lord Curzon of the complete
fafssty of the reports. The British
envoy thereupon made clear the inten-
ttons of London relative to Greece.
Thereafter the meetings proceeded on
basis of mutual understanding and
'thus--France and Italy having allayed
crose-Channel suspicion that they were
preparing to desert EngIand-Curzon
assured his associates at the table that
the talk Of England playing false was
unfounded.
Whereupon the three governments
then agreed to expel the Greeks from
Thrace and notify the Turks that they
ALLOW Ottoman ineursions into Europe
until peace again reigns between
Athens and the Turks.
Rupture Believed Averted
British circles here are FIRMLY con-
Paris curbed situation which could
easily have resulted in more exorbitant
demands being made by the Kemalists.
with real split in Allied unity prob
able, because of the Franco-Italian
leaning toward the Ottoman side of
the case.
LONDON, Oct. (By The Associated
Press s)-The agreement formulated by
Premier Poincare and Lord Curzon at
Paris was approved by the Cabinet
council -iate tonight and will be COM
municated forthwith to the Mudania
conference.
Latest dispatches from Mudania say
the Thracian question is in abeyance
At the conference pending instructions
ably will be taken up Sunday.
In the meantime, although there
seems to be feeling of relief in both
Paris and London. British war-like
preparations have not been halted.
The battleship Benbow, a sister ship
OF the Iron Duke, is sailing from Malta
for Constantinople tomorrow, with
seveYal smaller craft, all taking large
quantities of arms and ammunition.
An official communique issued late
tonight, after a full Cabinet meet
Ing, resunmoned at $3.50 o'clock to con-
slider long dispatch from Lord Curzon
at Paris, reading:
IN. Poineare and Lord Curzon
reached an agreement this afternoon
that the Greek army should be invited
to evacuate eastern Thrxce on the un-
derstanding that the Allies should
occupy the evacuated territory for a
period Of thirty days from the date
Of the completion of the evacuation of
ths Greek forces in order to guarantee
the safety Of the non-Turkish popula-
aion.
This agreement must now be pre-
ssnted to the Turkish representative
at Mudania on the understanding that
effect thereto will onlv he oivap - ~ n
Turkish representatives accept the re-
naming conditions laid down by the
Allied note of September 23, particu-
larry respecting the neutral zones on
both sides of the Bosporus and the Dar-
danelies."