Evening star., 1922-10-15
The Story the Week Has Told

ssg the treaty SIR PerGy Cox the
been established: thus foreeastins the end Of
the British mandate.
Soviet Russia.-The soviet government, in u
statement signed by Lenin, as president of the
council of commissars. has rejected the pro-
visional agreement recently concluded be-
tween Krassin and Leslie Urquhart. president
of the Russo-Asiatic Company. Lenins state
ment on the matter is interesting:
"The council of commssars has repeatedly
expressed the desire to establish relations
with foreign capitalists, especially the Russo
Asiatic Company, but the Importance and
tensve character of the concessions contcnl-
plated necessitate most fondly relations be-
tween the soviet government and the country
of the concessions. Recent actions of the
British government are not regarded indie
ative Of a sufficiently friendly attitude to
admit the signature of a contract of such
magnitude mag, t and; therefore, the soviet govern
agreement previously concluded between the
soviet representative and the Russo-Asiatic
Should the British government agree to par
ticipation Of the soviet government on terms
OF equality, in the conference conferences
to determine the future of Turkey and the
Straits status. Lentn would probably reverse
MS decision concerning the Crquhart deal.
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Turkey.-1Then l wrote last week the
Mudania conference had been suspended.
Ismet Pasha had demanded allied consent
immediate occupation by kemalist troops of
eastern Thrace-had even presented an ulti-
natum the allied delegation, by PM Of
the 9th, that consent must be yielded, else
the Turkish nationalist army would go after
the Creeks. e., fight the British. Lord
Curzon, the British foreign minister, on learn
ing of the ultimatum, had sped hot-foot to
Paris. His first question was, had Franklin
Bouillon spoken truth when in backing Ismet
Pasha's impudent demand. he claimed to be act
ing under instructions from Paris? If so. the
the understandings which based the
joint allied proposals to Mustapha kemal Of
Whether no Franklin -Bouillon's action at
general or SPECIFIC. from his government' o"st It
was thing that government could not avow.
10 good advantage in the recent negotiations).
Poincare repudiated it. The alternative
American sympathy and not mprobably Poin-
cares ruin.
reaftirmed allied solidarity and dispatched
and Mobeilt Which formed the basis tan ofpn of pn
answering ulti1natum to 1smet Pasha. The
was withdrawn on the 7th. with very lame anne
explanation Gen. Harrington presented the
speech which made the Turk mop his his brow brow
and accept
Cn ohe !Vtn the Mudanla convention en-
bodying the allied ultimatum terms, was
signed by the representatives Of Turkey Brit
the Of Special iTom
Athens) refusing to sign. Ismet Pasha accept
the terms. 1t is understood that Athens has
now nov instructed the Greek delegates to append
Mudania convention (Which became effective
at midnight october 14-l5) are follows:
eastern Thrace within fifteen days
The Greek civil authorities and gen.
darmerie to be withdrawn, after the necessary
transfers to Turkish civil authorities, and the
latter to be established under the protection
Of Turkish gendarmerie within thirty days
from completion Of the Greek military eyacu-
alton.