The Archive · 1924

Frontier Line

Const 'The Anglo-Tw proceeding here sine May 20 rela: tive to the disputed territory of Mosul which is at present incorporated in Iraq, have reached deadlock, Fethi Bey, on behalf of Turkey, demands the' rendition of the whots district, while Sir Perey Scott, on If' of Britain, insists on' the present frontier with li fications. The speeches tings held wore practteally 'a repetition of the old arguments Jexhausted at Lausanse, and, spite of the friendly prevail ug, no progress has been made, na shcwr by the fact that a map handed to Sir Percy Scott yesterday mora ig merely established the frontier:

which the Turks claim in an unmodified form.

is understood that Sir Pore Cox has asked the Government fo structions and meanwhile no fresh meeting has been arranged. Failure to agree will mean reference to the Council of the League of Nations, na provided in the Lausanne Treaty, wich, it is believed, the Turks are iw No avoid.—Reuter.

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