Protocol Renewing the Friend. ship Pact Constantinople, Dee. 12, Karakhan, the Soviet Come missar for Foreign Affairs, arrived here to-day on board a Soviet torpedo-boat, Later he left for Angora, where he will be the guest of the Turkish Government, On November 27 it was reported. that after long ang laborious negotiations a provisional agree ment between Russia and Turkey had been reached regulating mutual trading fora period of six months, and that Turkish exports to Russia would be resumed in December.
Dee, '17.
On the occasion of the signature of the protocol renewing the Russo Turkish Friendship Pact, President Mustapha Kemal presented Karakhan, one of the Soviet Foreigm Commissars who came here specially for the signing of the pro= tocol, with a number of gifts as mark of his friendly esteem, The Pact, which has just beow renewed, was concluded in Paris im 1025 when the fate of Nosul waa being debated at the Lausam Conference. It was due to expire, February, 1990.
The Pact provides for neutrality in the event of military action against the other party to the agree-
Political, military, naval or economic coalition against' the other party, complete freedom of action im neutral relations with other Powora in so far as they do not conflict with specified undertakings.
'M, Karakhan will spend two davis in Constantinople before returning to Moscow on December 19.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.