The Conference was resumed on Tuesday, when the dele- gates
exchanged credentials. It was then found that the Turkish delegates had authority to negotiate only with the three states who had signed the armistice and not with the Greeks. The conference was therefore adjourned until Thursday afternoon, in order to give the Turks an opportunity of seeking further instructions from Constantinople. When the delegates met again upon Thursday there was a further hitch. The Turkish delegates announced that, though they had received a telegraphic précis of their instructions, they were still awaiting the full text, which bad been dispatched by a special messenger from Constantinople. The latter was expected to arrive on Friday evening, and the Conference was further adjourned until Saturday afternoon. In the mean- time, on Tuesday the first " conversations " between the Ambassadors of the Powers were held at the Foreign Office, and further meetings took place on Wednesday and Friday.
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