20 MARCH 1920, Page 2

Constantinople was occupied by Allied troops under General Milne on

Tuesday. On the previous night some of the Turkish plotters had been arrested. Resistance was offered at only one point, where two British soldiers and nine Turks were killed in a fight. The Turkish War Office was placed under guard. Mr. Boner Law told the House of Commons on Wednesday that the occupation would last until the Peace Treaty had been carried out, and that, if the massacres of. Christians continued, the peace terms would be made more severe. If Mr. .Boner Law's assur- anoes are literally fulfilled, the Allies must remain at Constanti- nople indefinitely, for the Turks are incapable of carrying out any Treaty except under strict supervision.