The Allied Conference on Near Eastern questions heard the Turkish
Nationalist delegate on Thursday, February 24th. He invited the Allies to restore to Turkey both Smyrna and Thrace, and also full control of the Straits, as well as Kars, which was lost in 1877. The Greek Premier then stated the Greek case. The Allies asked both parties whether they would agree to an International Commission, appointed by the Allies, to consider the question of the populations of Smyrna and Eastern Thrace before and since the war, on condition that both Greece and Turkey accepted the results of such an " arbi- tration," and undertook to observe all other clauses of the Treaty of Sevres. The Turkish Nationalist delegate, Bekir Semi Bey, at first professed his readiness to agree, on certain conditions, and then asked for time to consult with Angora. The Greek Premier said that he stood for the Treaty of Sevres. The Greek Parliament resolved on Monday that the Treaty should be maintained. As the Allies must have had all the information required during the many months which they spent in drafting the Treaty, it is not easy to ace what further light a Commission could throw upon the matter.
