[13] Supra, pp. 301–302.
[14] Interesting sidelights on these points will be found in the correspondence between the French and British Governments regarding the Angora Treaty of October 20, 1921, Parliamentary Papers, No. Cmd. 1571, Turkey No. 1 (1922). Cf., also, Toynbee, op. cit., Chapter III, “Greece and Turkey in the Vicious Circle”; Jean Lescure, “Faut-il détruire la Turquie?” in Revue politique et parlementaire, Volume 103 (1920), pp. 42–48; “Where Diplomacy Failed,” The Daily Telegraph (London), September 19, 1922.
[15] M. de Montille to the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, November 17, 1921, in the official correspondence cited in Note 14.
[16] Cf. a statement by M. Briand regarding the purposes and the scope of the agreement, Journal officiel, Débats parlementaires, Chambre des députés, March 16, 1921, pp. 1272–1273. The text of the agreement is available in Current History, Volume XIV (1921), pp. 203–204, and in the Contemporary Review, Volume 119 (1921), pp. 677–679.
[17] Regarding the Heraclea coal mines cf. supra, p. 14. During the War the mines were operated by Hugo Stinnes.
[18] For the text of the Turco-Italian treaty see L’Europe Nouvelle (Paris), May 28, 1921, or The Nation, Volume 113 (New York, 1921), p. 214. The New York Times, April 13, 1921, contains a good summary of the treaty and the circumstances of its negotiation.
[19] The text of the Angora Treaty is given in Parliamentary Papers, No. Cmd. 1556, Turkey No. 2 (1921). It has been reprinted in Current History, January, 1922. For a statement by M. Briand regarding the purposes and scope of the treaty, cf. Journal officiel, Débats parlementaires, Sénat, October 28, 1921, pp. 818–819.
[20] Aleppo remained within the French mandate for Syria, so that for a time—until the Turks construct a substitute line—through trains will have to pass through French territory for a short distance. Guarantees against interruption of either military or commercial traffic were exacted by the Turks, however. In addition, Turkey was guaranteed full use of the port of Alexandretta on a basis of absolute equality with Syria.
[21] Most of the supplementary economic concessions are provided for in a covering letter of Yussuf Kemal Bey and in an exchange of notes which coincided with the signature of the treaty. These were kept absolutely secret until December, when their contents were made known to the British Government.
[22] Supra, p. 83.