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Show WlftSS OF TROUBLES I TOO WEIGHTY FOR I I CABINET In TUBKtY : Ministers Resign Under Stress of so Many Problems at , Home and Abroad , 1 Hifl ENTENTE TO STOP i H j MURDER IN ARMENIA '.; Allied Guns Ready to Fire Up- , on Official Buildings in ''! Constantinople , , j CONSTANTINOPLE, March 3. In , 'view. of the gravity of the' situation ;,. iH tho cabinet resigned today. The sul- , 'H I tan has called upon Marshal Izzet ' ' Pa-'oa to form a new cabinet. t'l l.zet Pasha is a partisan of Musta- j jH !pha Kemal Pasha, the leader of tho , 'H Tu.-kish Nationalists. His designation f ' as head of the new cabinet is regarded ' illl here as a district triumph for the Na- 11 jH tionallsts over the sultan and the more -( jH conservative leaders. , I The Turkish situation has heen ' lilflfll growing in seriousness recently from lll several causes. Tho allied supreme 1 jH I council has about completed its draft J jjH of tho proposed peace treaty for Tur- IH kev through which the Turks are to ''H be deprived of their centuries-long cou- j 'lH ;troi of the Dardanelles and the Bos- ! ''H ' phorus and lose territory containing !;H ; approximately four-fifths of the na- t! lion's population. Iv With a view to stopping the recawJ 'H marsTi"cTTfs'-"6'r":nTenians. tiie auTos ' , 'H har ..- sent strong naval reinforcements to the Bosphorus so that their guns , i command the parliament buildings and 'H Uu' sultan's palace. iH At. other serious factor is the Na- iH lionuiist movement headed by Musta tlH ph i Kemal Pasha which threatens tha 'jH overthrow of the governmont, if allied lH demands are met. The cabinet was formed last Oc- Jlfl tobvr. ! ALLIES TO ACT. LONDON. March 4. Replying to a question in the house of commons to- i day regarding the massacres of Arme- , nians, Premier Lloyd George said this had been the subject of very anxioua I ( Pfl consideration at the allied conference .and the conferees had reached a deel- ' sion which had been communicated to 'jH the representatives at Constantinople. ' It would not be advisable, added tho premier, to make public at the mo-ment mo-ment the character of that decision. i ,.H What would be done regarding it 1 would depend upon tho advice lobe 1 received from the Turkish capital. "We arc awaiting that advice now," continued the premier, "but I vcau as-sure as-sure tho house that we aro fully alive-to alive-to the gravity of the position and to the need of taking very strong mea- jH sures to protect minorities as far as jH can be done in a country of this kind. I hope lo be able lo make a statement jH in a very short time, but we are at ' the present moment awaiting the views of the representatives of all tho iH allies at Constantinople upon the sug- jH Igcstion which we put forward." i oo IIH |