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Show I,f" ALLIES CANNOT GO ON WITHOUT II, SJOPPOBT Reply to Wilson Suggestion to Drive Turks From Europe to Be Sent. WASHINGTON, April 19. The allied al-lied reply to President Wilson's Turk-0 Turk-0 Ish note is expected by diplomatic of ficials to point out thaht without ac-, ac-, ceptance by the United States of re- sponsibility for part of tho burden of " tho solution of the Turkish question, , the allies have found it impossible to J adopt his suggestion that the Turks be driven from Europe. The allies hold, it was said, that the eviction of the sultan was impossible impos-sible without assusption by some power, pow-er, preferably the United Stales cf the obligation for the protection of Con siantinople and contiguous Turkish! territory. For economic and political reasons, officials said, choice of. any! other power than the United States! I was precluded and since the United States has refused the professed mandate, man-date, no other solution than to leave the Turk in Constantinople under in-ler-allicd control was possible Representations that the southeastern southeast-ern boundaries of Bulgarie were definitely defi-nitely delimited by the Bulgarian peace treaty, signed by Under Secretary Secre-tary of State Polk last year in Paris, it is known,, have been made to the state department in connection with President Wilson's suggestion that part of Eastern Thrace, now Turkish territory "should become part of Bul-H Bul-H gurla." This suggestion, it is believed . v Will be answered by a reference to' the Bulgarian treaty. It was discovered last week that the state department does not possess an official draft of: the Bulgarian treaty signed by Mr.j oo j |