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Show Mil- I1SES BREAK DELEGATES AWAIT ARRIVAL OF MILITARY EXPERT WITH MESSAGE FOR TURKS Ismet Pasha Not Blamed for Threat, ening Action of Turkish Near the Syrian Border Lausanne. A French military pea-ture pea-ture against Turkey caused grave concern at the Near East peace con. ferenee Monday. Delegates at the conference awaited await-ed the arrival of General Pelle, the French Near East expert, from Paris to see to what extent the French expect to carry their move. It ia feared that it may influence allied and Turkish delegates here who ara trying to find a suitable basis for peace. General Pelle has been instructed, it is said, to tell Ismet Pasha, the Turkish leader lit the conference here, that the French government regards the Turkish movement of troops as an "incitement to war." This cannot be tolerated by the French government which trusts Is. met personally but fears the general Turkish attitude, Pelle is expected tc ay. He is to add, it is said, that the French cannot trust some of the elements ele-ments at Angora who might wish to stir up trouble at the Syrian border in order to influence the outcome of the present peace confab. France has a mandate over Syria and her troops are already stationed there to assist the Syrian army in patroling the border. Reports were circulated more than a week ago that two dicisions of Turkish forces had been moved toward to-ward Syria to a spot where they could easily reach the border in a day's travel. |
