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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎22r] (48/260)

The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1923-1924. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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[10868] c 3
Any disputes which may arise between the parties concerned as
to the application of the principles laid down in the present Article
shall be referred, not more than one montn after the notification
referred to in the first paragraph, to an arbitrator whom the Council
of the League of Nations will be asked to appoint; this arbitrator
shall give his decision within a period of not more than three
months. The remuneration of the arbitrator shall be determined
by the Council of the League of Nations, and shall, together with
the other expenses of the arbitration, be borne by the parties con
cerned. The decisions of the arbitrator shall be final. The pay
ment of the annuities shall not be suspended by the reference of
any disputes to the above-mentioned arbitrator.
Article 48.
The States, other than Turkey, among which the Ottoman
Public Debt, as defined in Part (A) of the Table annexed to this
Section, is attributed shall, within three months from the date on
which they are notified, in accordance with Article 47, of their
respective shares in the annual charges referred to in that Article,
assign to the Council of the Debt adequate security for the payment
of their share. If such security is not assigned within the above-
mentioned period, or in the case of any disagreement as to the
adequacy of the security assigned, any of the Governments signatory
to the present Treaty shall be entitled to appeal to the Council of
the League of Nations.
The Council of the League of Nations shall be empowered to
entrust the collection of the revenues assigned as security to inter
national financial organisations existing in the countries (other than
Turkey) among which the Debt is distributed. The decisions of the
Council of the League of Nations shall be final.
Article 49.
\\ ithin one month from the date of the final determination under
Article 47 of the amount of the annuities for which each of the States
concerned is liable, a Commission shall meet in Paris to determine
the method of carrying out the distribution of the nominal capital
of the Ottoman Public Debt as defined in Part (A) of the Table
annexed to this Section. This distribution shall be made in
accordance with the proportions adopted for the division of the
annuities, and account shall be taken of the terms of the agreements
governing the loans and of the provisions of this Section.
The Commission referred to in the first paragraph shall consist
of a representative of the Turkish Government, a representative of
the Council of the Ottoman Public Debt, a representative of the debt
other than the Unified Debt and the Lots Turcs; each of the Govern
ments concerned shall also be entitled to appoint a representative.
All questions in regard to which the Commission may be unable to
reach agreement shall be referred to the arbitrator referred to in the
fourth paragraph of Article 47.

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A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.

The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).

The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.

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1 volume (126 folios)
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The volume’s contents are listed at the front of the volume (ff 2-3), and refer to the volume’s original pagination system.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎22r] (48/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x000031> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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