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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.’ [47r] (98/260)
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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October 14 1890, September 20, 1808, July 10, 1895, June 10 1898,
and September 19,1900, regarding theftransportation ol goods by rail.
Article 100.
When, as a result of the fixing of new trontiers, a railway connec
tion between two parts of the same country crosses another country,
or a branch line from one country has its terminus in another, the
conditions of working, in so far as concerns the traffic between the
two countries, shall, subject to any special arrangements, be laid down
in an agreement to be concluded between the railway administrations
concerned. If these administrations cannot come to an agreement
as to the terms of such agreement, those conditions shall be decided
by arbitration. . ,. , , m , „
' The establishment of all new frontier stations between lurkey
and the neighbouring States, as well as the working of the m e3
between those stations, shall be settled by agreements similarly
concluded.
Article 107.
Travellers and goods coming from or destined for Turkey or
Greece, and making use in transit of the three sections of the
Oriental Kailways included between the Grseco-Bulganan frontier
and the Grseco-Turkish frontier near Kuleli-Burgas, shall not be
subject, on account of such transit, to any duty or toll nor to any
formality of examination in connection with passports or customs.
A Commissioner, who shall be selected by the Council of the
League of Nations, shall ensure that the stipulations of this Article
are carried out. , , ,, • , .
The Greek and Turkish Governments shall each have the right
to appoint a representative to be attached to this Commissioner;
this representative shall have the duty of drawing the attention of the
Commissioner to any question relating to the execution of the abo\e-
mentioned stipulations, and shall enjoy all the necessary facilities to
enable him to accomplish his task. These representatives shall
reach an agreement with the Commissioner as to the number and
nature of the subordinate staff which they will require.
It shall be the duty of the said Commissioner to submit, for the
decision of the Council of the League of Nations, any question relating
to the execution of the said stipulations which he may not have been
able to settle. The Greek and Turkish Governments undertake to
carry out any decision given by the majority vote of the sail
The salary of the said Commissioner, as well as the expenses of
his work, shall be borne in equal parts by the Greek and Turkish
Governments. , .. .. . . . „
In the event of Turkey constructing later a railway line joining
Adrianople to the line between Kuleli-Burgas and Constantinople,
the stipulations of this Article shall lapse in so far as concerns
transit between the points on the Greco-Turkish frontier lying near
Kuleli-Burgas and Bosna-Keuy respectively.
Each of the two interested Powers shall have the right, aftei
five years from the coming into force of the present Treaty, to apply
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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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