14890 - Beyond the port

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Vicky Baklessi

-Beyond the port there are the islands and those of the Aegean Sea. These are described in detail in the articles 13, 14 and 15.

Article 13

With a view to ensuring the maintenance of peace, the Greek Government undertakes to observe the following restrictions in the islands of Mytilene, Chios, Samos and Nikaria:

  1. No naval base and no fortification will be established in the said islands.
  2. Greek military aircraft will be forbidden to fly over the territory of the Anatolian coast. Reciprocally, the Ottoman Government will forbid their military aircraft to fly over the said islands.
  3. The Greek military forces in the said islands will be limited to the normal contingent called up for military service, which can be trained on the spot, as well as to a force of gendarmerie and police in proportion to the force of gendarmerie and police existing in the whole of the Greek territory.

Article 14

The islands of Imbros and Tenedos, remaining under Turkish sovereignty, shall enjoy a special administrative organisation composed of local elements and furnishing every guarantee for the native non-Moslem population in so far as concerns local administration and the protection of persons and property. The maintenance of order will be assured therein by a police force recruited from amongst the local population by the local administration above provided for and placed under its orders.

Article 15

Turkey renounces in favour of Italy all rights and title over the following islands: Stampalia (Astrapalia), Rhodes (Rhodos), Calki (Kharki), Scarpanto, Casos (Casso), Piscopis (Tilos), Misiros (Nisyros), Calimnos (Kalymnos), Leros, Patmos, Lipsos (Lipso), Simi (Symi), and Cos (Kos), which are now occupied by Italy, and the islets dependent thereon, and also over the island of Castellorizzo.

-These articles some people forget them and they cannot understand the new data.

-If we don’t have them in our memory, then everything seems strange.

-The message must pass.

-Only that it didn’t pass.

-The same may have happened also with the envelope…

– We must find out what happened then.

-In Paris?

-But also now.

-Should I find where the Lady is?

– Yes, it is the done thing.

-I’m going to see.