Treaty with Turkey and other Instruments signed at Lausanne Lausanne Peace Treaty - Preamble Lausanne Peace Treaty Lausanne Peace Treaty Part II. Financial Clauses Lausanne Peace Treaty Part III Economic Clauses Lausanne Peace Treaty Part IV Communications and Sanitary Questions Lausanne Peace Treaty Part V Miscellaneous Provisions 1.Prisoners of War II. Convention Relating to the Régime of the Straits 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 VIII. Declaration of Amnesty IX. Declaration Relating to Moslem Properties in Greece X. Declaration Relating to Sanitary Matters XI. Declaration Relating to the Administration of Justice XII. Protocol Relating to Certain Concessions Granted in the Ottoman Empire XIII. Protocol Relating to the Accession of Belgium and Portugal to Certain Provisions of 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 Territory and the Islands of Imbros and Tenedos, Signed by the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Greece and Turkey XVI. Protocol Relating to the Treaty Concluded at Sèvres Between the Principal Allied Powers and Greece on the 10th August, 1920, Concerning the Protection of Minorities on Greece, and to 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
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Lausanne Peace Treaty - Preamble
 

The British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Roumania and the Serb-Croat-Slovens State

of the one part,

and TURKEY,

of the other part;

Being united in the desire to bring to a final close the state of war which has existed in the East since 1914,

Being anxious to re-establish the relations of friends and commerce which are essential to the mutual well-being of their respective peoples,

And considering that these relations must be based on respect for the independence and sovereignty of States,

Have decided to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:

His Majesty The King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions Beyond The Seas, Emperor of India:

The Right Honourable Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, Baronet, G.C.M.G., High Commissioner at Constantinople;

The President of the French Republic:

General Maurice Pellé, Ambassador of France, High Commissioner of the Republic in the East, Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour;

His Majesty The King of Italy:

The Honourable Marquis Camillo Carroni, Senator of the Kingdom, Ambassador of Italy, High Commissioner at Constantinople, Grand Cross of the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and of the Crown of Italy;

M.Giulio Cesare Montagna, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens, Commander of the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy;

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan:

Mr. Kentaro Otchiai, Jusamini, First Class of the Order of the Rising Sun, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rome;

His Majesty the King of the Hellenes:

M. Eleftherios K. Veniselos, formerly President of the Council of Ministers, Grand Cross of the Order of the Saviour;

M. Demetrios Caclamanos, Minister Plenipotentiary at London, Commander of the Order of the Saviour;

His Majesty the King of Roumania:

M. Constantine I. Diamandy, Minister Plenipotentiary;

M. Constantine Contzesco, Minister Plenipotentiary;

His Majesty the King of the Serbs, the Croats and the Slovenes:

Dr.Miloutine Yovanovitch, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne;

The Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey:

Ismet Pasha Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy for Adrianople;

Dr. Ryza Nour Bey, Minister for Health and for Public Asistance, Deputy for Sinope;

Hassan Bey, formerly Minister, Deputy for Trebizond;

Who, having produced their full power, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: