'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎36v] (52/112)

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Government and the Greek Government respectively within six months from the date of
such notification. If any compulsory acquisition of the land is necessary it will be
effected by, and at the cost of, the Turkish Government or the Greek Government, as the
case may be.
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Article 221.
The British, French and Italian Governments may respectively entrust to such
Commission or organisation as each of them may deem fit the establishment, arrangement,
maintenance and care of the cemeteries, memorials and graves situated in the land
referred to in Article 218.
These Commissions or organisations shall be officially recognized by the Turkish
Government and the Greek Government respectively. They shall have the right to
undertake any exhumations or removal of bodies which they may consider necessary in
order to concentrate the graves and establish cemeteries; the remains of soldiers or sailors
may not be exhumed, on any pretext whatever, without the authority of the Commission
or organisation of the Government concerned.
Article 222.
The land referred to in this Section shall not be subjected by Turkey or the Turkish
authorities, or by Greece or the Greek authorities, as the case may be, to any form of
taxation. Representatives of the British, French or Italian Governments, as well as
persons desirous of visiting the cemeteries, memorials and graves, shall at all times have
free access thereto. The Turkish Government and the Greek Government respectively
undertake to maintain in perpetuity the roads leading to the said land.
The Turkish Government and the Greek Government respectively undertake to
afford to the British, French and Italian Governments all necessary facilities for obtaining
a sufficient water supply for the requirements of the staff engaged in the maintenance or
protection of the said cemeteries or memorials, and for the irrigation of the land.
Article 223.
The provisions of this Section do not affect the Turkish or Greek sovereignty, as
the case may be, over tbe land transferred. The Turkish Government and the Greek
Government respectively shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the punishment
of persons subject to their jurisdiction who may be guilty of any violation of tbie rights
conferred on the Allied Governments, or of any desecration of the cemeteries, memorials
or graves.
Article 224.
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Section, the Allied Governments
and the Turkish Government will cause to be respected and maintained the graves of
soldiers and sailors buried in their respective territories, including any territories for
which they may hold a mandate in conformity with the Covenant of the League of
Nations.
Article 225.
1 he graves of prisoners of war and interned civilians who are nationals of the
different belligerent States and have died in captivity shall be properly maintained in
accordance with Article 224.
The Allied Governments on the one hand and the Turkish Government on the other
reciprocally undertake also to furnish to each other:
(1) a complete list of those who have died, together with all information useful for
identification :
(2) all information as to the number and position of the graves of all those who
have been buried without identification.