466    THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE, 1919, VOLUME V


divisions in this region, but they were troops who had come from
Odessa, very tired and not the best French troops. In Hungary there
were four Roumanian divisions, two weak French divisions, and, on
the other side opposing the Roumanians, two Hungarian divisions.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that in Asia Minor the Italians had occu-
pied the harbour of Marmaris, nominally as a coaling station. They
had a battalion at Konia, which had been sent there by agreement.
They had landed troops at Adalia without consulting the Allied and
Associated Powers and other movements were reported.
GENERAL WILSON said there were unconfirmed reports of landings
at various places on the coast of Asia Minor, including Alaya.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE re-called that the Italian expedition to Tripoli
had been uncommonly well concealed. He was suspicious of a similar
expedition now to Asia Minor. According to his information, the
Italians were arming the Bulgarians and stirring them up to attack
both the Greeks and the Serbians, but especially the latter. They were
the only nation not demobilising.
M. CLEMENCEAU said this was a fact.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE thought that the situation in the East was not
being very well handled by the Allies. The Bulgarians were a most
formidable people and were not being disarmed.
M. CLEMENCEAU disputed this. He said he had despatches in regard
to the breech blocks of the Bulgarian guns which proved this.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that the breech blocks were being taken to
Sofia, where there were no Allied troops except Italians.
M. CLzMENCEAu said he had ordered them back.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that the Italians were the only considerable
force in this region. He wished General Henrys was in charge, as he
thought that for this particular work he was more suited than Gen-
eral Franchet d'Esperey.
M. CLEMENCEAu asked where General Henrys was.
GENERAL WILSON said he was on his way back from Warsaw.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that the British had a division and a half in
the Caucasus. He would like to have examined the effect of bringing
them back from the Causasus.
PRESIDENT WILSON recalled the report of the Military Representa-
tives on the distribution of forces in Turkey.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE thought the question ought to be re-considered.
Any day it might be found that the Italians had captured Anatolia
and it would be difficult to get them out of there once they had occu-
pied it. The mandates for Turkey could not be settled now, owing
the decision to send out a Commission. He thought, therefore, that
we should fall back on his original proposal of a re-distribution of the
forces of occupation. The United States troops ought to go to Con-
stantinople and to provide troops for Armenia. The British would