White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
Isolation of Constantinople by
British Is Complete.
MosLEMs HIGHLY EMRAeED
Food 10 Short in War Distriet-2,000,-
900 Christians In Asia Minor Are
Threatened by Massacre-Raiiweay
Communication Between eosporus
and the Interior Has Been Cut OF by
British.

~Constantinople Is as much Isolated
from Aslatic Turkey as IL the Allan
tic ocean separated them. Railway
communication between the Bosporus
and the interior has been cut off by
detachments of British. who burned
The large bridge south of Bilejik, aft
er getting out all their Indian troops
which had been guarding the line.
British headquarters is In Ismld, and
the protective area IS restricted large
~ to districts within range OF the IA
val guns.
Anatolia is the source of the food
supply of constanlinople and conse-
q~nently the prices of ment and yege-
tables have already doubled. The huge
profit taking Is not checked by the
high commissioners, who maintain the
fiction that the Turkish government is
functioning.
Communications virtually are sus-
pended and the allied newspapers are
filled with statements that the Nation
alist movement has been nipped in the
bud. News which reaches Constanti-
nople through couriers from Anatolia
and passengers from the various Black
sea and Mediterranean ports does not
support such statements. Mustapha
Renal Pnsha, the Nationalist leader,
has called a congress TO meet In An
cora, with five representatives for
each yIlayet. General mobilization has
been ordered and all military muni-
lions ordered removed from the sea-
coast.
Prepare for Defense.
Definite statements have been made
by Mustapha Renal that he will not
recognize the Sultan's orders. At 81
vas, Amasia, Tokat. Samsoun and
many other places there are trench
digging and other preparations for de-
Tense. Captain Forbes, the British
passport control officer, has been
seized at AmasIa and taken To Sivas.
and 1t is feared the taking of allied
hostages may become general.
The French again have failed to re-
lleve Aintab. and Armenians from Ada
ma are moving. with French pernils.
si0n, upon Hadstsa in an effort to re-
lIeye the Christians threatened there.
A message from Aintab, sent two weeks
ago and Just received In Constantine
ple. seys that the Moslems will not
sell food to $4,000 Armenians there.
Turkish leaders who were at Marash
have arrived In Aintab and It Is feared
! another great massacre may occur.
The Italians and French are both
critical OF the allied occupation OF Con-
stantinople, which they blame entire
" upon the British, and declare that
IL the 100000 unprotected Christians
In Asia Minor are killed by Moslems
enraged by the seizure of Constantine
Die Il will be the fault of the British
move.
Uncertainty As to Future.
So far there has been no fighting of
any consequence In Thrace. but there
Is great uncertainty as to what will
happen IL the French complete their
evacuation as planned and the Greeks
occupy the region. The French troops
are unwilling Ia fight In Thraee. de-
claring they will not take territory for
the Bulgarians and Greeks.
A delegation of fonr members of the
Turkish chamber are Ell route To An
cora for n conference with Mustapha
Renal. They were allowed to pass
by the British passport control and
are expected TO return here In ten
days. The delegation Is composed en-
tIrely of Nationalist, but they are as
serted To be anxious to persuade the
Nationalist leaders that The Sultan will
o support them and the movement
cannot succeed unless modified.
While the British were repairing the
bridge near BileJik. N~ationalists d.
rected n heavy machine gun fire upon
them. but their aim was so bad that
there was only one casualty. After
crossing the bridge the British bat
tallons burned IL to check the Nation
allsts, whose game Gems to be TO
force the allied troops 10 pursue them
Into the interior and keep up guerilla
warfare rather than take the ofren-