Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-28
GREEKS SWEEPING
FORWARD IN THRACE
Turkish Soldiers run Away
Like Chickens" From VIC
torious Hellenes
FEW CASUALTIES REPORTED
BY the Associated Press


Athens, July 2O.-Grcek military
operations have been relatively blood
less. but successful because Of the
rapidity of the Greek movements. They
seem to appear at the right time ana
place with overwhelming forces. causing
the morale of the Turks to break both
in the Asia Minor and Thracian cam
paigns.
Notwithstanding the intense heat now
prevailing. The Thermometer showing
10 degrees in the shade the Greek
( troops in ThraCc nre continuing their
! forced marches and rounding up Turk
ish bands.
When the Greeks dcbarkcd at ROdosto
a week ago, the soldiers throwing them
selves into the sea the quicker to get
ashore. the Turkish commander of the
fifty fifth division is reported to have
telephoned the Nationalist COmmNndant
at Adrianoplc. Colonel .latar Tayar ::
81 cannot hold out. my soldiers ar"
running away like chickens. -
Greek troops operating in Ihracc
total 10000: those in the Asia Minor
campaign 10000. They are we'll equip
ped and experienced soldiers.
1t is estimated there were as few a.
100 casualties among the Turks and
Greeks in Thrace. but a few thousand
have been reported in the Asia Minor
cmapaign.
,It is reported that Colonel Jafar
Tayar, the Turkish commander at
AdrianoL!e, who was captured when
that city was taken by the Greeks,
placed funds amounting to 81 900 900 in
banks in Sofia. the Bulgarian capital,
and that in escaping from Adrionople
he took with him large bundles of Eng =
lish and French banknotes secrcted in a
gasoline can. The Allies have demanded
that Bulgarian disarm and intern him
and all Turks crossing the Bulgarian
frontier.
Constantinople. July 2S.-(By A. p. }
The Entente today asked the Turks
to vacate the war office. which is to be
used by the intcrallied commission for
controlling the straits zone. All arms
and ammunition factories and the mill
tary school have been closed by tho
Turks, as they will not be needed by the
small army permitted Turkey under the
peace treaty terms.
British and Greek troops are ener-
getically sweeping, both shores of the
peninsula opposite Constantinople.
forcing the bandits east of the Ismid
Kill line.
Paris. July 2S.-(By 4. P.D-If the
Turkish delegates are not detained on
their journey from Constantinople and
arrive in time it is probable that the
peace treaty with Turkey will be signed
at Sevres tomorrow as planned. There
Is a possibility. however. that Greece
may withhold her signature from the
treaty for the present because of con
troversy between the Greeks and Italians
over the islands Of the Dodocanese. ir
the Aegean.
The Greeks are understood to have
declared that unless they received a ia
vorable reply from the Italians prcvi.
ously they would not sign the treaty.
The islands in question were given tc
Italy by the peace treaty. An agree
nent was effected year ago. however
by which Italy consented, it is stated
to turn the islands over to Greece in
return for concessions to Italy in Asia
Minor. The new Italian Government,
1t is reported in diplomatic circles, has
represented that the concessions were
not such as it expected to receive. and
has demurred to the ConsummatiOn by
formal treaty of the reported tentative
agreement.