Evening star., 1920-03-18
PORTE NOW CALM;
ALLIES IN CONTROL
Occupation of Constantinople
Carried Out With But Few
Casualties.

| the Associated Press sl.-The second
| day of the interallied occupation OF
! Constantinopie. carried out on Tues
/ day by large forces from the i'm
/ posing war fleet in the Bosporus,
! passed with entire calm, the Turkish
/ police co-operatins. in keeping order.
I The ferry and telephone services hay
/ been resumed only small dcjaCh-
i mcnts of allied soldiers are visible
| in the streets and about the pubIc
! buildings.
The French and the Italians had
| only small forces here and they are
! far less active than the British troops,
, which are eXcellently organized ana
I took the city over with the precision
of clOCkWOrk.
Nationalist Leader Taken.
Among the prisoners taken We're
ESSad rasha. nationalist leader. aud
Mohammed PaSha. Vho was minister
of war just before the great war
opened and has been the chief or
ganizer of the propaganda for an
| American mandate.
C0NSTANTINOPLE. March l6.-The
| allies have occupied the MINISTRIES
of war and navy and assumed con-
! troll Of the posts. tol"GrHphs and tel
| cphoues. which have been tempo-
| rarily suspended. Shipping also has
been suspended.
This long .ooked-for military DEM
onstration by the allies against Tur-
! key was carried out with only one
untoward happening-a serious clash
| at the war office, where the Turks
! resisted the allied troops.
Allied Proclamation.
On the occupation of Constantinople
today the British. French and Ital-
| ian high commissioners issued the
following proclamation:
"First-Occupation is provisional.
"Second-The entente powers have
no intention to destroy the sultan
authority. They wish rather to
strengthen it in all places which
shall remain under ottoman admins
tration.
"Third-The entente powers persist
in their purpose not to deprive the
Turks of ConStantinople. But II, God
forbid, troubles develop and mas
sacres occur that decision probably
will be modified.
"Fourth-In this critical hour every
one must attend to his own an airs
and assist in maintaining general Sc
curity without permitting himself 10
be deceived by those whose frenzy
tends to destroy the last hope of
building upon the ruins OF the an
cient Turkish empire rev turkey
In short. it is the duty of every per-
son to obey orders issuing from the
sultan.
"Fifth-Certain persons implicated
in threats of which more will be told
later. have been arrested in Constan,
tinoplc They naturally Will be heid
responsible for these acts ana 1or
the consequent results.
Warshfps stand BY.
The landing of the forces or occu-
nation was carried out under the guns
of the formidable allied fleet anchored
in the BosDorus. The E"it'Sn uEeau
naucht Ben Bow was mocrcd at the
Galata quay, her guns trained upon
Stauhoul Another man-of-War raced
the arsenal in the Golden Horn, " hlte
all the other warships in the Bosporus
were standing by with thelr aech9
cleared for action.
Except in the instance stated, now
ever. there was no resistance to the
allied forces as they carried out the
orders for the occupation OF the ms
toric capital of the ottoman empire.
The population. in fact. showed niue
alarm nor was there any sign OF
panic except in one section OF STAN
boul as the commanders of the allied
troops brought their forces ashore.
These forces included 1000 blue
Jackets and marines from the Brltlsh
warships. and contingents from the
forces of all the allies represented
here Indian detachments having Mos
lens on their rosters were among the
troops takin" part in the operation.
Casualties in Fighting.
LONDON March 17.-Andrew Ronar
Law announced in the house of com
mons today, that ConStantinople had
been occupied by allied troops. as
proposed. and that at only one point
was there fighting. Two British SOL
diers were reported killed and one
officer and three men wounded. One
Turkish officer and eight Turks We're
killed and others were wounded.
Mr.. Ronar Law said that at the same
time the Turkish government had been
warned that the occupation of Con-
stantinople would continue until the
terms Of the peace treaty We're duly
executed.