Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-18
C0NSTANT|NOPIElS IS OCCUPIED BY THE
 FORCES OF ALLIES
Resistance to Treaty and Ar. menian Massacres the
 Cause
BRITISH ARE NOW IN
 CHARGE OF THE CITY
Little Resistance as 4,00O Land Un. der the Protection of For midable Allied Fleet
 in Bay

Constantinople, March 17.-Con stantinople was captured. this morn ing by allied forces under Genera Sir George F. Milne of the British
 army. This long-look ed-for militar,
 step by the allies against Turkey was
 carried out with only one untoward | happening, a serious clash at tic
 war office, where the Turks resisted the allied troops.
 ] An exchange of shots resulted. in which several Punjabi of the British East Indian forces and a few of the Turks were killed.
 The excitement caused by the oc- cupation quieted down before dark ness, which brought absolute calm. Turkish resistance to the terms of the peace treaty which had been framed by the peace conference and continuation of the massacres of Ar menians have caused the allies to put strong military and naval forces in- to Constantinople.
 The landing of the forces of oc- cupation was carried out under the guns of the formidable allied fleet anchored in the Bosphorus. The Brit ish dreadnought Benbow at the Gala ta Quay. had her guns trained upon Stamboul. Another man. of-war faced the arsenal in the golden horn, while all the other war vessels in the Bosphorus were standing by with their decks cleared for action.
 Except in the instance stated, how ever, there was no resistance to the allied forces as they carried out the orders for the occupation of the historic capital of the Ottoman en- pire. The population showed little alarm, nor was there any sign of pan ic except in one section of Stmaul as the commanders of the allied troops brought their forces ashore.
 These forces included four thou sand bluejackets and marines from the British warships, and contin- gents from the forces of all the all lies represented here. Indiana de- tachments having Moslems on their rosters. were among the troops talk ing part in the operation.
 Warn Citizens.
 Comprehensive military and naval plans had been made for carrying out of the allied measures and pre- cautionary steps taken. Last night a number of Turks and other per sons were regarded as possible disturbers of the peace were arrest ed, including the commander of the tenth Turkish division.
 The dead walls of Constantinople were placarded with a proclamation by Major General Henry F. M Will son of the British troops, declaring that any one committing any act that threatened the safety of the allied forces would be tried by court mar tial and sentenced to death or such other penalty as the court might fix The proclamation was printed in GreekA English and French and it was eagerly scanned by curious crowds in all sections of the city, which after the landing took place wandered around the streets in a understand exactly what had hap pened.
 The French this evening patrolled Stamboul with Senegalez troops. The British guarded Pera, the suburb northwest of the golden born, while the Italians guarded Scutari, the DOT tion of Constantinople on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus.
 The flutter that occurred in Stan- boul as the troops marched in was on the part of the shopkeepers near the war office where the clash occurred They clsed heir shops in their first fright, but speedily re-opened them.
 The allies are declared to believe their measures have provided amply for the maintenance of security and order in Constantinople and consider it questionable whether even the so- called nationalist forces in Anatolia are in position to attempt any thing serious.