The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-09
REFUGEES CROWD
TURKISH CAPITAL
Nationalist Bombarded By
British-Greeks Make
Cleanup

bration of the Fourth of July i'm Con
stantinople could scarcely be Gale,
safe and sane. British warship
bombarding the Turkish Nationalist
and arousing the city in the earl,
morning affording a salute to tn,
American independence day which
was the signal for a general scurry
ing of allied warships to various
points in the Sea of Marmora and tn,
Bosphorus, where the Nationalist ar,
resisting the allied occupation of thu
Straits.
In consequence of the insurgents
activities, Constantinople was crowd
ed today with refugees of all nation
alities fleeing from the Adriatic side
of the Bosphorus. At 4 o'clock thi.
morning the Nationalist raided Bel
cos, ten miles south of Constantinopll
on the Adriatic shore of the Bospho
rus just opposite Robert College. An
other band simultaneously raidet
Martepe, fifteen miles east of Con
stantinople on the Sea of Marmora
British and Greek troops as well as
dreadnaughts and destroyers were
rushed to resist the Nationalist, who
did some extensive plundering before
they were driven back into the is
lands.
Beicos is popular summer place
with gambling casino, the manage
ment of which has not dared to open
it this year because of the danger OF
raids. The summer colony here OF
some 10000 persons fled to the wa.
ter front when the raiders appeared
and crowding all the ferries and
available steamers trying to escape
rom the bandits. Many persons paid
boatmen $50 to row them the two
miles across the Bosphorus. One
British officer was captured by the
bandits and several Punjabis and
many Nationalist were killed and
WOunuCu III IuC Lib
Greeks Make Clean Sweep.
Greek troops have swept the coun-
cry west of Baloukesser clear OF
Turks as far north as Adramit. They
also have landed large forces at
Chardek on the Dardanelles. Con-
sequently they expect to eliminate the
Turks from the province of Bigha
shortly.
Observers who accompanied the
Greeks during their attack on Balou-
kessar and who visited Penderma af-
ter the Greek occupation of the city
say the Turkish forces offered little
resistance, except at Pergama and
outside Baloukessar.
The Greek advance was so rapid
and unexpected that the Turks were
unable to destroy the railway, which
with it's rolling stock, was left intact.
Dynamite had been placed under
some bridges but the Nationalist
were in so great panic that the
charges were not exploded. Their re-
treat was in such disorder that the
Greeks easily inflicted great losses
upon them and took many prisoners,
with few casualties among them. 1t
was found unnecessary for the Greek
forces to shell any town, as all hoist
ed the white flag when they approach
ed.
Bombardment of the great Mosque
at Brussa and destruction of the town
by airplane attacks are threatened in
an ultimatum received by the COVER
nor of Brussa from Vice Admiral de
Robeck, British high commissioner at
Constantinople, who has been in
charge of British landing parties
along the coast of the sea of Marmo-
ra. The text of the document fol-
lows:
"Nationalist forces, in violation of
the peace terms have attacked terri
tory occupied by the British on the
sea of Marmora and have hindered
the landing of forces from the fleet.
"As a consequence of this aggres-
sive attitude against the British and
other allies, and in event these at
tacks continue, 1t has been decided
to lombard the Mosque at Brussa
and to destroy Brussa by airplanes.
ITO avoid such action | ask you
to instruct your subordinates to dis
continue their aggressive menace and
not to prevent our landing wherever
landing is deemed necessary"
British prestige has suffered hard
blow in the repulse of landing parties
Turkish Nationalist realizing that
at various points in Turkish waters