Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-22
In Thrace Turkish Colonel
Openly Attacks and Defies
AIIies-Ita|ians Hurled Back
in Anato|ia Region.
FRENCH COMMANDER
ASKS REINFORCEMENTS
British Warships Keep Guard
in ConstantinopIe Harbor-
Sultan Wears Harried Look
and Is Accused of CoWardice
New York Tines Chicago Tribune, Cable,
Copyright, 1920.


Copyright, 1920.
Paris, March 2l.-The Pam
Islamic revolt is in full blast. The
fighting spreads from Thrsce
through Anatolia to Arabic. Semi
official French reports assert the
Islanic revolt is connected witt,
German events. In Thrace the
Turkish colonel, Jaffre Tayar, open.
ly attacks and defies the allies.
Greek troops occupying Thrace face
him.
In Anatolia Italian troops we're
hurled back to the seaboard by
Mustapha Kemals troops, but
French troops in Cilicia and upper
Syria CALAMITY are resisting the
Turkish nationalist onslaught. The
French general. Gourand, urgently
asks for reinforcements.
Troops Want Revenge.
LIE Journal Des Dcbats sa.rs:
"Mustapha Kemars troops, like I,
number of German officers, are
thirsty for revenge. Turkish naticn-
alism must be crushed. The military
expedition was started precisely to
checkmate the Turkish nationalist
brigands in order to prevent big
war"
Marcel Sachin, deputy and leader
Of the socialists, utters warning III
Humanite:
bad news from the Orient and
Syria and Cilicia. France has there
10000 men and also an important
fleet. But this is not sufficient;
General Gourand demands rein-
forcements. France is entangled
there in an endless military expedi-
ton. We have already lost many
soldiers there. If one wants to &C
to the bitter if Syria and Cil:cia
must become d new Morocco, dc-
cordina to the Millerand declara-
ton, it will cost Frances exhausted
treasury millions she needs for iler
Military Convention Published.
"The military convention between
the Islamic Azerbaidian republic
and Turkey. negotiated by Enver
Bey, was published showing the cx-
tent of the Islamic dangers, also
its Germanophile origin. France and
Great Britain asked the Azerbaidian
delegations in London to deny or
admit the existence of this conven-
ton.
"The British general, Mine, who
supplantcd the French general,
Franchel D'Esperey, in command of
the allied troops in Constantincple,
is deporting all Turkish nationalist
agitators to concentration camos III
Malta"
Sultan Looks Older.
Cons.antinople, March 2l.-Mo-
hammed VI, sutan of Turkey.
looked older and more broken than
usual Sunday as he made his weekly
rids i'll state from Yildiz palace to
Mejidich Jami for his "selmanlik" or
official attendance at prayers.
Although the allied proclamation
OF military occupation of Constanti-
nople declared the allies intention
10 uphold the sultan's power pro-
visionally, the crowds which
watched the unhappy old man
emerge from his palace overlook
ing the pictureques minarets and
towers of Stamboul and the sum
bathed Bosprous, appeared to realize
that 800 years of Turkish rule in
Constantinope had virtually ended.
The passing of the sultan's power
is grimly evidenced by the long
line of British dreadnaughts i'll the
Bosporns. but it is apparent that
most of the Turks refuse to accept
this evidence.
The sultan issued all exhortation
to his subjects to pursue their usual
vocations in peace. regardless OF
foreign occupation. Meantime Bri-
tish warship was steaming towards
Malta carrying Reouf Bey and many
others Of the national leaders who
were supporting Mustapha Kemal's
opposition to the dismemberment of
Turkey and who were taken i'll a
raid on Constantinople preceding its
occupation. -