Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-28
GREEKS DRIVE OUT
TURKS FROM THRACE
Capture Commander and Staff;
All Operations Have Been
Successful.
By Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Constantinople, July 2S.--Col., Jafar
Tayar, Turkish Nationalist commander
at Adrianople, and his staff were captured
by the Greeks when the latter entered
Adrianople.
Sweeping Thrace clean OF Nationalist
bands is considered easy for the Greeks,
who control all the strategic railway
points. King AlexandeI>of Greece was
given great demonstration on entering
Adrianople today. The city was slightly
damaged by shell fire.
Athens, July 2S.-Greek military oper-
atoms against Turkey have been rela-
lively bloodless but successful, because
of the rapidity of the Greek movements.
The Greeks seem TO appear at the right
time and place with overwhelming forces,
causing the morale of the Turks to break
in Asia Minor and Thracian campaigns.
When the Greeks debarked at Rodosto
a week ago the soldiers throwing them
selves into the sea the quicker to get
ashore, the Turkish commander of the
55th division telephoned the nationalist
commandant at Adrianople, Colonel Jafar
Tayar: II cannot hold out; my soldiers are
running away like chickens
Greek troops operating in Thrace total
$4,000 those in the Asia Minor campaign
5000. They are we'll equipped and ex-
perienced soldiers,
1t is estimated there were as few as 100
casualties among the Turks and Greeks
in Thrance but few thousand have been
reported in the Asia Minor campaign.
With the thermometer standing at 90
degrees in the shade the Greek troops
- he
rounding up Turkish bands
II is reported that Colonel Jafar Tayar
placed funds amounting to 81 ,0OO, 900
in banks in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital
and that in escaping from Adrianople he
took large bundles Of English and French
bank notes in a gasoline can.
Athens, July 25 Greece military
position, her economic aspirations, her
attitude toward Balkan affairs and her
policy with regard 20 the new territories
to be taken over by Greece were explained
to the Associated Press by Nicholas
Polltis. Minister of Foreign Affairs and
right hand man Of Premier Venizelos,
today
From a purely military viewpoint
VIC probably will he finished in Thracc
this week, !" declared tho Minister, land
in few months We will begin denobili,a-
ton of our army in Asia Minor. II is
already the role Of Greece 10 begin work
of reconstruction in these new territories.
II is not our intention 20 pursue policy
OF vengeance, but one Of economic pros
perity for all
These countries are fertile agricul-
turally. and our main plan OF develop
meat will be along these lines II is
our intention 10 help maintain the
mosques We have already founded
a Mohammedan chair in the University
of Smyrna We will do the Same in
Athens as we'll as keep up Tm kish schools
Port development will he one Of
our first cares, since we ale maritime
nat on. We are surprised there arc TO
American tenders for the big contracts
we are letting for Piraeus and Salonica
and later for the development of the water
power in Macedonia
We do not aspire TO possess Con-
stantinople though necessarily IL later
will become commercially Greek and the
Turks will abandon it. The straits
should always remain international and
should never be under one power.
AT the present time Russia IS ANXIOUS
TO resume relations with Europe, but
the latter probably will attempt to
reassert her old claims to ConstantinoDle.
She is far more dangerous than Turkey
ever was
NJ. Polits said be believed il possible
that the next great war would be caused
by an attempt at Slav domination OF
Europe.
Referring TO Greek internal cond tions
NJ Politis continued
We consider Consta tines return inn
possible, and we hope to remain a demo
cratic monarchy: IL is better suited for
our present needs than a republic. 1t is
untrue that Premier Nenizeios is dictator