Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-02
DARK CLOUDS HIDE
| NEAR EAST FUTURE
Feeling of Uncertainty Pre-
walls in All Quarters in
ConstantinopIe.
GREEK TROOPS WATERING
Threatened Blow of Bolshevists
and Kemalists Worries the Al
lies-Bessarabia Menaced.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

| BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
! BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
! Copyright. 1920.
| CONSTANTINOPLE, December "A
| feeling of uncertainty as to what the
morrow will bring prevails in all
! quarters here, The situation is not
clear, and only vague guesses are
made as to the future activities of the
Kemalists turkish nationalists) and
! bolsheviki.
/ The nervousness in the allied quar-
| tiers is mainly due to lack of conf.
| dence in the Greek troops, which up
| to now have been the backbone of the
| allied defense of the straits and Con-
| stantinople Conflicting reports of the
morale of the Greek troops are receiv-
| ed daily. The Turks claim that the
| Greeks are leaving the front in
masses: the allies report that the
| troops are still holding, but that they
undoubtedly are affected by the prom
| Use of immediate rehabilitation made
| by the Athens government. Those
who witnessed the Russian disaster in
| 1917 agree that only immediate action
| or rehabilitation will prevent the dis
/ Indignation of the Greek army.
| Control of Armenia.
! In the avalanche of conflicting
! views only the Armenian reports seem
! to be confirmed in all quarters. The
| enforcement of the Brest-Ltovsk
| treaty seems to have settled, at least
! temporarily, the Armenian question.
F, In the armistice signed November II
| by the Turk nationaliSts and Ar
menians the Turks demanded the sur
! render of all the war material and the
| railway line to the Georgian border.
| and that the 5000 men remaining of
| the Armenian army be withdrawn to
Ardachar. The democratic govern
nv pisyr
Z. bolshevist government, which APP
| pealed to Lenin to soften the harsh
/ terms laid down by Mustapha Renal
Pasha. The only effect of the inter
vention of the soviet government
seems to be that the rest of the Ar
menian army has passed into bolshe-
| visit control.
The Armenian government had been
promised that the Turkish troops in
j kars and Alexandropol would be re-
placed by soviet troops, but it was
only promise on paper; the Turks
are still masters. of both places, the
Armenian soviet government control
ling only the districts of Erivan and
i EliZavetpol.
Allies Are Worried.
In ConstantinopIe the allies are
worrying as to where the next Turco-
bolshevist blow will fall. A few fresh
British troops are arriving and the
=
arrived Sunday morning to reinforce
the American squadron. consisting of
the cruiser st. Louis and eight de-
StroyerS. Thousands of bolshevist
agents are reported to be in Constan-
tinople with the refugees from the
Crimea, and. except in the cases of
few notorious agents, the police are
unable to locate them. Alarming re-
ports are being circulated that the
bolshevist agents are preparing for a
coup here as soon as the natinoalists
are able to pierce the Greek line
The bolSheviki are. reported to be
concentrating on the BeSSarabian Dor
der. a successful attack on Bessara-
bia, where the people are dissatisfied
with the government and where red
agents are hard at work, is possible
in the near future, but the progress of
the soviet troops as far as the pre-
war Russo-Rumanian frontier is m
probable, and Rumania has sufficient
troops to check a bolsheyist onslaught
on her own territory.
The new commission, headed by Inc
yet Pasha. which was supposed TO
leave Constantinople on Sunday to
discuss terms of reconciliation with
the kemalIsts. has postponed it's de-
parture pending the result of the Lon
don conference of premiers 1t APP
pears that the government pointed
out TO the allied commissioners the
utility OF further discussions with the
kemallst without positive offers. If
Smyrna should be offered as an. in
ducement the government sees a
sHSht chance that Renal will abap
dno the bo!sheviki. AS soon as the
result of the London conference is
known the advisa bility of sendine
new emissaries to Kemal viii be cone
Sidered.