The Washington herald., 1921-08-06

ATHENS, Aug. 5.-From the city
of Ismid, just across from Constan-
tinople. southwark through Eski-
Shehr and Afioun-Kar;siissarT7the
three important railroad functions
of Asia Minor-Greek armies are in
complete control. Eastward at An
CORA headquarters of Mustapha
Kemal and his Turkish Nationalist
forces. the advance of Hellenic
guns Is in progress and airplanes
are hurling bombs on a demoralized
Turkish army.
Under these conditions, wsth every
important objective of the Greek
offensive against Turkey won, and
with Mustapha KemaTs battle
strategy reduced TO dogged hill
fighting and guerilla-like attacks
on the Greeks, Athens finds herself
in a splendid position to press her
claims in the revision of the Sevres
treaty. which is to come before the
supreme council meeting next week.
First Attempt Failed.
This Is the second Greek attempt
to drive the Turk from Asia Minor.
The first was miserable failure.
earlier in, the year. when, after
taking Afiouu- u-Ksrahissar. the Hell
lsnic soldiers were badly defeated
and forced to retreat. panic-strick-
en-. Lack of supplies, lack OF ar
tnlery and ammunition, with which
the Eemalists had apparently been
plentifully supplied from Bolshe-
visit sources, hampered then first
campaign.
When Constantine retained to
the throne some weeks after the
overthrow of Venizelos, he symbo-
lized the aspirations of the Greek
military party, and almost stimuli
taneously with his resumption of
the reins of government the call
for the mobilization of new classes
went out.
France Fayors kemaI.
In punishment for the temerity
Of the people in demanding their
alleged GermanOphilc king back
again, the allied governments,
chiefly on French instigation. began
TO talk of means of furnishing the
Greek nation Revision of the
Seyres treaty, restoring to Turkey
a great part of the territory lost to
her. was practically decided upon
At a conference in London at which
the Kemalist delegates were every
where honored and the Greek dele
gates were everywhere snubbed.
The question, however, was not set
tied. largely because Lloyd Georges
views on the subject were more
liberal toward Constantinople than
were those of France.
A decision of policy followed in
which Great Britain, il not actually
supporting the Greeks, at least
maintained position of quasi neu-
trality, while the French aligned
themselves morally on the side OF
the KemaIists.
second Attack Succeeds.
The second attack by the Greeks
en- the Kemalists was better planned
and more carefully mapped out than
the first. The lines Of communica-
tion, breaking of which were re-
sbonsible in part for the first col
lapse, were more heavily guarded.
and the Greek armies did not over
reach themselves Steady progress
was made through June and July
without single reverse.
Ahoun- was the first to
AdAIs anu LEOIiA NhlS Important
way point II was an easy step to
the capture of Eski-Sehr Within
the last week the Nationalists have
been driven eighty miles to the east
Of Ismid. and the entire Western
part of Asia Minor Is thus COM
pletely cleared of Turkish domi-
nation.
Nine Points OF the Law.
1t is, therefore, difficult to see
how. in the light of the circum-
stances, any revision of the Sevres
treaty, which restores to Turkey
territory now under Greek control,
can be effectively made operative.
Moral suasion will not hold Greece
back, because moral suasion has
been a hat failure throughout the
year. And the allies. with Silesia
on their hands. are hardly in the
mood or the position to make any
great armed demonstration in the
Near East.
Leaders at Athens, therefore, are
O. rejoicing already at what they be-
ieve Is the successful conclusion of
he Pan Hellenic program.