New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

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titled to get all the glory | can on. !.
his policies. Why do the Allies bl.S
list me? They have my word fo- !
that have always been their fvis-.s
Why do the Turks fight me? ~.
with them when they were fightjno q.
Germany. Nobody seems to apprer;,,..
me, except that fool mob in Athsns
Yet am l not cleverer than wiIlism
or Kart or Nicholas Of Russia =
Ferdinand, or old Nicholas of Nontse
negro? / am a man Of destiny. =.
the only monarch ousted by the wsr
who was able to get his throne back
Has Only Nine Divisions *
Against Dozen of kemaPs &c
If Constantine persists in striking !.
the Turks what are his chances? A..
cording to information recently sen.
from ConstantinopIe to Paris, he has has
only nine divisions on the lsmid-tshas
front Eight of these are good s;.
visions. The ninth, second line i.
vision, is assigned to cover the extrens
left flank of the army toward the Blaes
Sea. The shock divisions are support.
ed by artillery, airplanes and tanks. Al,
though the tanks have only linite5
value in the open warfare which is m.
avoidable in the wide spaces of Ana.
tolia. The Greek engineer and sunnlv
services are far superior to those Of
The Turks.
Mustapha Kemal is credited wisa
having twelve divisions of varisbls
quality at his disposal. He is. ghor,
Of war material, but has fairly good
light artillery and some heavy guns
probably loaned him by the Russians
His army is best adapted to~fighting On
the strict defensive or on the ofsn
sive-defensive.
Constantine's natural first objective
would again be the Constantinople-
Bagdad Railroad. from Eski-Hissay
south to Alum Karahissar But his
present infantry dispositions of tie
| spring offensive. Then he had the bull
of his forces in the north, attacking
Eski-Hissar and ready to drive cast
toward Angora. Now there are oaly
three divisions in the Eski- Hissaf sec
tor, while five have been massed about
Ushak.
If Constantine intends to use large
/ numbers in the new offensive thsS
Papoulas used in April, then the Esli
advance would have to come from tn
direction of SMYRNA. The chief Gres4
base, and the Smyrna branch rsilgesa
would have to be utilized as the msia
line of communication. According %
Paris information, Mustapha Kemal Ia,
anticipated this modification OF the
Greek plan and has concentrated eight
Turkish divisions in the south, leaving
only four in the Eski-Hissar sector. 4,
Likely to Turn Southeast
IF Successful at First q
In case the Greeks captured ths
Alum Karahissar junction once mere
they would probably turn southesst
toward Konia. 1t would be desirable
for them to hold this town, for If thsF
are later thrown on the defensive
Smyrna could be best protected By
abandoning Brusa and the Dardanelles-
Marmora region and standing on line
from Konia to Eskishehr and thence
west toward Balikesri. Some of the
; Greek generals have, in fact, advised
Constantine to give up the idea Of
march on Angora and to content him
self, if he rejects the Allied offer d
mediation, with holding as much as be
can of the Smyrna district proper :
Of two military experts quoted in
recent dispatch from Pierre La Mazisre
to the Petit Journal, of Paris, one said:
at is possible for the Greeks tc reach
the main Anatolian railroad line, as
they did last April, but they cannot
get beyond it," The other delivered
this judgment: "The Turks will be IN
vincible if they stick to the defensive
But if they attack in their turn they
will make very little progress either
toward Constantinople or toward
Smyrna. l foresee prolonged opegg,
ations.'
At this moment. as General ismsl
. Pasha, the Turkish commander q
Eskishehr, said the other day, Constap'
tine "is in the position of a man was
has started to sneeze and found hiR.
self unable to do So" The sneeze MAJ
never come off, Tino preferring to r
nounce his offensive and, TO extras
what compensations he can from 'nss
Allies. What he wants most is guar
anty of his throne and financial assisf
ance. He has already sounded the AZ
lies on the question of their paylp'
the expenses of the Greek expedlu0s
airy army, in case he ships it home tf0a
Asia. The Allies are perhaps wiling =
charge part Of these expenses y
against former advances to 0fee0s
Tino might also accept Cyprus as "
Offset for Smyrna, although while w -
great war was on he disdained Dts
ish offer of Cyprus as an inducemehs :
fulfill his treaty obligations TO sero''
But whether he fights or finds dicker'1'
better policy than valor, he VIII ~
mis- personal interests first. Ana "As'
in his cynical estimation, can IT raa'''
! to the deluded Greeks whether smyie