Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-14
GREEKS AND TURKS MARCH
TO IMPENDING BATTLES ON
ANCIENTFIGHTING GROUNDS

CONSTANTINOPLE, June 12.-(BS
the Associated Press -The historic
capital again is sounding to the hum
of military activity, on the eve or
what may prove to be decisive COM
fict for the domination of Asia Mi
nor. with the Greeks on the one hand
and the Turkish Nationalists on the
other as the most active combatants.
The city is crowded with allied forces
and additional British troops arriving
from Malta, while the imposing Franz
co-British fleet is on the scene.
From the Armenian frontier ON the
one side, and the Ionian sea on the
other, the opposing armies are re-
ported marching to the impending
battles over this ancient fighting
ground which has echoed from time
immemorial to the tramp of opposing
forces and the clash of arms.
Regardless Of the sanguinary his.
tory of the last seven years, all the
forces involved are going ahead with
their military preparations in ap-
parent cheerfulness, proclaiming con-
fidence in their arms.
Peace Effort Made
Over at Angora, the Turkish Ma
tionalist seat Of government, Henri
franklin Bouillon is making an eff
fort on behalf of the French govern.
ment to patch up a peace with the
militant organization of Mustapha
Kemal Pasha, whose government re-
pudiated the agreement made by it's
representatives in Europe for a set
Element of the outstanding difficult
ties with the French. (1n this con-
nection it may be noted that a Paris
dispatch of June 10 quoted Premier
BRAND as declaring that the progress
of the negotiations between Francs
and the Turkish Nationalists gave
reason for hope for a favorable set
tlement.)
Declarations also are heard here
by representatives of all sides that
they are anxious for peace, but while
the word peace" is frequently heard,
it is far from being present in fact
at the moment, and few indications
are evident here that there is much
prospect of realizing it for the trou-
bled Near East.
Bo1shevik Troops Active
Thus far Bolshevik troops in large
numbers have Joined the NATIONAL
lists, but they are watching and have
ready several divisions for the Turks.
with distinct offer of twelve. The
Bolshevik concentrations in Bessara-
bia also may be used if the oppor.
tunity presents.
The beginning of the offensive, It
is feared here, will be the signal for
new outrages by bandits and irregu-
lar troops in Thrace and Asia Minor
on the part of both the Turks and
the Greeks. The Greek population in
Samsun and other points is being
deported into the interior, and 5000
Armenians have been deported by the
Turks from Bilejik and other places
In the Brussels zone.
The Greek battleship Kilkis, for
merly the U. S. S. Mississippi today
shelled Inebors Uneboli, on the Black
sea-. There were numerous casual
ties, and man. udildings were DAM
aged, including the konak, the of
ficial residence of the government.
Greek Destroyers Active
Greek destroyers have bombarded
Karamursal, a village on the south
ern shore of Gulf of Island and
there have been several skirmishes
along the Turkish front in Asia
minor. Coast towns along the Black
Sea, the sea of Marmora, and the
Aegean are filled with refugees who
have fled from the interior because
of the imminence of the Greek of"
fensive against the Turkish natton-
aliSts.
The Turkish nationalist govern
ment has requested the Italians not
to evacuate Adalia on the southern
coast of Asia Minor, expressing fear
that the British may use the new
docks there as a base and that they
will cut off communications be-
tween Angora and Europe.
The Angora government has re-
piled to the British note relative to
the execution of Mustapha Sachir,
an Indian British subject, declar-
ing he was tried by court martial
and convicted of plotting the as
sassination of Mustapha Renal
Pasha, head of the nationalist gov
eminent.
KING CONSTANTINE
LEAVES FOR SMYRNA
ATHENS, Greece, June 12-(By
the Associated Press. liking Con-
urday on board the old United States
battleship Idaho, rechristened the
Lemnos. He was accompanied by
Crown Prince George, Prince Andrew,
Minister of War Theotokis, Minis
ter of Marine Mavromichaeiis ADD E
General Dousmanis, chief of stan OK
the army.
The king will arrive in Smyrna ea--
ly Sunday. 1t is not known how long
he will remain, but it is believed he
will visit all parts of the Greek
front in Anatolia and take an active
part in the direction of the opera
lions in the event the predicted of-
fenSiVe against the Turkish nation
alists is planned.
The Lemnos was escorted out or
the harbor of Piraeus by three de-
stroyers and cruiser amidst thun-
dering salutes from the other naval
vessels and the din of the whistles
and sirens of commercial craft.
STATE OF TERROR EXISTS
IN KHABAROVSK, SIBERIA
VLADIVOSTOK, June 12.-(By the
Associated ess.)-Refugees from
Nikolaievsk declare that a state of
terror exists in khabarovsk, capital
of the maritime province of Siberia.
and that political prisoners have
maltreating the inhabitants generals
ly. These statements by the refu~
gees, however, are not officially con-
firmed.
A Toxic dispatch of June 5 quoted
the Hardin correspondent of the
Hochi Shimbun as saying that the
eyacuate Kahbarovsk, had shot 100
political offenders in the Jail there.