Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-07
ALLIED CHIEFS MEET TO
DISCUSS CRISIS IN
TURK CAPITAL
PLAN MARTIAL LAW
EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL HELD
TO SUPPRESS NATIONALIST
TERRoRlsM-oPPosITIoN EDl.
TOR CONDEMNED TO DEATH.

Constantinople. Nov. 7.--Constar
tlnople is in fever of apprenensio
over the Kemalist demands for tn
evacuation Of the allied military an,
naval forces, the extension of tn
nationalist regime here, the imposi
tIon or cophscatUry customs duties
Ac condemnation of the sultaA al
the indisciimlnate arrest OF promi
nent Turks.
The allied high commissioner.
nave given Rafet Pasha the new
nationalist governor here, forty
eight hours in which to release one
OF the men arrested and condemned
TO death, Ali nemai Bey, editor OF al
antlnationalist paper. An unconfirm
ed report today had it that Ali Kema
already had been executed at lsmid
Meanwhile the allied commission
ers have asked their governments for
instructions with a view OF a pro.
claiming martial law They held an
extraordinary council last night at
which the recent series OF demands
by nationalists was discussed and
adoption OF firmer attitude was de.
cided upon in resistance to the
kemalist arbitrary course and the
curbing Of their activities In Constan.
tinople and eastern Thrace.
French Send Drasdnaught.
Paris. Nov. 7.-CBy A. P)--The al
lied high commissioners at CONSTANT.
nople have asked tneir governments
for authorization to take all necessary
measures to maintain order in Con.
stantinople, 1t was announced here
this afternoon. The commissioners 1t
was stated, will declare martial law II
necessary.
The French dreadnaught Jean Bart
will leave Toulon today to join the
allied feet at lConstantinopie.
London on Anxious Seat.
London, Nov. THE surprising de-
mands which the Kemalists have
made on the allies in Constantinople
when they took over the civil govern
ment Saturday still cause great
deal of anxiety in London The feel
ing Of uneasiness has been intensi-
fed by the scarcity of news from Con-
stantinople in the last thirty-six
hours. All Of the London newspa-
pers treat the situation seriously and
prominently. Deep Suspicion Of the
aim Of the Turkish nationalsts is al
most unanimous among the papers
and all Of them seem worried about
the safety of the non-Turkish popula-
ton at the sublime porte.
A Times dispatch from Constanti.
Mnniav hpt aI
said the situation had become most
critical and that the Angora govern
ment apparently was determined to
take advantage of the confused polit-
ical situation in Great Britain and
by series of accomplished facts
quickly carry out the whole national.
ist program despite checks put on
them by the Mudana convention.
The dispatches from Constantnople
reported that there was much nerv-
BUSINESS in responsible allied quarters
there and that the Europe business
men and other foreigners in the city
were preparing to leave at a mo-
ment's notice. Business is at
standstill and the unloading of ships
has ceased, dispatches said
The London newspapers while as.
serting that the allies do not wish
70 interfere in anyway with Turkeys
internal affairs call for strict adher-
ence to the Mudania armistice terms
and appeal to the allies to stand firm
FgainSt' any unwarranted Kemalist
demandG
The opinion that the Lauzanne
peace conference must be postponed
as the result of recent developments
in the near east is becoming general
But Reuters dispatch reports that
the Kemalist delegation to the con
ference has already started for Lau-
Zanne.
British Forces Retire.
Onstantinople, Nov. 7.--According
to Turkish nationalist quarters the
British forces are retiring from Mo-
sci on the Tigris in the northern sec
tion of Mesopotamia, and the Kemal-
lists are entering the evacuated area.
Three Glasses Called to CoIors.
Constantinople. Nov. 7.-~(By A. P.) |
Three additional classes of Turkish
have been called to the
colors.
Constantinople, Nov. by the A. P.
Ali kemal. boy editor of the Constan-
finople anti nationalist newspaper,
Sabah, has been arrested and con-
iemned to death by the Turkish au-
thorities here, the allies have been
informed. Late last night the allied
representative gave Rafet Pasha, the
new civil governor of the city, As hours
IN which to release the editors, /,