The New York herald., 1922-09-26

daily TO Turkish Thrace. The Turkish
War Once has enrolled all reserve ON
GERS who were unable TO join ihs
kemaiist army
Funds have been literally subscribed
for the volunteer army. which already
has taken up important strategic points
1n Thrace. All road functions ana ran.
heads in Turkish Thrace were occupied
ny strong forces Sunday evening. Gen
Zia Pasha. the Turkish War Minister
INSPECTED the troops Sunday. The OBJ
ject OF the movement is 10 cut OIL the
retreat of the Greek troops when pressed
by the Kemalists, who may attempt q
landing at Mdia on the Black sea.
about fifty miles from the mouth OF the
Bosphorus.
1T Is understood the Kemalists have
asked the Allies unofficially Tor pernls-
sion to transport troops from the Aslatic
banks of the Dardanelles to the Euro
mean side by means OF pontoon priuses.
II the authority Is granted CROSSING ~
this method could easily be accom-
plished. as the shortest distance between
the two shores is less than mile. Inc
main forces of the kemalisls are 10"
fifteen miles from Chanak
Allies May Allow Passage.
object to the passage of small military
and administrative force into Thrace py
way of Midla. This would avoid Vioia-
tion Of the neutral zone.
Notwithstanding the. threat OF the
Athens Government 10 hold Ihrace at
all costs the Kemalists are connoent tiat
with the existing volunteer lurklsn
troops in Thrace they will be able 10
eject the Greek Army.
Hamid Bey, former Governor General
of Cilicia, has been appointed by the
National Assembly as General Cominis-
sar of the Nationalist Government TO the
Caliphate in Constantinople. This is
interpreted 10 mean the early resigna-
tion OF the Constantinople Cabinet and
the termination or the dual Government.
Hamid Bey is a distinct parsonage
from the Hamid Bey who is Mustapha
Kemal Pasha's personal representative
He will remain in office until the ratl-
fication OF the treaties and the estan-
lishment OF the. Angora Government III
Constantinople.
REQUIEM mass was celebrated to-day
In the Greek Cathedral In memory or
Archbishop Chrysostom, head Of the
Greek church in Smyrna. a victim OF
the Turkish excesses there. The Most
Reverend Archbishop Meletios MetaN-
axis, Patriarch of Constantinople, In a
funeral Grafton described Archbishop
Chrysostom as a martyr to the Greek
faith, to God and his country, and then
proclaimed his canonization. The Pa
triarch counseled the congregation
which filled the cathedral to place their
trust in Providence.
Says Kemal VIII Accept.
Major-Gen. Frederick 3. Maurice, who
for a long period during the war was
chief director of military operations at
the War Office in London and now is the
military expert of a London newspaper,
said to the correspondent to-day
THE war Is overe Kennel VIII ac-
cept the allied proposals with reserva-
tions. He is just as anxious for peace
as the Allies. but one mustn't take him
too lightly.
"Kemal has an army Of 10000 that
may be regarded as fighting troops. AS
a result of the war material captured
from the Greeks. he can reinforce this
number by $4,000. drawn from the dis
tricts which have fallen TO the Turks
He has splendid artillery. ranging up
to IA inches, Including modern French
and italian guns. and also sixty air
planes and ample machine guns. His
army Is in high spirits and OF hrul
morale.
1T would take a good deal TO defeat
the Kemalists, but ] am so confdent OF
peace that am leaving for England In
"A few days"