The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-10
Situation In Constantinople
Seems Grave
EXTREMISTS IN POWER
Two British Soldiers Assassinat-
ed; Kemalists Are Ignoring
Demands
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.I

of information being the result
of the cutting of the cable near
chanak by the Turks, who are
refusing to allow the cable COM
pany to repair its lines Gov
eminent officials today were ask
ing newspaper correspondents
for news. II was said at the for
eign office that the only thing
that could be done was to await
a report as to whether martial
law had been declared in Con-
stantinople. Complete discipiin-
airy powers in this regard are In
the hands of the allied authori-
ties there.
Paris, November 9.-The troubl
ed state of affairs in CONSTANT
nople' continues according to dis
patches here today. Two British
soldiers were assassinated last
night at Kassimipasha according to
the Constantinople correspondent OF
Petit Parisien.
Colonel Charpy commander Of
the French troops in the Constan-
tinople area told the correspondent
he considered the situation one OF
the gravest nature. The allied gen
erals and commissioners have in
formed Rafet Pasha, the governor
of Constantinople and Hamid Bey,
Turkish envoy there, of the deep
dissatisfaction O. the allies over
the attitude the Kemalists have tax
en- since they formally took over
the civil government.
Rafet Turns Down Protests.
Despite allied protests Rafet has
maintained all of the measures re-
Gently taken by TIE nationalists ex-
cept the high customs duties which
he imposed on foodstuffs.
The attitude of the Kemalists be-
comes sitter every day and the ex-
tremists seem to be in power at An
CORA. An indication of this was the
reiteration yesterday of the de-
fnand that the alias eyacuate both
their. military and naval forces from
Constantlnuple asd surrounding ais
tricts.
Ismet Pasha, foreign minister in
the Turkish nationalist government
is in Paris waiting to receive de-
cision on the British application for
a postponement of the peace con
ference at Lausanne before pro-
ceeding to that city
London Cable News Cut
London, November 9.-London
morning newspapers failed TO re
ceive their usual quotas OF news
from Constantinople today because
of the cutting of the Eastern Teie-
graph company's cable on the Re
malist side Of the Chanak zone Dy
the Turks, and their refusal to per-
nit the company to repair 1t.
So far as was known mere -tnls
vet been taken at Constantlnople
either by the allies or the Kemalists.
Rut the situation is known to be
extremely tense and the insistence
of thS nationalists. upon their de-
mands for allied evacuation have
made it increasingly critical.
Everywhere. in Britain general
satisfaction is expressed over the
recent evidences that the allies are
acting unanimously at CONSTANT
NOBLE upon this unity the British
base their hope that everything Will
ultimately come out all right in the
Near East. ~. ...-" -,
port that Earl Beatty, first sea lord
of the admiralty has been sum
moned home from the continent be
cause of the seriousness of the crl-
sis in the Near East. This report
has not been confirmed.
Situation Grows More Serious
Paris, November 9.-The situation
between the Kemalists and the al
lies at Constantinople remains very
serious but without any new de-
velopments, according to the latest
messages received today by the
French foreign office from the Near
East.
The attitude of the Angora gov
eminent. which has been grow ing
progressively sitter of late, is said
here to depend largely on whether
the Lausanne peace conference is
to be held as originally scheduled.
or postponed, and the French OBJ
servers feat hostile moves by the
Turks if a delay is finally deter
mined upon. Y
Ismet Pasha, the Turkish ma
tionalist foreign minister, now is in
Constantinople awaiting word re-
garding the holding of the peace
conference before proceeding to
Lausanne, of which he is to be the
principal nationalist delegate and a
delay in starting the conference
would result in mis- return to An
CORA. This, it is the opinion of the
French officials will be almost GER
ta;p IN fause trouble IS. =