The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-10-06
SITUATION IN
NEAR EAST is
MORE ACUTE
Turkish Nationalists Want
Concessions Without Condi-
ti0ns of Allied Note
FORCE IS THREATENED
Demands Occupation of
Thrace Before Peace Nego-
tiati0ns are Entered Upon
FORCE IS THREATENED
(By the Associated Press)

London, Oct. 6.--It was also Off
cially stated, in rough outline, that
from the British point of view the
Turks are demanding more than was
offered in the Allied note, and on
the other hand that they were not
accepting the conditions of that note.
It was asserted that the Turks want
to obtain the concessions of the note
without the conditions.
The officials decline to give in de-
tail what the Turks were demanding.
The armistice conference was ad-
journed suddenly yesterday after
dramatic passage in which Ismet
Pasha, representing the Angora gov
ernment demanded that the Turks be
allowed to occupy eastern Thrace
as precedent to any peace confer
ence.
To Enforce Terms
Ismet Pasha told the Allied gen.
erals that if the Turks could not
have Thrace peacefully 1--WE have the
means to enforce our determination"
Earlier in the day the Greek dele
gates had decalred in no less certain
terms their readiness to fight, if
necessary, to retain the province.
That the Turkish demand had been
duly weighed and calculated is evil
denced by the almost simultaneous
receipt Of an Angora dispatch quot
ing Mustapha Kemal Pasha as de.
claring before the National assem-
bly,: "The evacuation and surrender
of Thrace must occur Immediately,
especially as since the Greek revolu-
tion the moslem subjects are in
great danger"
France Supports Turks
lsmet Pasha's bombshell was fol-
lowed by another when the French
delegates announced they were in
structed to support the Turkish de-
mand. This created definite split,
with the Turks and French opposed
to the British and the Italians, the
latter holding that evacuation Of
Thrace BY the Greeks and re-occC-
patton by the Turks should follow
and not precede the peace confer
ence.
The Allied generals thereupon ad-
journed the meeting and left for
Constantinople to consult with the
high commissioners and to ask &c
finite instructions from their. high
governments, with the understanding
that further meeting would follow
their receipt.
The message from Brigadier Cen
eral Sir Charles Harrington caused
immediate action in Downing Street.
The cabinet ministers were hurriedly
summoned and went into session
which did not break up until early
this morning. ..a
General Harrington's message was
garbled in transmission, and it was
thought advisable to wait for q repc-
tition before taking any decision.
London newspapers this morning
appear without any Of the details Of
the conflict at Mudania which are
known in the United States through
dispatches to The Associated Press,
according to the Daily Telegraph's di-
plomatic expert, the British military
authorities have escaped a most
stringent censorship.
CAUSING UNEASINESS
Paris, Oct. 6.-The Near Eastern
situation is again causing uncasi-
ness: The Quai d. Orsay in the dark
as to the latest developments at the
armistice conference in Mudania, its
only information being contained IN
press dispatches from London.
Nothing has been received from
the Near East except long mutt
lated wireless dispatch from ~.
franklin Bouillon. filed on Wednes-
day. Due to the errors in transmits
sion little could be made OF this.
but the French envoy appeared TO
suggest that Brigadier General Har-
rington's personal conriliatory pre-
delictions were cramped by his limit
cd instructions from the British gov
ernment.
Some alarm was caused by report
that the Greeks have dlspatcheu wv
trainloads of troops from Saloniki to
Adrianople, the capital Of Eastern
Thrace. While this as yet uncontlrm-
ed, dispatches from General Pelle'
French high commissioner in Con-
stantinople, represent the Greek at
titude in an unfavorable light.
PREDICTS PEACE.
Anpora, Oct. 6.-Mustapha Kemal
Pasha has sent the following mes
sage ITO the people of Constantine
ple:"
II offer greetings to my friends IN
Constantinople and hope soon to
meet them personally. Peace will be
concluded with the realization Of our
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