The New York herald., 1922-10-05
ALLIES TO give Up /
THRACE IN 50 DAYS,
GREECE MAY FIGHT
Athens Envoy Warns Mu-
dania Conferees Army Is
Still Powerful.
PROTESTS AGREEMENT
Turks and Powers in Ac-
cord Oh All Points but
Martha Line.
KEMAL'S TROOPS RETIRE
Angora Announces Accept
ance in Principle of Peace
Terms. 3
KEMAL'S TROOPS RETIRE


Press) The Mudania conference, 1t is
understood this evening, will probably
reach an agre ment on all points OF
the Turkish proposals upon which
NJ. -Bouillon secured Kemai
Pasha's pledge to suspend military
with the exception of the provision re-
lating TO the occupation of the western
line of the Martha River by allied
troops.
Argument on this point is still pro-
ceeding.
The Allies have agreed to turn over
Thrace to the Turkish army in thirty
days.
News received this evening that NJ.
Franklin Bouillon, the French envoy,
and Mamid Bey, Nationalist represen-
tative, had decided to return to Con-
stantinople from Mudania Immediately.
strengthened the hope of the success
full issue of the conference.
The delegates agreed this afternoon
to establish a definite line OF demarka-
ton between the British and Kemalist
forces in the Chanak zone. The space
between the opposing forces will be
sufficient TO place them out OF rife
shot, thus lessening the danger of i'm
mediate conflict.
! General Mombeli, Italy. presided
| over the session to-day in accordance
with the arrangement by which the
allied generals Will rotate In occupying
the chair.
The keynote of to-dey's proceedings
| was peace" The only serious hitch
was on the question of the occupation
Of Thrace by allied detachments.
Ismet Pasha, the Turkish Nationalist
representative, insisted on this protec-
ton against a Greek flank attack on
! the Turkish occupying forces. The
allied representatives pointed out the
| difficulty of their acquescence because
Of the small forces at their command.
The Turks withdrew their demand for
| the evacuation of Thrace in eight days.
Greeks Threatening.
The attitude of Greece and the Greek
army. as represented by Col Plastiras.
was the only cloud to peace in the sky.
Plastiras let everybody know that the
Greek army was real factor and that
its new chiefs were determined to resist
every attempt to reinstate the Turks
in Thrace The allied leaders were in
clined to share Ismet Pasha's appre-
hension that Greece still was to be reck-
oned with.
The Turkish conditions referred to in
connection with the probable agreement
in the Mudania conference are as fol-
lows:
!. Formal guarantees concerning tho
evacuation OF Thrace.
2. Esta blishment of allied garrisons
in the larger towns OF Thrace.
3. Occupation Of Thrace by Turkish
Nationalist gendarmerle.
4. Transfer OF the civil administra-
ton OF Thrace 10 Kemalist functionaries.
5. Evacuation OF Thrace within eight
days by the Greek army
6. Occupation OF the westerly line OF
the Martha River by allied troops.
Special CoJie 10 THE NEW YORK HEnatp.
Copyright. 1929, Jy THE NEW YORK HERALD.
CoNsrANTINoPLE. oct. Am official
communique wes issued to-day recording
satisfactory progress in the Mudania
meeting which is interpreted here as
certain indication that war has been
averted and the convocation OF a peace
conference assured.
Two significant circumstances marked
the negotiations. which lasted ive hours
and were resumed this afternoon:
FirstThe landing OF the allied gen.
erals on Turkish Nationalist territory
with their formal reception by Ismct
Pasha. his chief of staff, Assim Pasha.
and Hamld Bey in the Turkish Govern
ment's building implies official recognl-
tion OF the Angora Government.
Second-The Allies. In submitting the
scheme for the administration and eVac-
uation OF Thrace pending the Turkish
occupation. have assumed the obligation
OF putting the Greeks out.
Here lie the chief difficulty and future
danger Allied prestige in the near
East is at such a low ebb to-day that
not only the victorious Turks. but even
the defeated Greeks have little fear
OF the Allies or respect for their wishes.
Peace Now Certain.
However. apart from possible Incl
dents In Thrace. peace is now certain,
for the simple reason that the Turks
are going to obtain everything they
want.
Strangely enough. the optimistic news
from Mudania was received with
mingled feelings in Constantinople,
where tho Greeks and the Armenians,
IN their fear or kemalH entry, had
regarded war as the lesser evil
Turkish circles express uureserved sats
lsfaction and predict a new era OF great.
ness for the Ottoman empire. Although
recent reports OF the abdication OF the
Sultan were premature, THE NEW YORK
HERALD correspondent Is reliably i'm
termed that the throne question Is to
lind a solution before kemars arrival
here. II is practically certain that III
new Sultan--in all probability the
present Crown Prince Abdul Modjd
will greet Renal when he makes his
triumphsl entry into the capital.
The announcement that Mustapha
tlsmai would agree to- ne allied note
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