The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-10-27

| ish commanders made several de-
mands for the withdrawal Of the
Turks, but Renal responded that he
knew OF no neutral zone. To the
French he explained that he had &C.
cupied these places because the Brit
ish had dsregarded the neutrality Of
the straits by permitting the Greeks
to have free passage through them.
. EvOLT by the Greek army against
IN the government. which was ex-
pected, came on schedule time The
troops that had returned from the
scene of disaster In Anatolia and
we're concentrated In the archipelago
islands rebelled and. using battleships
and destroyers as transports. sailed to
the mainland and moved on Athens
under the leadership OF regular Off
GERS OF the army and navy. Military
nations demanding the abdicatlon of
King Constantine, the formation Of a
ministry friendly to the allies and the
sending of reinforcements to Thrace.
On Wednesday the cabinet resigned
and Constantine formally abdlcated
the throne In favor OF Crown Prince
George, who was sworn In. For the
present a revolutionary committee Is
In charge of the government. The
object of the coup d'etat as an
nounced In Athens was to Dust Con
stantine I'm order to unite the country
In firm opposition TO the Paris confer
ence's peace terms to Mustapha Renal
11asha and to wage an immediate and
aggressive war TO retain Thrace.
Army and navy leaders fully support
the Thracian war, and they say they
can take Constantinople.
THOUGH II had been reported that
L Bulgaria was ready to seize the
part Of Thrace which she claims.
Dimitri Stancioff. Bulgarian minister
TO England. denies this. Bulgaria Is
irruly resolved TO avoid participation
In any military action" said he. mot
only because the country Is practical
ly dIsarmed, but also because the new
Bulgaria Is an agricultural country
and does not wish to risk repetition
Of her previous misfortunes."
COv1ET Russia formally declared |
~ herself the champion OF Islam last |
week. She sent note to the en-.
tente. the Balkan nations and Egypt |
demanding the restoration Of Turkey |
In Europe and warning the world that
she would not recognize "any decision
concerning the Turkish straits taken
without her participation or arrived
at against her interests"
A CC0RDING to an agreement
"A about completed between the
United States and japan. the interna-
tional technical control Of the Chi
nese Eastern railway by the Stevens
commission will soon be terminated. |
II In provided that the commission
shall cease TO function upon compile
tion Of the evacuation OF japanese
troops from Siberia. The Chinese
government is 10 be made responsI.
BILE for the continued operation and
protection Of the railway. and II It
falls In this. there will be a resump-
tlon Of international control. The
other allied powers are In accord with
this plan. That IL the news that
comes from Washington. From Picking
come reports that put another face on
the matter. The president Of China
has suspended the Russian Boxer In
demnity Of about s5.ooo.Ooo annually
and the soviet government. In its re-
ply Of protest. intimates that IL will
seize the Chinese Eastern railway.
John Y. Stevens. the head Of the CON-
according TO a correspondent
IL convinced the line Is lost to China
REAT BRITAIN has offered 10
~ nay SL0.OWOoo Of interest due
the United States. and the World war
debt funding commission has been
the proposition. At the
rate Of 5 per cent. the interest due In
he next two Installmenis October IL
and November Is. amounts TO $4,000
~ hut the funding law authorizes a
rate Of al per cent. 80 u is suggest
~ that the sioccocco he paid oc-
.oher Is and adjustments he worked
ut with Sir Robert Horne. who Is
coming over soon. Congressman Rur-
.on % Ohio. who Is a member 81 the
'undinc commission. Il in London. and
u q luncheon attended by prominent
inanciers he said plainly that the
United States expected Great Britain
n ray In full He pointed out that
he loans made nv America were not
-iven out % an overlooking treasury.
ut we're rsised. sometimes with din