Evening star., 1922-09-17

not included In that figure and aggregating a
north and south Of Smyrna have been picked
up by small Greek craft Of the sort tnat
aso for she Creek Fry and for the
nant of the heroic 3rd Corps evacuated on the
18th from Panderma-then the Greek a;sns,ch ioss m
afrrms precisely that.
The earlier dispatches had 1t that the Ereek eek
are Informed that the northern wing
retreated in good order suffering few losses; ssnd
actions (the most difficult and arduous kind
Of military operations The last Tb Creek n,isb sel
' cavalry entered Mudania'
The northern winge then, seem, seems to- to have aye
southern wing must have had some com
petent direction and must have possessed a
good it's retreat Zone of the most rapid in
military annals and across country all diff
ton. with losses SO comparativelN slight.
Smyrna is now scene of unutterable horror
the he i1th a FIRE broke out in the Armenian guar
ter. and now the entire city. except the Turk
sn ed %ah as many Of
mostly Greeks; famine had already begun;
practically all the 1000 s supplies s bsd aae
to massacre the Christians They did not stop
for the fire apparentiy are s,i at 1t; soiyhs ing
world had fallen into the fashion of white
washing the Turk. He again discovers him.
one: the worst of the Mongoloids.
What next does Mustapha Kemal Pasha pro-
1919. signed with blood. be fulfilled to the let
ter. He must have Constantinople, Adrianople,
be abolished. The allies must leave Turkey
and relinqush control Of the straits. He would
mustn't be kept waiting too long Moscow tele-
graphs him congIatulations on n his g., vis.Griss
mic M majesty's Mussulman is subjects Of Delhi.
France and Italy. at last become alarmed, are
fho Ttrrlri riGh harn inf h i'm mn ST
stay outside the Asiatic neutral zone, that his
claims will duly be considered at confer
ence. Should he invade the neutral zone, then
war with the allies. OF these fascinating de-
velopments more hereafter
X 4 X =
Palestine.-British mandate rule in Pales-
tine formally established, pursuant to rat
ifcation Of the mandate by the league council
on September II, when British order in coun-
Gil proclaimed in Palestine, announcing
the nature of the government high COM
issioner and commander chief an execu-
tive council. a legislative council. separate
Moslem, Jewish and Christian courts. etc. The
order states that the high commissioner shall
be guided by the statement of British policy
in Palestine presented to the British parlia-
ment by his majestys command on July 81.
Called Baonr n favor 70 Us of esaS
lishment in Palestine of national home for
the Jewish people.
Sir Herbert Samuel was installed with the
ceremony always SO we'll managed by the
British. as high commissioner and commander
n-chief. There were cheers
This years budget of the Zionist central
council of Palestine. which is the local execu
tive agency of the Zionist world organization.
is said to include 100000 for reclamation of
land and settling Of colonies: ss75,ooo for as
s.sting immigration: s35O,000 for new schools:
s235.000 for sanitary purposes, and $4,000 for
agricultural research.
X x *
Eastern siberin-The negotiations between
representatives of Toxic and Of Moscow and
Chita, at Chang Chun. in Manchuria. have
halted. Joffe, the Moscow representative, has
been instructed by his government to insist
that any agreement arrived at must be made
between Toxic, the part. and Moscow.
and Chita jointly the other The situation
is a very delicate for the Japanese gov
eminent which does not wish to recognize the
Moscow government except in conjunction
with, or with the consent of, the powers its
friends.