Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-09-05
ASKED
BY GREEKS; ARMY
R0UT COMPLETE
Allies Asked to Intercede.
Turk Nationalist Forces
Everywhere Victorious.
By the Associate Press.

LONDON, September 5.-General
London today was that the DISASTER
to the Greek army in Asia Minor was
complete. There seemed little Asos-
pect that anything could now save II
from a total.-debac1e.- ~
The Greek government has appeal
ed to the powers to obtaiDfan armi-
stice with the Turkish nationalists,
who have virtually driven the Creek $
of interchanges among the chancel-
leries at London, Paris and Rome, in
structions have been sent to the al
lied high commissioners of the three
powers In Constantinople to discuss
joint measures for bringing about 4
suspension of hostilities.
Early Meeting Likely.
1t is hoped here that a meeting be-
erents can be arranged to be held
within the next two or three days in
a neutral zone of Asia Minor. south
west Of Ismid. and that this meeting
will be productive of a speedy cessa-
tion of fighting.
News of the successive reverses suf-
fered by the Greeks is believed here
c
tire area by the Greek army.
Indeed. the evacuation has already
begun, according to the Daily Mail
which quotes Greek official circles in
London as declaring the army will be
out of the country within three weeks
The newspaper attributes to its Greek
official informant the statement that
the army is worn out with fighting.
Fighting Twelve Years.
Many soldiers have been in one
battle field or another for the last
twelve years." he said, "and they are
thoroughly disheartened by the con-
viction that there is nothing tangible
to fight for"
The Daily Telegraph'se diploma tic
correspondent says the Greek gov
ernment notified Great Britain on
Saturday Of it's decision to evacuate
clave, and asked the assistance of the
allies in arranging an armistice 1t
announced its inability longer to
guarantee the safety of the Christian
communities throughout the country
or the allied nationals IN Smyrna and
that evacuation of all the Christian
civilians as we'll as the Greek troops
would be necessary.
The safety of thousands. of Chris
tians now seems to be the chief con-
Germ of the allies, whose warships
alone, 1t is said, stand between them
and possible annihilation. What de-
gree of protection can be given, es-
pecially If the Turks reach Smryna
in their pursuit of the Greeks Is a
matter for speculation.
In an interview with the Daily Tele-
graph today. Henry Morgenthau, for
men American ambassador to Turkey,
expressed deep concern for the Chris
tian minorities in Asia Minor in view
of the present Turkish advance. Z,
The allies should remove all the
refugees from Anatolias to Thrace, he
declared-"otherwise the" Turks will
be as merciless with them as they
were with the Armenians."
He emphatically declared the Kem-
alists should not be allowed to cross
the straits. ...,'.
''To put Constantinople again into
the hands Of the Turks would be the
most terrible blunder of the age" he
said 1.-THE allies, and perhaps the
Americans, should combine to see the
city, properly policed, and its control
by the Turks prevented. x. =
"For the future safety of the worTd
there should be a Balkan federation,
with Constantinople as its Washing
ton, controlled by none Of the sep
arate states, but by Balkan federal
government"