Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-23
GUNS MAY SPEAK
IN CRISIS BEF ORE
PARIS PARLEYS END
Peace Prospects, However,
Brighten as Britain
ModiGcs Stand.
LONDON SAYS 1T SEEKS
ONLY STRAITS FREEDOM
kcmal Demands Evacuation
of Thracc by Greeks Be
Guaranteed.
HATIoNALrsTs SEE HARRINGTON
Turk Leaders DiscInim Any Imm~-
dinfc Finn to Violate Neutral
Zone.
LONDON SAYS 1T SEEKS
ONLY STRAITS FREEDOM
NATIoSALrsTs SEE HARRINGTON
Inrh Leaders Discinim Any Imm~-
dinfc Finn 10 Violate Neutral
Zonc.
Try Assocfa;ed prc...l


LONDON Sept 22.--Th. question
OF peace or war In the Near East
seems 10 turn tonight nrst upon
whether the question OF The future
status Of Thrace can be kept sepa.
rate and Distinct from the question
or neutrality and freedom 81 the
iphrcanelics. and. second. whether
me guns begin 10 speak before The
h"Eotaiiona between the allied rep
festniaiiTcs In Paris have ended
WIN" ,hcr. ~ not the sligh,cst
dlm:nItion In the announced de-
t"rminatlon OF the British govern
m"nl To uphold the neutrality o.
NE s'ra!'a OF The Dardanellcs a very
SiEn:hcant Hcfnoi!icial rtatctncnt is-
Sned this evening nccms to indicate
'"iu' modification of the British
rol!cy and its attiTude toward
Greco" Ia Thrace. which II may he
assumed u the outcome of the Paris
negotiations In which Lord Curzon.
nc HTirish Foreign Secretary. par
ttc!ratcd.
nrltain srrk> N",hin for m-r.e,f.
THIS s'a,c;nctt declared Great
EF'iiin was seeking nothing Gur
herself. but tina; she would irsis,
on naturalization OF the Dardancllcs
""d free nassaEc Of tho waterway
under tho League of nations or some
other International organizmT!on.
All other questions wcrc secondary.
The negotiations In pArls lavc not
yet been completed. but according
TO adv!ces ec..,-L ,onigh, from
me French capital Premier po!rcare
= hopeful tina: by tomorrow n
formula w!ll be found acceptable to
n'i parties ana which VIII enable
The allies 10 serd q collective note
I" the Turks Suggesting Il conference
To arrange peace between In.
Turks and the Grcskr
kemnl Dcmnnds Gunrnntc~s.
According to Constan;inople adj
vices received here Mustapha knmal
faSha, the Turkish Nat!Onliist
leader. demands within forty-ciShI
hours guarantees for the cvacua-
t!on t.. Thrace by the Greeks. On
the other hand, the Greek govern
nent expresses the strongest de-
termination 70 hold Thracc at all
COSTS France Is supposed TO be
willing 10 sea the TURKS back in
Eastern rhrace. ard II an agree
'nent between the British and French
governments on this matter Is
reached II is believed Greece would
not be likely to oppose the vicws OF
y united entente.
The Foreign Ofcc has no con-
hrmat!on OF the report that K.ma,
has axed a t!me-l!mli Of fcrty-eight
hours for the carrying out Of the re-
qu!red guarantees or OF any advance
movement BY the EcmalisI troops.
The government, however, Is CON
i!nuing its preparations for any
eventuality, but al the same time
declaring 1t has no desire to preclpi-
tate hostili1ies.
London I'm No Pnnic.
According TO the view expressed In
official quarters the issue lies In
kcmals hands. There Is no secret
about the strength OF the force that
the Nationalist leader IS able to put
in tho field. No weight is attached
TO alarm!st and exaggerated esti-
mates of that strength
While awaiting advices from Ke-
NAL regarding his Intentions. Wins
ton spencer Churchill. Secretary for
the Colonies. and Sir Laming Worth
ington- Evans, Secretary OF state for
War. held n conference tonight with
War Office officials TO arrange for
possible troop movements. Ii is un-
derstood that the British liner En-
press OF India has been taken over
by tho government to convey the
Grenadier Guards to the Near East
Tho War Office announces that n
large number OF former officers are
volunteering for service. The colo
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