New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
AdrianopleCool
Ia Greeting to
Allied Mission
l.reeks Salute the British
Member, but Frossily
Ignore the French and
italian Commissioners
public Sentiment Tense
ku,y Determined to Fight
Rather Than to Evacuate
Territory Athens Claims

kpRIANoPLE, Oct. 9 (By The AS
sc<iated Press AN Allied military
Mission has arrived here and viii
ssend three days before proceeding 20
visit the countryside by antoFsooiie'
fhe mission consists of three o4lcels'
French, British and italian, ana sne
eba;rman is French colonel,
Dufoulan. by virtue Of seniority.
The eyrand Of the commission as
defined by the Allied High Commits
s;oners Is to resssure the population,
;nvestigate aileged excesses. prevent
disturbances and report any evidence
~ ;rcendisrism, pillaging or unreason-
s1ye reauisitioning. Similar missions
b.ya arrived in the last week at
Rodosto and Lule Burgas.
Reception in City Frosty
Adrianople gave the delegates a
rsher cool reception, as the opinion
d that they were sent at the request
Il the Kemahsts to gather evidence,
vhieh will be chiefly useful to the
turks. 1t was even reported that the
athens government formally had re-
mested the Allies to withdraw the
mission. Nevertheless, the local Of
6tisls granted the delegates every
!ssility.
TAa populace, while distinctly
hesile to the French and neutral
tsssrd the Italian member, was ex-
sstsdingly friendly to the British rep
ressntatiye, a youthful airman, who is
accompanied by two red-cspped
ssslwarts in the uniform of the Brit
iii military police. Greek soldiers
eserywhere about the city salute
yanttiliousIy the British captain, but
ignore the French and Italian officers.
The delegates spent an hour each
with the Greek bishop, the Jewish chief
rabbi. the Bulgarian orthodox primate,
tie Armenian archbishop, and finally
With the head of the Moslem "Grand
Order Of the Mufti.' During the eve-
.i1 the missing conferred with various
l9al leaders representing different
pties and groups.
Arrival Believed Timely
The impression gained through all
these interviews was that the missions
arrivai was most opportune, as local
feeling is tense and trouble is brewing,
which the mere presence of the foreign
delegates would do much to restrain.
Nearly sill classes are inclined to de-
plors the plan for Turkish re-entry,
even many Moslems. While they ex-
pressed sentimental interest in the res
toration Of the old capital of the Turk
ish empire, they nevertheless shook
their heads gravely over the probable
disturbance Of commercial and civil
life, which only recently has been COM
ing back to normal.
At this moment it is evident that the
srgy has little intention of evacuating
?hna without a struggle, whatever
ias orders from Athens may be- and
Mss no doubt that many Of the
ohesrs are looking back for inspira-
TOE tothe examples of Gabrielle dan
nunIo at Fiume and General Zell-
gsuIki st wilma. Events march swiftly
nm atmos sphere of turmoil such as
ersts throughout Greece to-day, and
sayhing is possible.
lnmediately after General Leonard
opoulos, who is one of the foremost
military leaders in Greece, had passed
through the cheering columns of troops
in the Rue Karagatch to the new head
quarters in the government palace he
received the Associated Press corre-
spoldent and discussed the situation.
In reply to the question whether
Thrace was going to fight, he said:
I'VE are prepared. The whole army
asks nothing better than the opportu-
nifty. We shall not surrender Thrace.
Any one who saw the soldiers along
the Rue Karagatch to-day knows in
stinctively that my words reflect abso-
lutely the spirit of the troops.
we are one in an infexiple deter
mination to keep intact the new
Greece; no difference of opinion exists
on this question. The Turks may
think we are beaten, but let them try
TO prove it on the soil Of Thrace.
III the troops have as much conf
dence In me as have in them we shall
win. We are determined to redeem the
recent reverses to the Greek arms and
to settle once for all the question Of
turkish re-entry into Europe"