Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-02
PEACE HOPE GROWS BRIGHTER
AS NEAR EAST TROOP MOVEMENT
WATTS ON TOMORROW'S PARLEY
Final Policy Of the Allies to be Decided at Conference
Late Today Expected That Evacuation Of 1hrace win
be Begun at Once by the Greeks, While Armies Of
Entente Occupy Disputed Section British Warn Turks
War, ifPerssted in Might Spread Throughout Europe,
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening.
Constantinople. oct. 2.--1ls7 a. M
The Allied poiicy az the Mudanis
conference, Il was learned this fore-
noon. viii be decided upon ~ a meet
ing In constsntinople this afternoon
OF the Allied generals. admlrals. high
commissioners and military attaches
in extraordinary council.
". Franklin Bouiiion. peace envoy
from the Allies to Mns.apha Kernai
Pasha, returned yesterday 70 Con-
siantinople from Smyrna on tho
French cruiser Metz, successful in his
mission Of arranging an srmis'hco
conference.
lie made It clear to the Nationals.
leader that II war were renewsd IN the
Near East, It might spresd to the
whole Of Europe and that the re-
I sponsibility would rest entirely on
Bemai.
An immediate mutual agreement %
suspend all movements Of troops was
expected here today to be the fret
outcome Of the Mudanls arrni.,ice
conference which II 70 MEET tomorrow.
The conference VIII discuss the oc-
cupation Of eastern Thracs by detsch-
ments OF inter-Aliied troops during tho
Greek army's withdrawal
The expectation here IL that ms
Greek evacuation will begin inn
mediately after the conferences. per-
mitting the establishment OF Turkish
administrative control
General Harrington, the British COM
mander-in-chief. win leavs for
Mudania on the dreadnougnt IRON
Duke early tomorrow The Italian
and French generals who are 70 at
tend also WIN make the trip on bat
tleships of their respecsive nsvies
With an arnistice conferences aen-
niteiy fixed for tomorrow at Mudania.
the peril OF war between Great Bril-
tain and Turkey appeared less rnen-
seing today
Great Britain's recession from the
. neutral zone controversy caused no
, little surprise and disappor;rnent
here, but u VAS generally admitted
that tf5is step VAS ths oYffT tisYng
which could have stayed M1stapba
kenial Pasha's hand. II Is pointed TO
as another evidence OF England's ex-
traordnary patience and earnest da-
sire 10 avoid war.
IL is conceded that Rrigadier-oen-
{ eral Harinston's tact and tolerancs,
coupled with the timely arrival Of
reinforcenents from England. pre-
: vented the Turks from striking al
J Chanak.
, The situation Saturday afternoos
: was so strained that A break seemed
< inevitable. The British had orders n
5 defend chanak at all costs as the
Turks were slowly envelopipg the
: DardanelIes citadel.
|. New difficulties await the British a,
\ the armistice conferences II Is known
o that the Kemalists will insist upon
: the British withdrawal from ths
a Asiatic shores of the Dardaneiiea and
the Immediate evacuation of Thraee
by the Greeks
They VIII probably also demand the
right 70 cross the straits 10 pursue
the Greeks as we'll as guarantees
. against the use of Turkish waters OF
: Greek warships and troops
, The British declare they will insist
upon occupying the AsiatIc banks OF
g the straits even at the peril OF failure
. of the conference. They may also
y contest with the immediate withdrawal
it OF Greeks at Thrace. making this con.
ditionai upon acceptance of the Allied
e peace proposals. The invioiability o,
e the straits win be stoutly defended.
/ Orders for the cessation of mill.
s tary movements in the Chanak reSIor
of Asiatic Turkey and for the sus.
pension OF the activities OF the Turk
lsh Irregular forces in Thrace wer,
Issued by Mustapha KemaI Pasha
L Sunday.
The Turkish Nationalist authors
n ties have agreed to an armist!ce con
1f ference in Mudania on Tuesday an,
= have requested the Allied High Com
m missioners to appoint delegates TIL.
,r Nationalists will be represented by IL
t mid Pasha and possibly by Hamli
. Bey.
Is Frontier clashes continue between
IS Turkish Irregulars and Greeks. Il
90 one Of these, near Stranja, ten Greek
and 20 Turks were killed
:, The Greek commander has inform
: ed the Allies that the Greeks will no
:. be responsible for the neutrality o
- the zone which was recently definite
to defend the TchatalJa line.