The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-27
EUROPE
WATCHING
NEAR EAST
The Question of Peace
or War at. Constan-
tinople Will Be De-
cided by Leader Of
Turks

clded by Leader OF
Turks
London, Sept. % fBy the A.sso.
ciated Pressl The question 0.
peace or war in the Near Eas
seems to turn tonight first. uper
/ whether the question of the FIJI
! ture STATUS OF Tbrace can be kept
/ separate and distinct from the
/ question OF neutrality and free.
dom OF the Dardanelles. and. Sec
ond, whether the guns begin &c
speak before the negotiations be-
tween the allied representatives ii
! Paris have ended.
While there is not the slishtes'
| diminution Ia the announced de-
termination of the British govern
ment TO uphold the neutrality oi
the sraits Of the Dardana!;es q
; very significant se.ni-ofhcial state
ment issued this evening seems tc
indicate some modification OF thss
British policy and its attitude 10
/ ward Greece in Thrace, whic1 II
/ may be assumed IS the outcoa1a o'
the Paris negotiations in vhicr
Lord Curzon. the British foreign
secretary. participated.
This statement declared she was
seeking nothing for herself but -ha'
she would insist on naturalization
OF The Dardanelles and free pas-
sage OF the waterway under the
league Of nations or some otnet IN
ternational organization. All otneI
questions We're secondary.
The negotiations in Paris have
not vet been completed, h"t ac-
cording 10 advices received toa:sa;
(; from the French capital Pranl:=i
Poineare is hopeful that by toa.of-
/! row formula will be found = ac-
ceptable to all parties which vii
enable the allies to send a collec-
tive note to the Turks suggesting
conference TO arrange peace be-
/ tween the Turks and the Graeks
| One of the strongest charges
!. made against Premier Lloyd
Georges Near Eastern policy, es-
pecially by the Labor party has
been its pro-Greek character. The
!! Labor party announced that 1t was
unwilling to engage the nation in
| a. war for the fuliiilmcnt OF Creek
ambitions 1t has been com
mented upon as strange that after
1.-The premier's conference with the
! labor leaders on "wednesday 10
report Of the speeches made We're
published by either side to the
conference.
This silence, especially on the
part of the Laborites, was consla-
cred in some quarters to indicate
THAT some explanation or conces-
sion to the viewpoint of labor was
made by the premier. A possible
lexplanation OF the Silence ::
thought by some tonight TO hc
found in the authoritative state
ment made public during the
evening clearly intimatins that the
question of Tf1race may be regard
/ ed as Il secondary matter and sus-
ceptible OF arrangement by neSo-
tiations.
According to Gonstantinople ad-
vices received here Mustapha kem-
al Pasha. the Turkish nationalist
leader. demands within IS hours
guarantees for the evacuation of
Thrace by the Greeks. On the
other hand the Greek government
expressed the strongest determina-
rion to hold Thrace al all costs.
France is supposed to be wiling
to see the Turks back IN eastern
'Thrace, and if an agreement be
tween the British and French gov
ernnents OF this matter is reach
ed it is believed Greece will not be
! likely TO oppose the views OF the
united entente.
The foreign office has no con-
tirmation OF the report that Ken1aI
has fixed q time limit Of As hours
for the carrying on: Of the require
ed guarantees of any advance
movement by the Kemalist troops.
The government. however, is con-
,inuing its preparations for any
even1uality. but at the same time
declaring it has no desire 60 pre-
cipitate hostiiities.
According to the view expressed
in official quarters, the issue lies
in Kema,'s hands. There is no
secret about the strength OF the
force that the Nationalist leader is
able to put IN the field. No weight
is attached to alarmist and exaS-
serated estimates of that strength.
While waiting adrices from
Kemal regarding his intentions,
Winston Spencer Churchill. secre-
tar. for the colonies. and Sir
LaninS Worthington Evans. sec
retary of state for war. held con-
terence tonight with war office Of
ficials TO arrange FOR possible troop
movements. II is understood that
the British liner Empress Of India
mas been taken over by the govern
nent To convey the Grenadier
Guards 10 the Nea- East. The
war office announces that a large
number OF former officers are vol
unteerin= for service. The colon
ial Office today received Il despatch
from the governor general OF New