The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-26
TURKISH CRISIS
AGAIN REACHES
DANGER POINT
Pasha's Reply to Allies Ac-
cepts Conditions But Insists
Military Movements Shall
Proceed During Farley.
ASK RUSSIA ADMITTED
fBv Associated Press,


other critical stage today. Kemal
reply to the allied govern
ments has been made known at Con
stantlnople by his aide-de-camp, and
IS an acceptance of proposed condi-
uons, but with the insistence that
turkish military movements shall
proceed and that Russia, Bulgaria and
Persia shall be admitted to the pre-
posed conference
The military situation has become
increasingly serious. The Turkish
FORCES have occupied Kun Kalesi at
the mouth of the Dardanelles, com.
manding tn entrance to the straits
with cavalry force
Another Nationalist cavalry force,
5000 strong is at Evenkeui, 10 miles
from the British lines at Chanak So
Wet Russia has sent a note to the
Allied powers, the Balkan states and
Egypt, proposing an immediate near
eastern conference in the hope. ii
says, of saving southeastern Europe
from a threatened new outbreak OF
bloodshed, and giving warning that
Russia will refuse to recognize any
recision regarding the Dardanelles, TO
which she is not a party.
The armistiee conference has been
set by the allied command for Octo-
Der 2, at Madunia.
Abdication Rumored.
Constantinople reports growing in
dications of the abdication of the Sui
tan of Turkey, and the selection OF
a successor acceptable to Kemal
Pasha.
Venizelos is now figuring in the
political discussions at Athens. The
former premier is mentioned as one
of the members of the Nationalist cab
met, which will seek to reconcile the
Constantine and Venizeloist elements
in a movement to assure united
Greece in this critical juncture for the
nation
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 26.-
There are growing indications that the
sultan's retirement from the throne is
imminent The violent epithets SAID
to have used by Mustapha Kemai
Pasha against the sultan in the course
of interviews with newspapermen
have caused painful dismay in the pal
ace. The sultan is represented as be-
ing in an entire state of collapse, and
all audiences have been suspended.
The members of his entourage are be
set with fears and one by one are
leaving the palace.
Conference Oct. 2
The arfhistice conference to arrange
for the cessation of hostilities between
the Greeks and Turkish Nationalists
will be held at Mudinia on or about
Oct. 2, provided that the Angora gov
eminent accepts the provisional peace
| terms ouelined by the allied powers.
This was decided at council of the
| allied high commissioners held yes
| terday afternoon in the British en-
| bassy and attended by Hamid Bey,
| representative of the Nationalists. Ha-
mid asked pledges from the British
| goyernment that the positions around
| Shanak be not reinforced during the
| progress of the negotiations.
Rear Armiral Mark L. Bristol, Amer
| lean high commissioner, did not par
! ticipate in the council, but it is un-
/ derstood the United States will have
an observer at the final peace con-
ference.
Families Sent Away
The wives and families of high Brit.
| ish officers here have been sent out
of the city. In order to get them away,
the British military authorities com
mandeered the Orient Express, which
runs through the Balkans and on II
Paris.
A Messageris liner for Marseilles
yesterday took hundreds of passengers
most of whom feared for their lives il
they remained in Constantinople A
British transport will take on board
I fnnnnrrnU wi oh ~
the British army officers of the line.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 26-An-
other body of a thousand Turkish cav
airy crossed the neutral zone from
Bigha today. This movement is like
that at Erekui, apparently concerted
before the receipt of the allied note
General Harrington, the British com.
mander, was said to be exhausting
every channel to secure a pacific with
drawal of both forces.
MOSCOW, Sept. 26.--Soviet Russia
in note. addressed to England
France, Italy, Greece, Rumonia, Jugo
Slavia, Bulgaria and Egypt. proposine
an immediate conference designed tc
find solution of the near east situa
; ton, warns the European powers
against ignoring interest of thos
countries directly interested in free
dom of the Dardaneles.
:, LONDON. Sept 26.-The allied mill
! tary authorities in Constantinople
! says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
: from that city, dated Monday, have OF
|. dered the evacuation of the residents
! of the villages close to Daridja in tbs
. neutral zone protecting Constantinopl,
y and the Bosporus.
The allies are making good progress
in removing the remaining refugee
from Smyrna, according to news in OF
e ficial quarters today. Some 25 ship
q have been contributed from allie,
E sources, while the Americans are Ell
Il gagged energetically in organizing tn
l. relief of the refugees.
J Further indications of the restless
: ness of the Turkish Nationalists owe
their enforced idleness while waitin
e for peace to be arranged are recount
It ed in late dispatches from ConstaT
II tinople.
Two divisions of Turkish cavalr,
S or about 5000 men have occupied Ere
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