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NEAR EAST CRISIS
JARS ALL EUROPE
Great Britain SendS lii Free
to tAesOpoid'.l!!:|'.
ANXIETY OVER FnEhIjf STAaD
Flare Up in Balkans and Unrest
Among Mo; ems St!ra Giila:n.
Smyrna Said to Be Burning.

London. Sept. 10.--A Thousand Off
Embarked al Southampton tor services
III MeSUpolumia.
(MeSupotamia IS southeast of Asia
Minor, where the Turks have over
whelningy defeated the Greek army
and captured the principal Citje>.)
The Near Eastern situation is caus-
ing considerable concern here This
is reflected i'll the editorial columns
Of The newspapers, som Of which adopt
ID distinctly alannist tone.
A grave crisis cOnfrOntS the pU,,-
ers, says one, while Others declare
1.-THE situation is drifting to the danger
point, all the elements are present
for another tiareup of war. ANA he
powers must act at once, and iii agree
ment: if they fail To u@le@. nu1h.!4g
but miracle can avert disaster.
The statement which dominates ali
is fear lest France, although agreeing
to maintenance of the neutrality OF
Constuitinopie and the STRAITS "t Oar
danelItS, may interpret the Nightmare
aspira tious' OF the Turks III such a
manner us to prevent the cooperation
of Great Britain.
Those papers which are itttbitHitliy
suspicious of France comment strongly
on her tenderness for the Turks and
insist the later cannot be allowed to
recover Thrace and Adrianople, which
they believe France is willing TO give
them.
Elsewhere the fairly confident hope
is expressed France eventually viii
agree to cooperate with Great Britain
which is generally credited with up
holding the letter of the treaty Il
Sevres. Declaration Of the ffenrA
view is expected hourly, and awaited
with the greatest eIgerne5s.
If the fear regarding lie French
position is removed, the other fears
will he immediately lesSened bat a.;
present they are acute. furnish mill
tary aggression is feared, military ac-
UiA ity in The Balkan countries is fear
ed ncursion of the Russian s1yle;S
into the troubled arena is feared, While
behind all is the r9StitS, menace OF
Tie immense MuSlem population OF
India and the Mussulnlan communities
Each day brings fresh REPORTS OF the
intense feeling aroused III the Moh:in-
metlan countries by The Turkish vic
tory in Anatola, with indications OF
determination To support the luFKlSh
claims with ~whateVer means lie il.
their disposal. Reports from British
India especially represent the MJSl",.@
there as greatly excited.
The Daily Express pu1ii>hcd Il Ca
70 despatch quoting Information jus
received of equally intense excitement
in Palestine. ews Of the Russian so
VETS note of protest against The al
lied action in Constantinople had not
reached there when the despatch was
filed. bur il will fall on soil prepared
TO receive it End add TO the prevailing
alarm.
Fear of an attack Oh Constantinople
by the Turkish Nationalist before the
allies can reach an agreement has
brought TO the front the question OF
the whereabouts of the main kemalist
army. which apparently never enter
ed Smyrna. 1t is asked whether dis
army is on its way 10 the Straits by
secret forced marches
The urgent need OF the quickest
possible agreement of the Glli~s is
seen by even the Ca.mst OF t4r CON-
mentators. and suggestion for-an i'm
mediate conference is c1n>p. Us -a!y