New-York tribune., 1922-09-27
Harrington Sends kemal
a 48-Hour Ultimaturn
as New Turkish Forces
Enter Neutral District
Allies Are Sending
WomenF Front C.apital
Three Cruisers and De-
stroyer Fleet Rushed
to Straits From Malta

LONDON, Sept. 27.-A few per-
sons who escaped to the town Of
Dardanelles, south of Chanak, from
Bigha assert that the Christian pop
ulation in Bigha was massacred by
bands of Turks, some of them in
uniform, who entered the town five
days ago, says dispatch to "The
London Times" from Constantinople,
They seized all the Greeks and
Armenians,, numbering about nine
hundred, beheaded some and shot
the remainder.
1t is hoped that the stories are
exaggerated, the dispatch adds, but
news from Brusa and elsewhere in
Anatolia indicates that all the irreg-
ulars and many of Kemal's regulars
are out of hand.
coNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 26 (By
The Associated Press) The British
general, Sir Charles Harrington, com
mander in chief of the Allied forces
here, has ordered the Turks out of the
neutral zone around the Dardanelles.
he has sent an ultimatum to Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha at Smyrna allow
ing forty Eight hours for withdrawal
of the Nationalist cavalry detachments
which have occupied Kun Kaledi, at
the entrance to the Dardanelles, as
well as Eren Keui, to the southwest
of Chanak, and Bicha. Seizure of these
places constitutes violation of the
neutral zone of the Straits.
This action was taken by General
Harrington after several requests had
been made by the British commanders
in the areas mentioned that the Turk
lsh forces withdraw, and after the
Turks had begun to entrench.
British Prepare Defense
Likewise, the British troops are
throwing UP intrenchments, erecting
barbed wire entanglements and making
every preparation both for defense and
an offensive movement if that become j
necessary.
1t was announced yesterday that the
wives and families of the Allied author
tiles would remain in Constantinople,
but to-day some of them had been sent
out Of the city and others were prepar
ing to depart. This carries it's own
significance.
Disorders in the capital redoubIed,
but some relief is felt over the arrival
at Chanak of British reinforcements
and the announcement that additional
naval units were on the way to Con-
stantinople from Malta. These consist
of destroyer fotilla and three light
cruisers, which are expected to reach
here with all dispatch
1t is reported that the Turkish Ma
tlonallst troops are intrenching in the
neutral zone, which they refuse to rec
ognize, and declare they will hold their
present position.
Town of Bigha Also Occupied
Kemalist forces, consisting of 1905
cavalry, also occupied the town of
Bigha. The British made representa-
tions against this, but these were not
needed.
The Kemalists have an entire cav
airy. corps at Adramyti, fifty miles
southeast of Chanak.
The region from Pandik to yarinie,
along the Anatolian railway, has been
proclaimed zone of operations by
the British. The civilian populations
Of the villages within the zone have
been ordered to depart, and the Brit
ish are digging three lines of trenches.
General Harrington is urging Hamid
Bey, the Turkish Nationalist represent
ative here, to notify Kemal Pasha by
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