The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-06
PEACE PARLEY
ON NEAR EAST
is DEADLOCKED
Cannot Be Resumed Until the
British and French Govern
ments Have Conferred Over
the Situation.
TURKS ARE GRAsPING
tBy Associated Press)

cially stated at the conclusion of the
British cabinet meeting this morning.
but it is deadlocked and cannot be re-
sumed before the British and French
governments have conferred over the
situation.
Lord Curzon, the British foreign
secretary. will leave Immediately for
Paris to see Premier Poincare.
1t was also officially stated in rough
outline that from the British point OF
view the Turks are demanding more
than was offered in the allied note,
and, on the other hand, that they Were
not accepting the conditions of thai
note. 1t was asserted that the Turks
want to obtain the concessions of the
note without the conditions.
The officials decline to give in de
tail what the Turks were demanding
Debate Situation
The British cabinet today debated
the situation in it's entirety, but the
main point appeared be the ques-
ton of Thrace. 1t is understood the
British view is that there should be
some consideration given the Greek
minority population there and wha-
might happen to it if the Turks were
permitted to enter.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 6.-After
comforting for most of the night with
the high commissioners and military
experts here the allied generals this
morning prepared to leave again for
Mudania for resumption Of the arm
istice conference.
-
was not announced. 1t was conceded
that the situation was very serious,
but it still was hoped that a basis for
| common agreement among the British,
French and Italian delegations could
be reached
The warships bearing the allied
delegates were scheduled to leave at
noon arriving at Mudania at about
2:30 o'clock.
PARIS, Oct. 6.--The French gov
ernment has instructed its minister at
Athens to protest against the Greek
| government having sent reinfocements
/ to the Greek army in Thrace.
! ANGORA, Oct. 6.-Mutapha Kemal
Pasha has sent the following message
Ito the people of Constantinople":
| 81 offer greetings to my friends in
Constantinople and hope soon to meet
them personally. Peace will be con-
| cluded with the realization of our
national aspirations.
'The whole world is now with us.
Humanity applauds US The saner
spirits even of Great Britain, favor
| our cause, and many of her public
men who hitherto have misguidedly
opposed US, have seen the truth and
changed their sentiment toward US.
1 LONDON, Oct. Ga new crisis has
arisen in the near eastern situation,
which had seemed on a fair way to
settlement. The armistice conference
of allied, Greek and Turkish military
leaders at Mudania was adjourned
suddenly yesterday after a dramatic
passage in which Ismet Pasha, repre-
senting the Angora government de-
manded that the Turks be allowed to
occupy eastern Thrace as a precedent
to any peace conference.
I Ismet Pasha told the allied generals
that if the Turks could not have
Thrace peacefully, I'VE have the means
to enforce our determination" Earlier
in the day the Greek delegates had
declared in no less certain terms their
readiness to fight if necessary to re-
tain the province.
: That the Turkish demand had been
duly weighed and calculated is evil
denced by the almost simultaneous re-
ceipt of an Angora dispatch quoting
: Mustapha Kemal Pasha, as declaring
before the national assembly: The
evacuation and surrender of Thrace
must occur Immediately, especially as
since the Greek revolution the Moslem
, subjects are in great danger"
Another BombsheII
Ismet Pasha's bombshell was follow
! ed by another when the French dele
gates announced they were instructed
to support the Turkish demand This
created definite split, with the Turks
and French opposed to the British ard
!, Italians, the latter holding that evac-
, uation of Thrace by the Greeks and re-
occupation by the Turks should follow
+ and not precede the peace conference
I, The allied generals thereupon ad-
!, journed the meeting and left for Con
, stantinople to consult with the high
!, commissioners and the British an 1
, Italians to ask definite instruction
from their home governments, with
the understanding that further meet
Ing WOQtu lOllOW lLElI TCCSlpl-
The message from Brig. Gen. Sil
Charles Harrington caused immediate
action in Downing street. The cabi
net ministers were hurriedly summon
ed by telephone and special messen
gers, and went into session which
= = did not break up until early this morn
! ing General Harington's message was
garbled in transmission and 1t wa;
thought advisable to wait for a repeti
ton before taking any decision.
Details Are Lacking
London newspapers this morning ap
pear without any of the details of Tho
: conflict at Mudania which are know
:. in the United States through dis
; patches to The United Press. ThF
British press is being badly served II
: Constantinople. where, according II
:. the Telegraph's diplomatic expert, tn
: British military authorities have es
= tablished most stringent censorship
: On the basis of such meagre infer
:, nation as they possess, the paper
: comment rather lugubriously upon tn
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