The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-10-20
Mustapha Renal Pasha Holds
the Key to the Situation in
the Near East.
ALLIES PLAN A CONFERENCE
VIII Not Permit Russia to Be Repre-.
scented - British Public Protest
Against War-6onus Bill Killed
by Presidents veto-Tarih
Measure Now Law.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARD

WHETHER or not there shalt be
w another great war In the Near
East depends on Mustapha Kemnl
Pasha. The masterful leader OF the
Turkish nationalists, having expelled
the Greeks from Asia Minor. demands
that Constantinople be restored to Tur.
key, that he be allowed TO send troops
across the straits TO recover eastern
Thrace from Greece, and a conference
10 arrange for guarantees for the ned'
traiIty OF the Dardanelles and the Bos-
phorus be held with every country bor-
derlng on the Black sea, especially
Russia, represented.
To this England has formally replied
that Constantlnople will not he given
up and that she will fight. alone II
necessary, 10 keep the Turk from in
vading the neutrallzed zone that In
cludes that city and the straits.
Kemal's forces In Anatolla are ut
the very edge Of the zone. massed nj
Ismid and Chanak. and already encoun.
tiers between his patrols and British
outposts are reported. England Is
hurrying achievements for her land
forces. and the entire British Allan
tic fleet has been ordered To the Oar
dnnelles. The domlnlons have been
asked 10 he ready 10 send troops. and
New Zealand and Australia have prom
Used Ia do so II they are needed.
II appears that In this conflict, II II
nxtf uln ~ ~ A
tlcally alone against the Turks 50
far ms military operations are con
cerned France and Italy have de-
clnred they will have no part In IL.
and the former has withdrawn Ia the
European side her troops In the neu'
trail zone. Greece Is quite democrat.
lied and cannot he counted on Ia help
much. The little entente, which Is de
tcrmined that neither Turkey nor Bul-
garIn shall get eastern Thrace. would
Ice greatly hampercd In war 10y mutual
ienlousics and threats Of revolt In va
rious regions.
k.mnls demand concerning repre-
scniailon In the peace conference met
with hrusque reply when Marquis
tur1on. british foreign minister. aud
Count Sfurza. Italian ambassador Z"
Frnncc. met Premier roincare to mr.
range for the parlcy. They announce
that Frnncr. Great Britain. Italy.
Inpnn. Greece. Turkey. Jug" SlaNia
and Humania would participate in the
conference a. be- held In Venice "r
Rome. and kcmal's dcmaul that
Russia be- Included was me- less in
sisient than that of the soviet govern
mrni. hut General panilnir. chief "f
the Russian general >tair. denied the
current report that Russia would give
krmnl armed assistance. saying the
hic soviet army I'm the Caucasus was
there to defend the frontiers and the
Haiku oil fields Russia has me- in
i.ntion of sending tr""ps 9" Asia
Minor" General pauilofT said. ''n"r J.
iherr any truth In the rumor ~ Rus
sian achievements un the E>ih"nin,..
I.at,ian or Polish frontiers. Russia
d"cS n"i want fighting ia any front.
and. hr>iJ,~. any military man knows
II would - foolish &" begin ANYTHING
In September with winter Imminent
LLOYD GEORGES p"licv. stern and
Il un~umrromi~inc. though support
~ az FAR nv mnSt of his cabinet. may
have o. D.. modified There j. incrra>-
ing PROTEST hy TIE press and rc"I'le -
England against Great Hriiain'> un.
deriakinc any nov war. and a." "prs'-
siti"n - the trads< unions anil in the
great manufacturing ccntcr~ is csIse-
,-iaily violent. Their Is widespread
feelln. that the Turks rrally are en-
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