The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
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sioner, has dispatched an energetic
note to Smyrna telling Mustapha
Renal that the British sincerely de-
sire to avoid a conflict, but that
France will not be able to restrain
them if they are attacked.
The British are confident they can
hold their lines against any kemalist
attack, as their flanks at Chanak are
protected by a. powerful fleet of war
ships, the long range guns Of which
can sweep the area around the town
for a distance Of twenty miles, while
the Turks at present are equipped
only with machine guns in this sector.
Among the British naval units are the
uper-dreadnaughts Revenge and
Resolution, the most powerful men of
war afloat.
Search All Vessels.
The British naval authorities are
craft in the Bosphorus and the Oar
danelles, making minute searches for
materials of war. The Greek battle
ship Averoff, which was taken from
Constantinople by her mutinous crew.
is proceeding thru the straits unmo-
Tested by Turkish land batteries.
Crowds continue to storm all the
consulates and passport offices in the
capital and some have been forced to
close their doors Sor appeal to the po-
Ice for protection. There is an un-
ending stream OF Greeks and Ar
menians outside the American con-
sulate. the line forming each day be-
fore dawn. In the last twenty-four
hours the Greek consulats has issued
five thousand vises.
Every outgoing train and boat is
filled to capacity. Small fishing and
merchandise boats are taking the
overflow and their owners reaping
large profits.
The prospect OF war mas brought to
Constantinople newspaper correspon-
dents OF every nationality. The
United States leads with thirteen writ
ers; Great Britain has eieven, France
seven, Italy four, and the rest are
scattered among the smaller coun-
tries.
Meet Newspaper Men.
The Journalistic assaults upon Brit
ish headquarters have peen so numer-
GUS of late that General Harrington
has established daily nalf hour coun-
ellis for the newspaper men which are
presided over by Maj. NJ. A~Johnston.
who gained fame in the Mesopotam-
ian campaign and subsequently made
sensational escape afoot for several
hundred miles from a Turkish prison
camp.
With the aid of map, Major Johns
ton explains the significance of the
various movements of the Turkish
anu bElIlSIl lEOOPS anu btIS III lIlc
current naval situation. General head
quarters had occasion lately to COM
plain of the exaggerated an dinaccu-
rate character of some of the reports
which have gone out from Constanti-
nople and officials say that If this
persists they may be forced to estab-
lish a censorship.
Little Time for Sleep.
General Harrington and his staff get
little time for sleep or leisure these
stirring days. The commander-in-
chiefs usual office hours are from Z
in the morning until after midnight.
When recently a London friend tele-
graphed him expressing so1icitude for
his health, General Harrington replied,
I'm fit as a fiddle. I swan the
Bosphorus this morning at daybreak
in twenty-five minutes"
Several British armored cars of the
most modern type rolled thru the
streets yesterday afternoon giving the
capital a vivid touch of war realism
The Bosphorus also took on q martial
aspect when a giant airsnip carrier
and several additional units of the
Atlantic fleet together with three
troop transports passed into the
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