The Washington times., 1922-10-11
HELLENES
WRECK Sd
VILLAGES
May Decide to Fight Turks
Without Sanction of
Government.
Internat tional News Service.


LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Greek
exodus from Thrace is marked by
conflagrations and pillage, said a
Sofia dispatch to the Daily Ex-
press today.
Sixty villages are reported to
have been pillaged and burned by
the Greeks in their wild flight
westward before the Turks crossed
into Europe from Asia.
Gather on BuIgar Border.
Greek troops are reported to be
concentrating on the Bulgarian from
tier north OF Adrianople.
The Greek military leaders are said
to be dissatisfied with the allied
terms and are threatening to mutiny
and fight the Turks without the
sanction Of the Athens government.
The Greek government was for.
mally notified today that the allied
proposals regarding Thraoe are in
effect, requiring the Greeks to be-
gin evacuating all Thrace east Of
the Martha river Immediately.
That the British government re-
CARDS the Near East crisis as past
was shown by the fact that Premier
Lloyd George left for his country es-
tate this morning. He was in Il jolly,
optimistic frame Of mind and evident.
ly had received good news.
The Mudania pact Is effective with
In seventy-two hours.
Now come final arrangements !or
the Near East peace conference
which Is to be held at Scutari.
Early Evacuation Expected.
It is believed that practically all
the Greeks will be out Of Constanti-
nople and Eastern Thrace by the
first Of November, as the allies will
assist the Athens government in
evacuating them.
The Turkish civilian authorities
will take up administration of east
ern Thrace within thirty days.
Adjustment Of the neutral zone
will come through negotiations.
Details Of the signing Of the
armistice protocol were received in
dispatches today. They gave a
dramatic picture of General Har.
rington making a speech in which
he pointed his finger at Ismet
Pasha. delegate of the Turkish Ma.
tionalists, and told him Of the great
military strength of the British
empire.
II warn you," declared General
Harrington, that the British peo-
pie are not the people to force a
quarrel with. I warn you It would
not be good policy to do so. The
allies have granted the Turkish
viewpoint. The question Of peace
or war depends upon the Turks"
Peace Farley Later.
The armistice agreement signed by
the allies and the Turks at Mudania
Is purely Of military character and
has nothing to do with the Near
East peace conference to follow, ac.
cording to the following statement
made to International News Service
today by Rechad Bey, envoy OF the
Turkish Nationalists in London.
"The agreement signed by Gen.
Sir Charles Harrington. the British
Near East commander, and Ismet
Bey. Is military convention;
nothing else," he said. when the
main conference comes Turkey will
not agree to any foreign troops
maintaining a garrison on the Turk.
ish straits, nor foreign warships con.
trolling the straits. The Turks will
insist upon participation in the con.
ference by Russia and the Republic
of Georgia"
The British insist upon the right
to maintain a garrison at Chanak,
upon the Dardanelles, such as they
now have at Gibraltar. The British
have a fleet Of about thirty warships
In the Dardanelles, Sea Of Marmt RI
and Bosphorus at present.