The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-18

FROM country winch ne Covotoo
az BirthrIoht Of His Peopie-stran-
ger Meeting Him Would Mistake
Him for Ordinary soidisr-Wants
Rsunltsd Turkey.
With the hard %blue eyes Of the pro
fessional soldier, brown. almost yell
low haired, Mustqpfa Kcmai Pasha,
dictator as to the place Turkey II to
occupy In the coMity Of nations. nt
for weeks at his headleAArters In the
little village Of Geuz Tepe. ten miles
from Smyrna, which his troops. regu-
lars and irregulars, had taken and
sacked, awaiting allied action On his
demands, and to which demands tho
allies finally capituiated Mustapha
Kemal Pasha probably will 60 down
In the worlds history as one of<'the
great generals and dictators Of mod
ern times for his feat In organizing
an army without money and driving
an opposing superior army out Of the
country which he coveted as the birth
right of his people has few parallels.
Outside of his lean face. tight
mouth and cold eye, which never
shows a spark Of warmth. Mustapha
Kemal might be taken for an ordinary
soldier if he should be met on the
streets of Smyrna or Constantinople
by stranger. He wears no gold braid
on his uniform of olive drab. there are
no insignia except small silver star
tok - NJ To-, h
black riding boots are the ordinary
boots oil any mounted man in the
East, and his black astrakhan is the
same as is worn by all his officers
without any distinguishing mark.
in the town Of Geuz Tepe at the
end of n street car line. the cars of
which are horse drawn. Mustapha
Renal has his headquarters in
beautiful house overlooking the Bay
of Smyrna and the city ITSELF and
while he watched the smOuldering
ruins the middle Of September. the I
scent of flowers from the gardens sur
rounding his temporary home was
waited into his, office by every breeze
from the placid and suniit bay.
Soldier Of Unusual Ability.
Mustapha Renal Pasta is man.
Let no one make any mistake about
that. He is also Il soldier of unusual
ability Because he was soldier Of
unusual ability. perhaps he was
colonel In the Turkish army Mt the
outbreak Of the war, and now. at the |
nge Of forty-two he is the dictator Of |
Turkey, and at the same time the die ]
sator TO western Europe as to what
The future of Turkey is to be.
For months he has wanted the Near
East question settled automatically
ind without further fighting. but this
he insists, must include
Ire withdrawal Of the Greeks from
lhe Asiatic shore, and the withdrawal
II the allies from Constantinople as
he controlling body over chat city.
He wanted this diplomatic settlement
jerore he began his drive or Smyrna
when he drove the Greeks 800 miles
u twelve days through the interior,
through Smyrna and onto. ships which
OOk them to Piraeus When any
'rmy retreats 800 miles in twelve days
| is not doing anv fighting and the
My thing the Greeks did on this re-
reat, according to the Kemaiists. was
o set fire to the villages through
Which they beat their retreat. This
net has been established. not only
y the Kemalists themselves but by
llied observers who were present at
be time.
because he couldn't get this dipIo-
latte settlement from the allies ne
cyan that memorable drive which
feared rhe Greeks from Asia Minor
nd which caused the loss Of hundreds
+ lives of innocent victims. Thou
ands fled before the advancing KEN
lists when the Greeks burned their
ONES and towns, because they know.
$ any one would know in like cir
that the pursuing army
ould take retribution for the dam
ye done to their country and people.
Mustapha Renal Pasha refuses to
axe any definite statement about the
llings in Smyrna or about the origin
the fire when talking to newspaper
en-. He told the allied commanders
at there were bound to be some 4
llings and some .lcoting, as would be
Q case in any army under like cir
instances. Investigations by Adj {
iral Dumesnil The senior allied COM t
ander. and his officers throughout 6
e burned area of Smyrna during t
veral days brought to light only d
w bodies In the ruins. and 1t Is the Fl
Union of this French officer that the n
tai of killed by the irregular Turk a
b troops who looted the town was "
nsderably less than 500 He de II
ares that the Turks showed great c
lf-control under the circumstances, o
plying that the Greeks in their re- IL
Eat killed more innocent persons
I'm did the Turks In entering and O
)ting Smyrna 81
Renal Near His Goal. ii
Kemal's objects are nearly accom- o.
shed at the present time. He n
lnted the Greeks out of Thrace. the
ntroi of Adrianople to be Turkish
d the allies out Of control in Con
,ntinonIe itself He was willing tO d.