The New York herald., 1922-09-27
Continued from First Page.

proclaimed a zone of operations by the
British The civilian populations OF the
villages within the zone have been or
dered to leave and the British are dig
ging three lines of trenches.
The reply of the Turkish Nationalist
Government to the allied peace note has
been completed. and comprises accept
ance of the conditions laid down at the
Paris conference, according TO Essad
Bey, aid do camp to Mustapha Kemal
Pasha, who has arrived here from
Smyrna.
The Nationalists however. insist upon
their right to conduct military move
ments during the progress OF the confer
ence, and also demand admission to the
meeting Of all the allies OF the Angora
Government including Russia, Persia
and Bulgaria.
sultan May Retire.
There are growing indications that the
Sultan's retirement from the throne Is
imminent. The violent epithets said to
have been used by Mustapha Kemal
Pasha against the Sultan in the course
Of interviews with newspaper men have
caused painful dismay In the palace
The Sultan is represented as being In
an entire state of collapse and all
The members Of his encourage are be-
set with fears and one by one are
leaving the palace.
The Sultan was stirred by the deep
est emotion when his brother-tn-law.
Damad Ferid Pasha, suddenly left FOR
Switzerland without bidding him fare
well.
In Nationalist circles candidates for
succession to the imperial throne are
lx..A f<..- zwxlF
three of these are understood to be ac-
ceptable to Mustapha Kemal Pasha and
his followers. Prince Selim. dis
tinguished cavalery officer and nephew
OF the Sultan, appears to have the best
chance. Abdul Medjid Effendi. 80 years
old, a cousin of the Sultan. comes next.
His vacillating attitude toward the
Nationalist movement, however, has had
tendency to ALLEVIATE him from the An
gora leadersnTnom S9lnJ DS1iupsl n
Durrizalde Abdullah Effendi, former
Sheik ul Islam. highest Moslem religious
authority, who had denounced the Ma
tionalist movement In violent terms, fed
the city yesterday with two former Cabi-
net members.
Omcers' Families Depart.
The wives and families of the high
British officers in Constantinople have
been sent out of the city. To get them
away the British military authorities
Communicated the Orient Express. which
runs through the Balkars and on to
Paris. A Messageries liner for Mar
settles yesterday took hundreds of pas
sengers, most of whom feared for their
lives If they remained in Constantinople.
A British transport will take on board
tomorrow the wives and children of the
British army officers of the line.
The Greek residents OF Constantinople
are apprehensive of the results should
the Turkish Nationalists take over the
capital. Many frankly express their
fear OF a repetition OF the Smyrna mas
sacres.
III the Kemalists take Constantinople
and attack u.s." said one prominent
Greek. an executive for an American
corporation, to-day I'VE will fire our
homes before we flee. and will not leave
a penny's worth Of property.
"A Turkish invasion without the re-
straining influence OF allied forces may
bring consequences far more terrible
than in Smyrna. The Christian minori-
ties so ignominiously abandoned by the
Allies will again, as in the year 1853.
save Christianity in Europe by their
lives.
This lis no moro a war OF conquest
but a war of religion. Europe Is threat
ened with q Moslem renaissance. The
Turkish army in its delirium OF victory
will pass over the corpses of thousands
OF inundated Christians In an effort to
reconquer the Turkish provinces lost in
Balkan wars"
The Angora Government has pro-