The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-21

bureau of near eastern affairs, 1t was
said.
The British foreign office is de-
scribed by the Kemalist envoy as hav-
ing laughed when he suggested that
unless peace could be arranged quick
ly the Kemalists would turn the
Greeks out of Asia Minor.
The Kemalist diplomat then rose.
and told the British officials soberly:
Il am sorry that you have laughed
Turkey has lost two millions of her
people by war and there are too many
orphans for us to- join in the laughing
at the idea of another war. l feel
very sad"
Fethi Bey then sent his cipher mes
sage to Mustapha Renal Pasha, say
ing that nothing could be done with
the British government and that the
offensive need wait no longer, for he
had exhausted every effort.
LONDON, Sept. 21.-Grave warn
ings of disaster to come unless Great
Britain and France act in concert in
the Near East is uttered by Viscount
Grey of Fallodon, former secretary for
! foreign affairs. In a letter to the
Times he denounces the British gov
ernment's attitude as announced last
Saturday regarding the permanent
| freedom of the Dardanelles as a Ter
rible mistake "the reply to which has
been the withdrawal of the French flag
from Chanak
IF our mistakes prove fatal to
Franco-British cooperation" he writes
the consequence may be more dis
astrous than thought can measure or
words express.
"'If the government contemplates sep.
at the action in the Near East we may
be heading for disaster"
An Athens dispatch to the Exchange
! Telegraph says the Greek premier on
Tuesday granted a lengthy interview
to the British minister who told him
that Great Britain counted mainly on
the Greek army for the security of the
straits of the Dardanelles.
General Polymenakos, the dispatch
adds has taken up his headquarters in
Adrianople and the, government has de
cided to call to the colors the class Of
1928.
ATHENS, Sept. 21-According tt
information received in official circles
French naval units occupied Mudania
On the Sea of Marmora, and insisted
upon the surrender of several regi
ments of Greek troops who were try
ing to gain the sea for embarkatior
! homeward after their defeat by thu
Turks.
The report has caused excitemen
in Greek circles. Mundania is within
the neutral zone of the Dardanelles.
|
: ROME, Sept. 21-The Catholic PAL
ty has passed a resolution declarin,
that Constantinople should be givel
to the Turks with sufficient Hintel
: land to insure its political, militar
and economic life. The resolution
) says that the cultural. civil and re
ligious rights of the Christian popu
lation should be safeguarded and tn
: neutrality of the straits maintained.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21-In a cablc
gram sent to Premier Lloyd George a
London, members of the Pan-Ionia
league, composed of Greek-American
} and Greeks originating from wester
= Asia Minor, offered to join any Bri
ish expeditionary force which Nigh
: be formed against the Turks. A me:
:, sage also was sent to Premier King c
Canada, seeking permission to be i,
D cluded in any Canadian forces ser
e against the Turks. The organizatio
: addressed a telegram to Senate
l. Lodge, urging that he use his positio
). as Republican leader to avert furthe
3 catastrophe in the near east. Men
a bers of the league subscribed $1,000
!, toward a 100000 fund for relief wor
9 among the Greeks.