The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-02
TURKISH ARMY
Held IN CHECK
until PARLEY'
Troops Make Good Leader s.
Promise to Allies and Move|
Back Out Of Contact with
British.
WAR Menace RECEDES
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LONDON, Oct. 2-The Turkish Ma
tionalist assembly at Angora unani
mously approved the action of Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha and has author
lied the dispatch of delegates to Mu1
dana and later to the peace confer
ence, according to a Central News dis
patch from Constantinople
(By United Press)
CONSTANTINOPLE Oct. 2-Mus-
tapha KenaPs command held the
Turks in check today as preparations
were made to hold a preliminary near
eastern peace party at Mudania te-
morrow
Making good their leaders promise
to the allies, which accompanied the
invitation for the peace conference.
the kemalists in the Chanak area OF
the neutral zone, made no effort to
draw closer to Great Britain's triple
line of trenches.
The Turks in some instances, moved
back out of contact with the British
evidently to avoid any possibility of al
clash which would mar the peace plans
of their chiefs.
British Command Coast
TIL British are in command of theI
entire coast of the narrow straits of
tn Dardanelles, since the Turks vol
unfairly evacuated Erenkeui, one oil
the stragic positions they held
Kemal, it is understood has left'
Smyrna and tomorrow will be in Mn
dania the seat of peace conference
which lies opposite Constantinople onI
the sea of Marmora-
The tension among the allies hadI
lessened decidedly today, follwing the|
Kemal peace offers.
(By Associated Press)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 3 = Al
band of 500 Turkish irregulars crossed
the border at Thrace at Sinekli to the|
northwest of Silivri, 40 miles west oil
Constantinople and attacked the Greck|
outpost. These were being forced ii
withdraw when reinforcements arrived
and the Turks were thrown baca
across the boundary.
LONDON, Oct 2.-There was a re
| Taxation today of tension over the
Near East situation. The despondency|
which has marked the press comments $
| for the last few days gave way til
| hope today, although not to absolute
confidence that war has been averted
The bulk of the press opinion is that
| General Harrington has saved Gread
| Britain from war thus far and there
! are many eulogisms of his test and
/ skill, the hope being added that he will
/ be left a free hand to deal with the
/ situation until it is settled.
| CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct p An
| immediate mutual agreement to sus-
pend all movements of troops was ex1
pected here tod 10 be the first out
come of the Nj 7 armistice confer
ence which is 70 1aet tomorrow
The conference will discuss the oc-
cupatien of eastern Thrace by detach-
ments of inter-allied troops during
Greek army's withdrawal
! The expectation here is that the
Greek evacuation will begin immedi-
ately after the conference, permitting
the establishment of Turkish admins
/ trative control.
/ General Harrington. the British com
mander in chief, will leave for Mu-
dania on the dreadnought Iron Duke
early tomorrow.
Peril Less Menacinq
i Peril of war between Great Britain
! and Turkey appeared less menacing
today.
Great Britain's recession from the
neutral zone controversy caused no lit.
tie surprise and disappointment here
but it was generally admitted that this
step was the only thing which could
| have stayed Mustapha Kemal Pasha's
hand. 1t is pointed to as another exi-
| dence of England's extraordinary pa
tience and earnest desire to avoid war.
Up TO the time of the issuance oi
Brig Gen. Harington's temporary note
Saturday night, the situation looke1
exceedingly critical It is now conced
ed that his tact and tolerance, couples
with the timely arrival of reinforce
ments from England, prevented the
Turks from striking at Chanak
The situation Saturday afternoon
was so strained that a break seem eG
inevitable. The British had orders e.
defend Chanak at all costs as the
Turks were slowly enveloping the Oar
danelles citidel.
Peace Envoy Succeeds
! NJ. Franklin Bouillon, peace envoy
from the allies to Mustapha Kema-
, Pasha, returned yesterday to Constan
tinople from Smyrna on the French
cruiser Metz. successful in his mission
of arranging an armistice conference
He conferred with General Pelle
French high commissioner in Constan
/, tinople, and is understood to have toll
him that only the most extraordinary
|, efforts on his part prevented Kema
, from acting rashly He made it cleal
to the Nationalist leader that if wal
were renewed in the Near East i
might spread to the whole of Europ.
and that the responsibility would res
entirely on Kemal
New Difficulties
New diff ulties await the British
: at the arr istice conference. It |,
, known that the Kemalists will insis
, upon the British withdrawal from thi
Asiatic shores of the Dardanelles anG
the immediate evacuation of Thrac,
, by the Greeks.
4 They probably will demand the RICH
to cross the straits to pursue n.
Greeks, as well as guarantees agait