The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-05
Admiral Bristol Is Ordered to
Dispatch Destroyers.
Action Is Taken to sProtect
Lives and Property"
GREEKS TO QUIT ASIA MINOR
More ReyerseS Are Suffered at
Hands of the Turks.
Allied GunbOats Ready While
League of Nations Talks.


| Washington, Sept. 5.-At the re-
quest of the state department. Acting
Secretary Roosevelt today ordered Ad-
miral Bristol. American high commits
sioner at Constantinople. to dispatch q
force of destroyers to Smyrna ito pro-
tect lives and property"
| In his cablegram TO Admiral Bristol
Secretary Roosevelt emphasized that
neither naval or political significance.
/ Secretary Roosevelt said that the
state departments request was based
on dispatches from Smyrna. describ-
ing the situation which had resulted
there from the retreat of the Greek
| army and the continued Turkish Of
fensive. Officials expected that Ad-
miral Bristol would have available
four destroyers to send to Smyrna.
| (By the Associated PressJ
London, Sept. General opinion
in well informed quarters in London
today was that the disaster to the
| Greek army in Asia Minor was COM
plete. There seemed little prospect
that anything could now save it from
a total debacle. The Greek govern
ment has appealed to the powers to
| obtain an armistice, with the Turkish
nationalists who have virtually driven
the Greeks from the battle field, and
as a result of interchanges among the
chancelieries at London. Paris and
Rome, instructions have been sent to
the allied high commissioners of the
three powers in Constantinople to dis
cuss joint measure for bringing about
suspension of hostilities.
i (By the Associated Press.l
Smyrna, Sept 5.--The Greek troops,
according to advices from the front
ARE refusing to make any stand against
the advancing Turkish nationalists,
f,f faa rnd ,fxxe.. At.- L I9..t4s
the French take energetic action Sc
rious events may occur in Smyrna
Il British subjects are to be embarked
in British steamers in Smyrna harbor,
where they will await events. Con-
suit General Horton of the u. S. is
> looking after American interests and
will. if necessary place the fifty or
sixty American residents of Smyrna.
on board the American vessels, includ-
ing destroyers which are expected
from Cpnstantinople.
The French cruiser Renan has ar
rived here.
(By the Associated Press1
) Athens, Sept. 5.-Reports from va
rioHs sources say the military situa-
+ ton in Asia Minor. where the Greek
and Turkish nationalist armies are at
grips, is considerably improved. The
/ position nevertheless is obscure.
Can Athens dispatch yesterday said
!, the capture Dy the TURKS OF OSndks
an important point in the Greek line,
was officially confirmed. and it was
indicated that 1Srusa might soon fall.
The Greeks were said to be continu-
ing their retreat along the whole line
, under the Turkish pressure.)
, The Greek government has COM
mandeered the merchant fleet. Ma
| tionaI opinion is inclined to blame the
allies for Greeces misfortune. The
| newspapers contend the Greek army
| dead ut Cy1nxF tn tn. fear rsfff
the allies mandate, and that Greece
had made every sacrifice to the end,
: | and would have continued in the same
course if the allies had not obstructed
her task.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Sept 5.-News of the sue
cessive reverses suffered by the
/ Greeks at the hands of the Turkish
natiopalists in Asia Minor is believed
here to forecast early evacuation of
the entire area by the Greek army.
The evacuation has already begun,
according to the Daily Mail, which
quotes Greek officials in London as
declaring the army will be out of the
| country within three weeks. The
Daily Telegraph's diplomatic corre-
spondent says the Greek government
{ notified Great Britain Saturday OF its
s decision to evacuate Asia Minor. in
Guiding the Smyrna enc1ave, and asked
: the assistance of the allies in arrang-
ing an arnistice.
Allied Gunboats Near.
1t announced its inability longer to
/, guarantee the safety Of the Christian
: communities thruout the country or
the allied nationals in Smyrna. The
: safety of these thousands of Chris
!, tians now seems to be the chief corr
Germ of the allies, whose warshipa
alone. it is said, stand between them
and possible annihilation.
1 London, Sept. 5.-With the Turks
= still pressing forward On the Anatolian
? battle front, driving the Greeks be-
fore them, the allied powers inter-
Iveuad in an efforf fo end hos4fffffaS