New-York tribune., 1922-09-16


the crossing from Asia Minor TO the
European shore.
Complete agreement was reached at
the Cabinet meeting with the French.
for the protection Of the neutral zones
on both sides OF che straits of the Dar-
daneiles and also of Ecnstantinopse
A nete IL to be sent to Muatapha kenai
Pasha BY italy, France and Great Britt
ain asserting that pending q prrina-
nent arrangement OF the situation the
neutral zcnes mast be respected.
Preparations are being made by the
British to send re-enforcements into
the neutral zones.
1t waa aahoanced that the British
government considers the whole Turk
ish question should be the subject of
general conference Of the powers, in-
cluding the minor powers, such as
Rumansa and Jugo- Siavia. 1t has not
been decided whether the United States
shall be invited.
Jugo-SIavia and Rumania both are
reported to be viewing with the great
est concern the possibility of the Turks
returning 10 Thrace. A new factor has
been brought into the situation by the
suggestion that Jugo-Slavia, as the
price Of her help against the Turks,
would demand the port of Saionlca,
ca, port of entry on the south.
There are intimations that the Serbs,
the dominating element in the Jugo-
Slav government, are determined not TO
have the Turks as neighbcrs In Thrace
or 70 permit the B9lgars to secure
foothold on the Mediterranean Sea,
British Admiral Warns Turks
The admiral commanding the Brit
SsA <it,x, af Cytor a rY1f
The Turkish authorities in the city
that il the massacres are continued
the Turkish quarters will be bonn
barded, says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Athens.
Al dispatch TO "The Tines from,
Constantinople says it is reported
there that NJ. Lascaris, leading Greek
Journalist in Smyrna, has been muir
dered.
The British battleship Iron Duke,
which arrived at Dardanelles Friday,
reports that an octogcnarian Irish
physician, DR. Murray, was among
those killed in Smyrna.
1t is also reported that the Greek
Metropolitan Chrysostonl was court
martialed and shot.
A dispatch from Athens to 1.-THE
Daily Express asserts that Arehhishep
Chrysostom was tortured before he
was Killed.
1t is believed here that the fourteen
naturalized Americans reported mis-
sing in Smyrna are members of the
American International College, which
comprises the bulk of the American
population in Smyrna. They were at
the Paradise College compound, three
miles from Smyrna, according to
telegram dated September IL. Several
teachers of this college already have
fed.
An American destroyer which has
that the Turks entered the British
Consulate at Smyrna and murdered an
official there who was assembling the
archives, says a Reuter- dispatch from
Athens. Postmaster Wilkinson is also
said to have been murdered, as we'll
as other Englishnen. Sir Harry Lamb,
the Consul General, is believed to have
escaped on board b warship.
A semi-official message from Athens
says it is alleged the Turks carried off
all the girls from the American Girls
College in Smyrna.
Christian Toll 1000 to 1000
From 1000 TO 1000 Christians had
been massacred in Smyrna by the Turks
before the fire, it is charged in semi
official and other Greek messages from
Athens. The Greek belief is that the
fire was set by the Turks to conceal
the traces of their alleged misdeeds.
A considerable share of the property
loss from the fire, the total of which
ib estimated in Greek quarters at L.
0oo,0oo,00O francs (about $75,000,oo0 at
present exchange rate for the French
france fell upon American firms.
''The Daily Mail'sp correspondent at
Fannagusta, Island of Cyprus, quotes
Smyrna refugees arriving there to-day
as declaring that Mustapha Kemal
Pasha, the Turkish Nationalist leader,
owes his victory over the Greeks in
Asia Minor to the fact that half the
Greek army turned Bolshevik and re-
belled Immediately the Turkish attack
against Afiun Karahissar was begun.
The rebels, according to the refugees,
stole army funds and looted wherever
possible, shouting "Long live Lenine
and Trotzky!"
Say Rebels Burned Towns
The refugees state the rebels burned
towns and abandoned their artillery,
which was in perfect order, although
the Greek generals and cleryymen
vainly attempted to bring them to
reason.
With the utter collapse of the Greek
army in Asia Minor the long smol-
dering Near Eastern problem again
has suddenly been brought up, and in
some quarters is considered as eonsti-
tuting a threat against the peace and
well being of Europe, owing to the
different interests and conflicting views
of the principal Allied governments. 1t
is considered no longer a mere dues-
tion between the Turks and the Greeks,
but to have developed into direct con-
fiict between Turkey and the Allied
powers.
1t is an established impre ssion in
military circles here that the Turkish
nationalist army is large enough to
take the Turkish capital If Kemal So
desires; also that he has sufficient
guns to drive the fleet out of the Bos-
porus. It is considered unlikely how
ever, that he would take such desperate
measures unless he was persuaded that
In no other manner could he obtain
the capital or Thrace.
Agencies of the big American to-
baceo houses, suuh as the Gary Tobacco
Company and the Standard Commercial
Trading Company of New York suf-
fered heavily. Nearly all of their
stocks we're destroyed.
The British Cabinet is obliged to ex-
anime the situation from a wide poin.
Of view because of the 70,000,00O Mus
sulman population of India, in addition
to Great Britain's close interests In
Mesopotamia, Egypt and other Mussul-
man territories.
Turks .4sk II. S. Sailors
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