The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-27


s,ill a large underground trace in muni-
lions Of war throughout Europe mas
been disclosed through the recent
charges Of British newspapers that the
French government bad supplied tho
Turkish Nationality army with the
where-with-all to defeat the Greeks and
posslbel to defeat the British IN Inc
Vicinity Of Constantinople.
Information reaching Paris 10 BE-
ueved to disprove this broadcast stake-
ment AGAINST the French. On the con-
trsry, II Is affirmed that no small part
Of the Turkish military supplies was
obtained in London. through firm
partly British. and certainly with no
Turk sympathies
Played NO Yavoz4tss-
When Ismet Pa sha, head Of the Turk
ish peace delegation at Lausanne ana
orEanizer OF the main Turkish aramy'
was in Paris lately he said: why war
materials were obtained from. American.
British, Italian. French. Greek and Rus
sion sources; played no favorites
'Much Of It came from the Greeks
them selyes." Ismet Fasha continued. !
waited until had good supply on
hand, COLLECTED by agents operating IN
Europe did not waste any OF my
drive against the Greek in August. Like
the American officers at Bunker Hill. l
Instructed py artillery and infantry Of
Ulcers TO walt until they saw the whites
OF the eyes Of the enemy. and then TO
shoot. When the Greeks began TO re-
treat. We got tho very large stores they
had collected. We are grateful to them
for some very fine heid- guns made In
England.
There does not seem 70 be much
sentiment In this business OF furnish
ing munitions TO countries enxious to
night each other. The dealers Will sell
to all corners so long as cash Is paid
on delivery. There Is u Arm Operating
IN Holland that will sell any kind OF gun
In any quantity. and deliver It on the
high seas Il the ports are lacking Firms
In London will do the same. Trieste, at
the head OF the Adriatic, has become
notorious as a place 10 buy war mun'-
tions. There are other agents for war
goods located In Alexandria. In Consti-
and In Paris.
Munitions Prom 1usstp.
Ono Of tho most successful sellers OF
war goods Is a German arm. the mem
hers Of which were once connected With
Krupps. They will supply anything
asked for. including French munitions.
Much Of the material being sold Is new.
Twenty-six factories are said to be
working in Russia. and war material
may soon become Russia's chief export.
THE general war left not only the
United States. but each Of the nations
OF Europe with large supplies on hand.
which were sold for a song. These sup
plies slowly have been changing haDds.
Italians distributed to all Corners large
numbers Of guns and cannon captured
from the Austrians. the total value Of
which in 1915 reached possibly a billion
dollars. and tho post war value OF which
was possibly a million or So"
American travellers In Jugoslavia
have been mystifled -atseeing what ap-
peared to be American soldiers lounEins
about the railway stations. They were
Serbs wearing Job lot American uni
forms. sold cheaply by the United States
and resold to the Jugoslav government
Job Lot q. .. UniformA
Ono of the standard propaganda
charges made by the Greeks against the
Turks, and conversely by the Turks
against the Greeks. was that the enemy
was wearing American uniforms as
ruse TO penetrate lines without being
fred on. The evident answer was JOB
lot American uniforms.
The governments Of Europe seem to
have taken little notice Of this contra
banding During the various periods Of
tho British occupation Of Constantine
Pile. British subjects are said to have
sold 10 the Turkish Nationalist either
discarded British war material, or else
Turkish war material that had been cap
tured by the British.
At ono time there was a large guam
ttty Of war material at Adrlanople. With
the keys Of the storehouses In the hands
OF an allied commission which had or
ders to destroy IT, This tho comm ssion
apparently failed to do. and somehow
the storehouses were gradually emptied.
wars ana Revolutions.
Small wars and revolutions have been
so frequent In Europe since the close
OF the great war that the average cit!-
zen no longer attempts even to rs.
member them. A war went on in Gall
cia for two years, almost unnoticed.
Poles were opposed to Ukkraiuians. and
10000 men we're engaged. Each side
bought supplies wherever they were
for sale. notably In this case In VI
emma and Budapest. Then there have
been new armies 10 equip. rs In JuEo-
sIavta, Czechoslovakia and Rumania.
Serbia recently voted Sls.000.000 for
ornaments. Russia has used up enor-
nous quantities Of material during her
various wars and revolutions since
1917.
Arms for everybody.
Not a little OF Europe's cast-off arms
has gone to Egypt to Syria. to Arabia.
10 Persia aud to the hinterlands beyond
the Caspian. The Afahans. among 9th
rrx. have equipped an important army.
Portugal and Spain. in particular. have
had their share. Dealers in Europe
kava mads shipments TO tho warning
revoiutIontsts OF China.
While these rmaller wars have been
able to keep going Indirectly by reason
Of the supplies gathered by the various
great nations participating in the gen
eral war, the ono thing that costs them
real money Is powder. The powder Of