New-York tribune., 1922-09-06
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Arms to Force
Truce I'm East
Rapid Exchange of Notes
Held 30 Forecast Prompt
Action to End Fighting
That Menaces Smyrna
Y. ,. Warships Dispatched
Consuls Confer ON British
Flagship to Devise Meas
ures TO Protect Nationals

ANi'o, sept. tBv The Associated
fresso.--An agreement to bring about
an arm'stice to end the fighting in Asia
Minor between the Greeks and the
iurkish Nationalists will soon be
reached by Great Britain and France.
II is expected here, in view of the rapid
interchange of notes between the two
governments.
Inc French Foreign Office to-day re-
ceived through the British Embassy a
note from the London government re-
quest'ng consideration of the possi-
bility of taking steps to bring about
the armistice and reply was sent this
evening. The terms of the notes were
not made public, but the promptness of
me rrench action gives basis to the
peliel tnat the two governments will
take early steps to halt the war.
. CoNSTANTINOPLE. Sent + nv Tho
Associated Press THE Allies appear
TO be agreed that it is necessary for
them to land naval and infantry forces
~ 10 Aslatlc Turkey for the protection of
thelr nationals and to maintain order
Turks Press Greeks Hard
from the way the operations are
nelng conducted there is no indication
tnat the Turks will permit the Greeks
time Tor breathing spell An order of
the day issued by Mustapha Kemal
Fasha, the Turkish nationalist leader
winch mas Just been received here, after
congratulating the Turkish army on it's
spirit and sacrifices, concludes as fol-
lows:
We must face other battles. You
will show the traditional endurance and
bravery in which the nation takes pride
Your next move must be Smyrna
With the arrival Of reinforcements
from Greece the Greeks are confident
that they will be able to dispute the ad
vance fthe Turks.
A Turkish cavalry division has met
disaster near the Bilejik- -Brusa front
Caught between two Greek forces, it
was totally wiped out.
SMYRNA, Sept. 5 (By The Associated
Press) Thousands of Greeks are flee
ing in panic from the mainland to the
neighboring islands, prompted by ad-
vices from the front that the Greek
troops are refusing to make any stand
against the advancing Turks, and it is
feared that unless the British and
French take energetic action serious
events may occur in Smyrna,
U. S. Destroyers on Way
Consul General Horton of the United d
States is looking after American in
terests and will, if necessary, place the
fifty or sixty American residents OF
Smyrna on board the American YES
sells, including destroyers, which are
coming from Constantinople
The American and Allied consuls held
conference on board the Iron Duke
the British flaship here, and form ted
measures for protecting their various
nationals and removing the refugees in
the event of the fall of Smyrna to Mus.
tapha Kenal Pasha's forces. The Brit
lsh High Commissioner told the Greeks
military chiefs that the Greek army
must by all means hold it's position fo1
ten days SO as to permit the dispatch OF
Allied troops.
The Greek authorities have assured
the Allied representatives that the
Greek army can hold out IN the CITY of
smyrna and its suburbs for several
months, but that it would not be re-
sponslble for the hinterland
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Americar
warships were ordered to Smyrna to.
day to protect American lives anc
property and assist in the evacua-
tlon of United States nationals from
the disturbed areas of Greece. The
American naval force is under strict
instructions not to take part in any
political or naval activities, but to con-
fine It's service to aiding Americans
who desire protection and to safe
guarding American property in the
war zone.
Five Vessels Available
Authority to dispatch naval vessels
to Symrna was sent to-day by Acting
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt to
Rear Admiral Mark Bristol, American
High Commissioner at Constantinople
and commander of the United States
fleet in Turkish waters. One Am eri-
can destroyer, the Parrott, is now al
Samsun. Another destroyer the Bull
mer, is stationed at Odessa, and the
destroyers Litchfeld, Lawrence and
Simpson are at Constantinople.
Admiral Bristol has kept the State
Department fully advised of the pre-
carious position of Americans in the
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