The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
DARDANELLES TO
Be kept OPEN
More BattIeshps Ordered to Pre-
pare for Service in the
Straits.
PLOT TO GUST GREEK KING
oensplvstore Who Planned Return Of
Psrnsr Premier vsn,ssIos, Are A..
rssss6-rvrks Rssdy to Fire
on English Flsst.


Athens. Sept 25.-Announcement II
made Of the discovery of a plot TO re-
turn former Premier venizelos TO pow
-. Several persons have been arrest
Cd. and the authorities are conduct
ing house to house searches.
Britain TO Keep Straits Free.
London. Sept 23.-The policy OF
Great Britain In the Near East is 10
establish the freedom Of the Darda-
nellss under the supervision Of the
League Of Nations. declared Prime
Minister Lloyd George In q statement
At conference with the newspaper
men.
Lloyd George said that whatever
steps the government had taken 10
strengthen the military and naval
forces in the Dardanelies and the Bos.
porous. had been dictated by two su-
preme considerations: First. "our
anxiety as TO the freedom Of the seas
between the Mediterranean and the
Black sea" and second. "to prevent
this exceptionally prodigal war from
spreading into Europe"
Notwithstanding assurances from
Paris that the prospects for peace In
the Near East are Frightening. ugly
reports continue 10 come from Con
stsntinople. and several more units of
the Atlantic feet. including the battle
ship Revenge. have been ordered to
prepare for service In the Darianelles.
The favorable side OF the picture is
presented by the Paris correspondent
Of the Times, who reports that the
French naval commander. Admiral
Dumesnil. sen; his government a most
reassuring dispatch concerning his In
terview with Mustapha Kemal Pasha.
He said he found the Turks entirely
trsctable and ready to enter neeotis-
lions without delay"
Gay Little to Fear From Turks.
According 10 the Posts naval ex-
pert there Ii little reason TO fear the
Turks will be able 10 make the straits
untenable for the fleet by their heavy
guns.
Even supposing the Turks possess
guns Of sufficiently large caliber 20
impede the movements Of modern cap
ital ships" he says. 1T II extremely
unlikely that the Kemaiists. who are
good soldiers. would contemplate 20
hazardous an operation as getting the
guns In position In face Of the formid-
able naval gunfre which could be
brought against them.
"It should be remembered also that
In addition 10 the naval command In
the straits there is the air command.
the exercise OF which, In connection
and conjunction with the feet. In
creases enormously the potentiality Of
the latter"
Fleet Mounts Big Guns.
The writer contends that the posi-
ton Is radically different from that
which existed when the allies attempt
90 force the straits In the World war
was frustrated by the Turks and Ger
mans. He points out that the defend
ers had heavy guns securely emplaced.
besides numerous mine fields. He re-
calls, also. that no big ships were lost
by gunfire. but only by mines and tor
pedoes.
The expert further points out that
within a few days with the addition Of
the Revenge. the British will have In
the straits seven capital ships mount.
ing altogether sixty 1874 inch guns. and
eight 15-inch guns.
Among the latest dispatches from
the Near East many Of which are
more or less alarming. Is report TO
the Times to the effect that large
forces Of Kemalist cavalry have
reached Adramyti from Smyrna. NOV
Ing toward the neutral zone. (Adra-
myti is so miles southeast OF Chanak.
near the gulf Of Adramyti)
British land and sea reinforcements
ere rapidly arriving. the dispatch adds.
and the hot. dry weather Is greatly ia
cilitating the movements OF guns
ashore.
Another report states that the Turk
ish officers In Bigha communicated
with the British commander In Chanak,
asking 10 be informed Of the precise
line bounding the neutral zone. This
was done and the Turks. according
10 the report. assured the British they
had no orders nor intentions as yet
10 violate the neutrality of the zone.
Wait Turk Decision.
Constantinople. Sept. 25.-within a
few hours the world will probably
know whether the Turkish nationalists