The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-19
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it was yesterday. There is no dishuni--
ton of the excitement which the gov
ernment's declaration of policy of
force awakened on Saturday and the
, matter continues subject OF hot dis
cussion.
Government TO Prevent War.
The defense put forward by the
from <seeking war. it is doing its ut
most to prevent one and that there
fore it is necessary to impress Mus
tapha Renal Pasha with the fact that
Great Britain will not allow him to
march on Constantinople, enter Eu-
rope, overrun Thrace and probably
set the Balkans ablaze.
This view does not make the least
impression upon the government op-
ponents, whose newspapers today re-
new their bitter attack on Saturdays
pronouncement of policy and upon
Lloyd George.
The labor leaders. especially, are UP
in arms against what they describe as
the cabinets madness. Their spokes-
men tell the government. that the
The matter is to be discussed at a
general council of the trade unions
congress tomorrow. sa
Believe Allies Should Act.
Between these extreme views is an
other which holds the governments
intention good and its insistence upon
the preservation of the neutral zone
praiseworthy, but believes that, by
moving without the agreement of the
allies, it made a clumsy. mischfevous
blunder. The advocates of this opinion
particularly insist upon the earliest
possible summoning of a conference
of Europe's powers to settle the whole
question of Turkeys boundaries.
London, Sept. IL Following a
meeting of the cabinet today, it was
reported Great Britain had re-affirmed
her policy to defend the Turkish
Straits to prevent the Turks from en-
tering Europe even if she had to act
alone. Despite the tremendous OPP
position to war, Britain continues mill
tary preparations.
News that the French and Italians
would withdraw their troops from the
neutral zone along the Dardanelles,
Sea of Marmora and Bosphorus came
as a thunderbolt. One of the objects
of Lord Curzon's visit to Paris will
be to attempt to have France modify
this decision to leave fair sized force
of soldiers on duty. s.----
The friction between the allies, 1t is
feared here, will encourage the Turks
slams, who have a treaty of alliance
with the Angora government
The decision of Italy to withdraw
her troops, leaving only few war
ShlpS In the STRAITS. was OnuerStOoQ 10
have resulted from fears that the
Turkish Nationalists would attack the
Italian mandate zone in the Mediter-
ranean on the Littoral. b.
The British Mediterranean fleet at
the Dardanelles now consists of the
following units: One battle squadron.
one light cruiser squadron, two de-
stroyer flotillas and two aircraft car
riers. Another destroyer flotilla has
arrival at Gibraltar. 1t may have been
the arrival of these craft which led to
the rumor that the Atlantic fleet was
going into the Mediterranean to rein
force the British Mediterranean fleet.
Cabinet Approves Action.
lBy the Associated Fress.)
Paris, Sept. 19.-The French cabi-
net today unanimously approved what
is characterized as the Pacific pol
icy of Premier Poincare in the, near
east and the withdrawal OF all the
French troops from Asia Minor Ito the
French side of the straits of the
Dardanelles.
The cabinet went firmly on record
tary action as a means of settlement
phasized the necessity of reaching an
hnd eventually by a peace conference.
Regiment Leaves Belfast.
Belfast, Sept. 19-The royal fusiiier
regiment will leave Belfast tonight for
England, it was announced this after
noon 1t is believed the regiment is
destined for the near east.