The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-17
French POLICY
PREVENTED war,
PRESS IS TOLD
British Display of Force Not
Factor in Averting Ca
tastrOphe, Says
French Envoy.
~ Associated Press

nARlS. Oct lit was the pacific
ralrE ~ France combined with the sim
! r-a des.ro oS Mustapha kemal Pasha &c
.u.i war md not thn British display OF
J"ce q htoa prcEcntnd var in the Near
last a v3r which would have soon as
summed tho proportion Of the great world
'ar conflict " FrankHn- Bouillon, the
.1"c.al Frcnc1 envoy al the recent Mu-
da~'a conference tod nearly a hundred
0"wspapcr c1eu or fifteen nations who
-o.7rrod ar 'he foreign office tonight to
"ar tcc French delegate tell about his
aission
1T has been said in England that the
Tr'isa fleet and British troops alone
Ntod The victorious Kcmalists," said
r. franklin BouillOn. The truth is that
cry time force was used and the Brit
.. troops were reinforced negotiations
N@ Mustapha Kemal Pasha became in
c~eaHEgly more difficult.
Praises Turk Commander
'~ta peaceful efforts Of France always
.".sa0ed Just in time to prevent open
o." ar. and had it not been for France
as.e Hould not have been realized. In
.r.s ea9nection I wish to pay tribute to
80 ,0ae!stent struggle the Turkish com
rae..- waged to maintain peaceful rela-
.o, w,h the allies. He accomplished
& ,r the face Of a victorious army.
T.c- VAS within but forty ktlometers OF
@, .apital, ConstantinOple."
NJ F,anklin- Boullon charged that the
-~H>. general staff at Constantinople
p. ,. eel q false communicate telling OF
as u-akdowu OF the Mudania confer
.-e .e,aGsc Of the Turkish demand for
Immediate occupation Of Thrace.
.> vas aIl the news that the world
ai 4 che Mudanja conference for 4S
.'&-s and essentially, war existed dur
g ''a. period" said the French envoy.
" '. D." Heral Harrington heard Of this
'o@1 .' lr... he was astonished and said
'' had 1afnorzed no such communica-
~ >.- such things as these which
"' ''' 2" ,"0tend with in trying to make
5'.@" " -". Near East.
8raahdowr a Mystery
.", down Of all forms OF COM
.."e.an ..,uding the wireless, left
.7"a inference in suspense for
lays. Why this break
''7'- d. rot know. especially. at
.'''" T--n go danger was as great.
1'' -rfa'a~. 'ean in the fateful days of
IIr3nr t.5s period 10, 900 Turks, per
'.,@ equipped md flushed with victory
''7'0 d71 Of tWo's march OF Con-
D. '' 'oIe lOO,oOu more equdiN
, asS 77' road we're in the second line OF
r" 7~~ival of the British rein
y'"e". "~.e served to make them
r,. ng peace conference must
DN "'.'Ted much longer if peace is
".a.7talned, the envoy said, be
N'H" Pasha cannot withhold in
.... 'G's Victorious army and lead
F.. ' n"'uralIy desire their capital.
.,t''. lo Thrace, the Turkish com
main point was that unless
A.. .7s gave rigid guarantees that the.
'"F "o~ld not burn the towns in their
,,. "'. 'E" Turks would only find shell
.... W." ..Hs in It when they actually
LI..'' !Nv country The Turkish Ma
""'"'@ .ere right because l have the
Nv. ~ "".. hat the Greeks. in retreat
~" Aoatolia, burned and pillaged
" doing '''''''" go
- Fires Started BY Greeks
g.. NaS not a city or a town in
g... ". retreat in Anatolia that the
l.. "''' d.d not burn more saVagely
~ 'Il> than the Germans ever did.
,,. '.'N2 made a million Turish men,
,a- ."o children homeless by burning
D. All 10000 homes"
He % tho burning Of Smyrna. |
"'' NJ BouilIon became healed and. |
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