The New York herald., 1922-10-09
OIL LAMP LIGHTS
MUDANIA PARLEY
Conference Framed in Poorly
Appointed Room With
Whitewashed Walls.
ISSUE PEACE OR WAR
Gods of Olympus Watch Mill
tary Leaders Through
Little Window.
ISSUE PEACE OR WAR
by G. WARD PRICE.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1929. bv THE NEw YORK HERALD
MUDANIA, Oct. 7.-This is a homely
little conference by comparison with the
stately gatherings to which L nave
grown accustomed in the last few years,
but the issue at stake is vast enough
peace or war.
/ was sitting among the officers of
Gen. Sir Charles Harington's staff in
the council room to-day when discus
sion Between the allied generals and
Ismet Pasha, representative or the
Angora Government, was resumed.
The Turkish general had asked for
the restoration of Turkish authority
Thrace Immediately after the country
had been evacuated by the Greeks.
This question had been referred to the
allied governments and reply had not
been received
The house in which the generals meet
forms part of a row of small wooden
houses built out near the waters edge.
Through the barred windows the sun
poured into small room whose white
washed walls were hung with common
place Turkish rugs. mirrored side
board bearing an oil lamp, by the
meager light of which last nights sitting
TOOK place, IS tne Oniy furniture OtHer
than a table and chairs.
Crowded together around a little din
ing table sit the men who are trying
TO keep peace in the Near East. At one
end Gen. Harington's tall. spare, smart
figure is leaning forward, his arms or
the table Next to him is Col. T. G. G..
Haywood, who translates Gen. Haring
tons words into French. Next to him
sits 1smet Pasha, a small dark figure
in khaki uniform Two stars on red
patches mark him as Turkish Major
General. His chin is weak under his
heavy black moustache. Col. w. II.
Gribbon, Gen. Harington's chief of staff,
is at the opposite end of the table.
Others are the French Gen. Charpy, the
italian Gen. Mombelli and Hamid Bey,
Mustapha Kemals representative in
Constantinople.
Wait to Hear From Paris.
Ismet speaks in somewhat hesitating
French, without an interpreter Gen.
Harrington began this morning by say
ing that he had received a wireless mes
sage stating that Lord Curzon and Pre-
mer Poncare were meeting in Paris.
He added that he hoped to hear from
them during the day. Ismet agreed to
wait until the afternoon when the con-
ference reassembled. He went on to
put forward a new request that the
Greeks should be required to return al;
the Turkish civil and military prisoners
before the peace conference meets.
Gen. Harrington asked whether the
Turks would surrender Greek prisoners
in exchange. Ismet replied 1--WE have
already let the Greek civilians go. We
think we have a right to ask for the re-
turn of our prisoners. We win release
the Greek prisoners of war after the
peace conference"
The allied Generals withdrew to the
adjoining room for a consultation. On
their return they replied that they would
transmit the Turkish request to their
Governments without recommendation.
Gen. Harrington took occasion to assure
Ismet that reconnaissance carried out by
Britis hairplanes over Thrace showed no
signs of burning villages within thirty
miles of the neutral zone of Gallipoli.
Allied Ships Near By.
half mile from the window of the
conference room lies the Iron Duke, also
the French warship Edgar Quinet the
white yacht of the Italian General and
the tramp steamer Aigon. which brought
the Greek representative, Gen. Mazara-
klS. Inc tramp steamer mes Wnlte
flag of true in addition to the Greek
ensign.
The narrow gulf is very beautiful to-
day The low hills that form its sides
are covered with gray olive groves and
Mount Olympus shows snow capped
head nearly 5000 feet high in the rear.
The shore is thickly Uttered with piles
OF material abandoned by the Greek
army in it's headong flight There are
heaps of torn bedding, shattered gun
carriages. motor lorries from which the
engines have been carried off and huge
piles of rotten hay. Here and there dead
bodies float in the clear sea poisoning
the air.
In private discussion on board the
Iron Duke the allied generals are trying
to draw up n scheme for the Greek evac-
uation OF Thrace, in consultation with
Cen. Mazarakis. The position of the
Greek General hitherto has ben that IL
the Greeks agree to retire beyond the
rlvr Martha they would establish a DO
litical frontier which is beyond his
powers to accept Therefore he Is con-