The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-22
THRACE WILL
BE DEFENDED
GREECE SAYS
Foreign Office Says Invasion
Will Not Be Permitted
France To Try To Avert
Conflict Involving England.

Conflict Involving England.
TURKS TAKE KEY POINT
BULLETIN
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Sept. 22.-The French cabi-
net today decided that in view of the
refusal of the British to withdraw
their forces from Chanak, on the Asia
tic side of the Dardanelles. the efforts
of the French government should be
directed toward preventing war be-
tween Turkey and Great Britain. To
this end it was agreed Immediately to
send Franklin Bouilloa to Smyrna.
BULLETIN
ATHENS, Sept 22-The Greek gov
eminent it was understood today has
decided to convoke the national az
sembly Immediately after the recon
stitution Of the army. The minister OF
the interior has received a message
from Gallipoli stating that a commits
sion of French officers with a high
Turkish official had visited Chanak to
inspect the war material concentrated
there in 1920 by the inter-allied com
mission. charged with the disarmament
OF Turkey and since under allied guar
dianship.
BULLETIN
LONDON, Sept. 22.-The Turkish
Nationalist government, saws an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Con-
stantinople today has suggested Smy-
rna as the place for the proposed
Near East conference
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 22.-
Turkish nationalist forces have seized
the town of Ez-Ins, on the Asiatic side
of the Dardanelles and are threaten
ing Kun Kalesi, an important key DO
sition to the southern side of the
straits. he Kemalists were nowhere
opposed.
The nationalist move, in the opinion
of the naval experts here, will enable
the Turks to prevent free ingress to
the Dardanelles to the British Atlantic
fleet units, which are on the way
from Malta.
The important positions involved were
occupied by the French and the Itai-
ians and from them the heavy Turk
ish batteries can command the en-
trance to the straits.
ATHENS, Sept %. - Greece will
never permit the Turks to invade
Thrace, which she considers part of
her homeland and retention of which
is ''an essential preliminary condition
to any peace conference" This decla-
ration was made in a statement to
The Associated Press by the Greek
foreign office today
Eve have lost Asia Minor, but we
must keep Thrace,'' said the state
ment- That is an essential prelimi-
nary condition to any peace confer
ence. Our army in Asia Minor which
had been fighting for ten years. was
absolutely exhausted but the Greek ma
tion will never permit the Turks to in
wade Thrace which we consider home
territory.
10000 Men Available
I'VE have demobilized the (military)
classes from 1912 to 1913, but the class
es for 1919 to 1923 we are keeping on
a war footing, making a total army of
| 100000 men available for Thrace
should the Allies permit the Turks
to cross to Constantinople
| "Unhappily we lack ammunition, ar
tillery and general equipment, but
! hope our friends will help us in our
efforts to keep the Turks out of Eu-
rope and that the English fleet will
aid us in preventing the Turks from
crossing the straits.
"The Smyrna massacre speaks for
itself. Greece is defending Christian
civilization.
Internally Quiet
Internally Greece is quiet There
is absolutely no danger of a revolu-
ton. Foreign reports of trouble are
the outgrowth of the insistance of our
troops that they be returned to Pi-
raeus instead of being demobilized on
| the islands But these wearied men
had no revolutionary designs; they
only wanted TO go home We found
that out when we sent our Athens
army as precaution to Piraeus.
Immediately some of the returned
soldiers exclaimed sadly: What Are
you treating US, wearied patriots, as
enemies?
NOur king remains because the peo-
pie demanded him and want him. BY
what right shall any foreign nation in
terfere with the expressed will of the
Grecian people?"
DRIANOPLE, Sept. 22.-Greece Is
apparently determined to defend
Thrace at all costs. 1t is understood
that every available division in north
ern Epirus and Macedonia will be sent
to supplement the forces now in
Adrianople.
1 French reports indicate that the
morale of the Thracian troops is i'm
proving. Major General Anastasios
Polymenakos the new commander-in-
chief who by his heroic engagement OF
the enemy saved his army corps at
Brusa when all the others were lost
has inspired the soldiers with new
spirit
In his order of the day yesterday he
appealed to the men to retrieve
Greece's lost military glory, declaring
that political leanings must be forgot
ten alike by royalists and Venizelists
in the face of the common danger.
PARIS, Sept %. - The near east
situation seemed a little more hope
, full, at least from the viewpoint of
preserving allied unity, upon the re-
sumption today of the conferences be-