Sioux County pioneer., 1922-10-12

fE'c WIN I'VE EFItlSn EeHeTulS. lnev
then formulated their reply to the
allied rea"e proposals. Not given to
the puhl" at this writing, this answer
is urt'"rsiroh to provide. among other
things iha, the Nat'on.lists shall oc-
cupy all strategic, positions prior to
the "ncning of the conference; that
all British forces on route be recalled
and the British shall not fortifv the
neutral zoncj that the Nationa1ists
shall occupy Thrace before the confer
ence. at which Russia, Ukrainia and
all countries bordering on the Black
sen shall he represented: that if these
conditions are accented the Nation
aiists agree to an armistice confer
ence ut Muhanfa. which is to be fol-
lowed in three days by the opening
Of the peace conference in Smyrna.
Meanwhile Kemal, who has freely
expressed his distrust of the British
and especially of Lloyd George. sent
various units into the Asiatic part of
the ne,tra' zone and occupied strate-
gic positions from which he virtually
controlled the Dardnnelles The Brit
ish commanders made several de
mands for the withdrawal Of the
Turks, but Ke1nal responded that he
knew Of no neutral zone. To the
French he explained that he had oc-
cupied these places because the Brit
ish had Msregarded the neutrality of
the straits by permitting the Greeks
to have free passage through them.
D EVOLT by the Greek army against
~ the government, which was eN-
pected, came on schedule time. The
troops that had returned from the
scene of disaster in Anatolia and
were concentrated in the archipelago
islands rebelled and, using battleships
and destroyers as transports, sailed to
the mainland and moved on Athens
under the leadership of regular Off
GERS of the army and navy. Military
airplanes dropped in Athens procla-
nations demanding the abdication Of
King Constantine, the formation of a
ministry friendly to the allies and the
sending of reinforcements to Thrace.
On Wednesday the cabinet resigned
and Constantine formally abdicated
the throne In favor Of Grown Prince
George, who was sworn in. For the
present a revolutionary committee is
in charge Of the government. The
object of the coup d'etat as an.
nounced in Athens was to oust Con.
stantine in order to unite the country
in firm opposition to the Paris confer,
ence's peace terms to Mustapha Kemal
Pasha and to wage an immediate and
aggressive war to retain Thrace
Army and navy leaders fully, support
the Thracian war, and they say they
can take Constantinople.
THOUGH it had been reported tina,
= Bulgaria was ready to seize the
part Of Thrace which she claims
Dimitri Stancioff, Bulgarian minister
to England, denies this. Bulgaria 1.
firmly resolved to avoid participation
in any military action 2 said he, "no
only because the country is practical
" disarmed, but also because the new
Bulgaria Is an agricultural countr!
and does not wish to risk repetition
of her previous misfortunes."
COYIET Russia formally declare,
" herself the champion Of Islam las
Y week. She sent q note to the en-
tente, the Balkan nations and Egyp
demanding the restoration Of Tnrke
in Europe and warning the world tina
she would not recognize 'any decisio
concerning the Turkish straits take
without her paEnc'nattop Q, ssriye