Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-16
Allies
Must GiveUp
Capital City
BY FRED MILLER e
Copyright, 1922, by the United Press

| PARIS, Sept 16.-The allies must
| surrender Constantinorle or prccipitatc
a holy war which will menace the exist
| ence of the British empire, General Sir
Charles Townsend, hero of Kut Ell Anna
| ra, stated today to the United Press.
"We had better make peace with
| Mustapha Kemal while we can,' he
warned. General Townsend said Kema
had outlined his terms to him and. that
he had forwarded them TO Lloyd George
They included independence for terri
tories where Turkish population is in
the majority.
General Townsend was in command
of the British Mesopotamian army
which was besieged by the Turks III
Kut Ell Amara during the world wa:
and surrendered only after bitter re-
sistance lasting months. He was held
prisoner by the Turks for the remain
der of the war and was sent out By
them to ask the British for peace when
the end came.
PARIS, Sept. 16.-The TURK ish' armis-
tice terms were made public today in 3
senIi- official dispatch from Angora, seat
|. Greece to withdraw its army from
all territory claimed by the Turks, aban-
doning it's arms, munitions and supple 5
unconlitionally.
,. Greece must recognize Turkish
sovereignty in Asia Minor and Thrace.
3. Greece must pay indemnity for
all damage suffered by the Turks.
4. All parties named by the Turks
as guilty of atrocities must be srrrend-
cred by the Greeks.
"My God, what madness to treat
the Near East situation as the pow
ers are DOING said General Townsend.
"We have no business in Constantine
pie and the sooner we get out, the bct.
ter.
eff something is not done, we are
threatened with Il holy war. The en-
tire Mohammedan world would rise
of the British empire.
Mustapha Kemal can take Constan
tinOple. If he does ] would not be
surprised to see the bolsheviki march
to Constantinople TO help the Turks.
Then we would have another world war.
war.
"The Kemalites have a big, well
disciplined army would rather not
say how many.
"We can have peace with the Turks.
| talked to Kemal and he outlined the
conditions. | forwarded the memor-
andum to Lloyd George The TURKS
want independence of territories where
the Turkish population predomnates
and will guarantee freedom of the
Dardanelles.
"We had better settle while we car
| know what is in the. minds of the
Turks and ! warn of the consequences.
A holy war would set the whole east
aflame, from Turkey 10 India, and re-
member Russia.
',Didn t | see the soviet officers at
Angora aiding the kemalites. That
is worth reflection.
General Townsend in another state
ment said he feared the time for cal
ling general allied Turkish and Greck
conference had passed.
"The Greeks are now out of Asia
Minor and it seems to me the Greeks
and Turks should settle the war them
Selves he said.
General Townshcnd expressed con.
fidcnce Kemal would accept the pres.
ence of British, French, Italian and
Turkish garrison in Constantinople ur
der neutral commander, Danish for
example-and grant the allies guaran.
tees with regard to the straits.
He excoriated the British govern
ment for not comprehending the fact
that the whole world of Islam stretch
ing from Morocco to China and from.
Kurdestan to tie Congo has "new as
pirations. -
"rhcy re in fcrment, he said
Allied occupation of Constantinoplc
was very grave blunder, he declared
as it ''lit up the Turkish nationalists
who Immediately ran to arms. ] also
lit up India and Egypt
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The sol
dier bonus bill was to be sent to Pres
ident Harding today for his approval
or veto.
Harding was expected to veto it.
In anticipation of this action, bonus
supporters in house and senate were
doing their utmost TO marshal votes to
override the presidential objection. A