Evening star., 1922-09-15

upon the capital.
One story is that the nationalist
commander has sent an ultimatum to
the allied powers. demanding the
evacuation Of their forces from the
city. SO as to permit the entrance OF
the Turkish nationalist army. An
other Is that nationalist troops have
crossed over to the Gallipoli peninsula
from Chanak. planning to march into
Thrace with the object Of taking
Adrianople
British Cabinet to Act.
BY the Associated Press
LONDON. September 15.-One Of the
possible immediate results of this
afternoons British cabinet confer
ence, IT is believed, is that Mustapha
kemai Pasha will be informed that
he will be met not only by British
troops and British ships but by a
Jugos!av army If he attempts to oc-
cupy Constantinople and cross the
straits of the Dardanelles.
1t is an established impression In
military circles that the Turkish ma
tionalist army Is large enough to take
the Turkish capital If Kemal SO de-
sires: also that he has sufficient guns
to drive the fleet out of the Bosporus
II is considered unlikely. however.
that he would take such desperate
measures unless he was persuaded
that in no other manper could he OBJ
tain the capital of Thrace
On the other hand. there are intima-
tions that the Serbs. the dominating ele-
ment in the Jusoslav government, are
determined not to have the Turks as
neighbors in Thrace or to permit the
Bulgars TO secure a foo.hold on the
Meditsrrean sea.
The horizon of the approaching con-
ference on the near east is daily broad
ening with intimations that Rumania
and Jugoslavia will support Greece and
Great Britain in the effort to keep the
Turks from regainins Thrace. A new
factor has been brought into the situa-
Jugosiavia will demand as the price of
her help the port of Saloniki. which she
has long coveted as her logical port Of
entry on the south.
Tho British cabinet. however. is
obliged to examine the situation from
far larger point Of view than the other
allies because Of the 10000, 900 Mussel-
man population Of India. in addition to
Great Britain's close interests In Mess-
potamia. Egypt and other Musselman
territory The latest news from India
shows the Turkish victory stimulating
the Mohammedans. the feeling of
brotherhood reaching from Constan-
tinople to Baku, Tashkent and Kabul
and on into India. There is likewise
reported growth of the Mohammedan
religion. spreading from Egypt south in
Africa and on the former German COL
ony Of East Africa
Whether Kemal or the Turkish ma
tionalists will attempt to expand and
recreate the old Turkish empire along
religious lines IL one of the aspects
Of the question the British are con-
sidering, especially with respect to
Mesopotamia, where are located the
most fanatic of the Moslems. The
declarations of Kemal so far have
been that there Is no desire to recre-
ate the empire; that the Turks have
given up Mesopotamia and other
territories as the price of their de-
feat in the world war. and that now
they only want the territory occupied
by the Turks.
Kemal's point of view has been that
politically there is no desire by the
Turks to effect a union with the
Arabs and the Egyptians: that these
peoples would be obliged to work out
their own destinies. The cabinet.
however. is said to expect that the
moral effect of the new Turkish sue
cesses will sooner or later lead to
the support of the Turks by all Mo-
hammedans.
The admiral commanding the
British squadron at Smyrna has
warned the Turkish authority in the
city that if maseacres are continued
the Turkish quarters will be bonn
barded. says an Exchange telegram
dispatch from Athens.
Bodies Clog Streets.
MALTA. September 15.-Hundreds Of
bodies Of victims of the Turkish
massacre in Smyrna were lying in
the streets OF the city when the
British hospital ship Maine left there
with more than 400 refugees on
board. it is stated by Reuters
Smyrna correspondent. who arrived
here on the Maine today.
When left Smyrna" he said:
massacring. and hundreds Of bodies
town and the outlying villages. Two
large villages Ave miles from
Smyrna were on fire. The British
had withdrawn with their patrols
and guards and several British
houses had been requisitioned for
Turkish officers.
Doubt U. 8. Losses.
NEW YORK. September ia
cablegram received at Y. NJ. c. A.
headquarters today from E. o. Jacobs,
general secretary Of the organization at
Smyrna. states that the Y. M. c. A.
stroyed. as had been reported. by the
fre which swept parts of Smyrna after
the evacuation Of the Greek army.
The cablegram added that the families
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