The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-29
(Bv Associated Press)

mand Immediately the withdrawal OF
Turkish troops from the neutral zone.
(By Associated Press)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 29. =
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, replying to
General Harrington's telegram of
! Wednesday, has sent a message de
claring his troops would not advance
| further. He says he desires that no
incident should occur and that he will
| see General Harrington as soon as pos
sible.
The situation at Chanak where the
British and Turkish troops are almost
elbowing each other was unchanged
today The meeting between General
Harrington and Mustapha Kemal is ex-
pected to occur tonight, and it is be-
lieved here, it will result in the with
drawal of the Kemalist cavalry from
| the Chanak neutral zone.
General Harrington will point out
the necessity of the discontinuance of
the Turkish movements there, which
are considered equivalent to the re-
connoitering of the British position.
Hope To Avert Battle.
The British are confident that If the
next "a hours pass without the firing
of shots at Chanak, or other points
along the Dardanelles, all immediate
danger of hostilities will have been
avoided. This is the period Of time,
estimated to be required for General
Harington's journey and interview
with Mustapha Kemal
The allied high commissioners have
decided to dispatch commission COM
posed of British, French and Italian
officers to Rodosto, Lule- -Bourgas and
Adrianople in Thrace, in order to ex-
ercise pacifying influence there.
: According to the Exchange Tele-
graph part of the French troops which
were withdrawn from Chataldja, and
which have since been in Constantin-
ople, will be used for the defense of
the European shore of the Bosporus.
Climax Approaching
With their backs to the straits, the
British forces in Chanak now look out
on three sides upon the forces of Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha. By their recen:
incursions the Turks have completed
their occupation of the neutral zone in
defiance of Great Britain's ultimaturn
and climax is swiftly approaching.
General Pelle, French high commits.
: sioner, has dispatched an energetic
: note to Smyrna telling Mustapha Kc.
. . NAL that the British sincerely desire
to avoid conflict, but that France
will not be able to restrain them if
they are attacked.
The British are confident they can
:, hold their lines against any Kemalist
attack as their flanks at Chanak are
: protected by powerful fleet OF war
!. ships, the long range guns of which
: can sweep the area around the town
for a distance of twenty miles, while
: the Turks at present are equipped only
with machine guns in this sector
: Among the British naval units are the
; super-dreadnoughts Revenge and Reso.
luton, the most powerful ships OF
war afloat
; Hold Up Craft
The British naval authorities are
e holding up all Greek and Turkish
: craft in the Bosporus and the Oar
0 danelles, making minute searches for
g materials of war.
d The Greek battleship Averoff, which
was taken from Constantinople by her
e mutinous crew, is proceeding through
y the straits unmolested by the Turkish
Il land batteries.
t Crowds continue to storm all the
l. consulates and passport offices in the
capital and some have been forced to
y close their doors or appeal to the
/ police for protection. There is an un.
:. ending stream Of Greeks and Armen.
e ians outside the American consulate
l. the line forming each day before dawn
l. in the last "a hours the Greek consul
d ate has issued five thousand visas.
' Boats and Trains Filled
g Every outgoing train and boat i:
$ filled to capacity Small fishing and
merchandise boats are taking the
overflow and their owners reapine
s large profits.
g The prospect of war has brought tc
g Constantincple newspaper correspond
p ents of every nationality The United
r States leads with 13 writers. Greai
o Britain has IL, France seven, Itals
IS four, and the rest are scattered amors
I. the smaller countries.
y The journalistic assaults upon Brit
q ish headquarters have been SO numer
Gus of late that General Harrington ha:
established daily half hour council:
for the newspaper men which are pre-
sided over by Major NJ. A Johnston
who gained fame in the Mesopotamiar
= campaign and subsequently made
j. sensational escape afoot for severa
In hundred miles from a Turkish prison
camp.
4 Explains Significance.
q. With the aid of map Major John
&c ston explains the signifance of tn,
=. various movements of the Turkish ant
n British troops and sets forth the cur
- rent naval situation.
- General headquarters had occasion
. lately to complain of the exaggerate,
and inaccurate character of some o
=, the reports which have gone out from
- Constantinople and officials say that i
= this persists they may be forced t,
= establish a censorship.
- General Harrington and his staff ge
~ little time for sleep or leisure thes
as -. stirring days. The commander h
20 chiefs usual office hours are from
as in the morning until long after mid
night.
of When recently London friend tele
~ ~ graphed him expressing solicitude 70
:; his heath, General Harrington replied
I'm fit as fiddle I swan the Bos