The Washington herald., 1922-09-26
YIELD TO THREATS
London Hopeful, But Is
Sending Troops to
Near East.
TURKS PREDICT
FALL OF SULTAN
BalfOur, Fearing Massa-
cres, Appeals for Aid i'm
Saving Refugees.

LONDON. Sept 25.-Great Rrita,n
Is willing TO admit oyiet Russia TO
the forthcoming Near East peace
conference at Venice. provided
France concurs. This decision was
reached by the Cabinet after hear
ing full report on the recent
Paris negotiations from Lord Cur.
zon, Foreign Minister. IL wa.
learned. Bulgaria probably will b.
admitted at the conference along
with Russia
kemal has steadfas silly insisted
that Russia at least be allowed 90
participate in the Near East settl..
ment Russia has threatened not
to recognize any disposition Of tn"
Dardaneiles unless she participated
in the fixing Of the conditions.
Continses Sending Troep..
semI-ofhciaily Great Britain 10
hopeful over the Near East outlook
IL is believed here that Kenal wi,
accept the allied terms. though he
Is expected to first attempt SOM.
bargaining before finally yieldiaE
Great Britain, however. is takinS
no chances on a refu al ,r a sudden
breaking up Of the confsrerre.
She continues sending troops TO th-
Near East and she will keen Them
there until a peace is concluded
Hamed Bey. the KemaIist repre-
sentative at Constsntinople. is ~
ported by the Daily Express a. -
gsrding the allied terms as favor
able, The correspondent adds tl,--
the Angors government will accept
the allied note as the basis OF di.-
cussion, although IL will object -
some details. such=zs the proxisisa
for demilitsrization of the Sea 4
Marmora. The Turks believe ms
would make the protection Of CoH-
stantinople more dificUlt
suItsn's Fall Threatese<.
The grand vizier. the foreign
minister and other members 81 the
government at ConstaniinopIs hayg.
resigned. according to ar EAchanCe
Telegraph dispatch.
The early fall Of the Sultan =
threatened and reports indicate thai
nationalist government will b..
formed
Fear Massacre In smyrna.
The foreign office is fearful that
massacres may break out in Smyrn.
after September 90.
Dispatches from Athens said ta-
kemalists have issued an orde,.
warning all Greeks and Armeaisn4 s..
except those OF military ss- VIII,
are regarded as prisoncTS Of war.
. TO leave Asia Minor by SATURDAY,
The warnings are regarded -
sinister. warrantinE the sssumeti--.l
that massacres may be expeo 81
Fear is felt for the fate of sea Gun
refugees still in the smyrna district
British officials in the Near E.as :
have asked KemaL. the Turk CHIEF
tain. to permit Greek ships to enter
the Smyrna harbor in order to % :
cilitate the embarkations.
Fear Fate OF Those Left.
II is feared that the Turks NilI
forbid all refugees to leave who do
not escape before September 80 and
rush them to the snterior to be mas
sacred or starved.
Lord Balfour's appeal 10 the
league of nations for aid in saving
the refugees is believed to- have
been based on this information
The government meanwhile ~
awaiting kemars reply to the allied
! peace proposals. At noon the Cab
, met met to consider Lord Curzon's
report on his negotiations with Pre- :
mier Poincsre at Paris last week
when the peace terms were deSided
upon.
Invasion Dse 20 Error.
II is officially stated that The
Turkish invasion OF the Chanak area
| was due to the erroneousa belief on
the part of the Kemslists that the
British had withdrawn from thar
sector.
The possibility of an early cleo
tion as the result of the alleged
determ nation Of Lloyd George 10
force the issue while he is abb.
to plead for national unity in the
face OF the Near East or sis. Is
seen by the Pail Mall Gazette
While the Conformation is obtain
able, critics 20 mt out that an early
election is not impossible. nee
the premier has unquestiohsb d =
been seek ng a satisfactory election
slogan for several months without
success He may regard the present
as a favorable moment on t.te
theory that many voters would lie
unwilling to embsrrsss the govern
ment while the Near East crisis =
pending.
sDie-Hesd." Plan stampede.
Some sign ficsnce is attached to
the visit of Sir George Younger to
Downing Street last Saturday. Sir
George is the Unionist party ms
chine manager. His conference at
tracted attention in view Of the
fact that at the annual party caucus
in November. the die heads will DO
their utmost TO stampede the party
against the coalition government.
The Gazette says that ~ Lie. a
George does not move W thin ten
days, the idea of an early election
cannot be considered abandoncL.
League 20 AL Refugees.