New-York tribune., 1922-09-30

ish Nationalists. Dispatches which
reached Ferid Bey, the Kemalist rep
resentative here, this evening, said
Kemal's reply to the Allied note could
not be expected before Monday, by
which time it was hoped the National
Assembly would have considered the
Allied terms.
While the result of Kemal's inter
views with M. Franklin Bouillon is not
vet known to the Nationalists here, the
Turkish leader is said. without giving
"a definite answer to the Allied note, to
have expressed desire for peace.
His reply will be written after the As
sembly makes its decision.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20 (By
The Associated Press Various re-
ports of the movements of Mustapha
Kemal Pasha have been received, but
the latest information reaching here is
that he had left for Brusa, to proceed
thence to Mudania to meet General
Harrington.
A formidable fighting force in float
ing fortresses and powerful bombing
and combat aircraft, together possessed
Of greater destructive power than the
British grand fleet at Scapa Flow, now
guards the great international water
to the Black Sea-
Britain's gigantic armada in these
waters is led by the two 34,000-ton
super dreadneughts Revenge and Reso-
luton. Then come the three veritable
gisntesses Of naval prowess, the bat
tleships Centurion, King George and
Iron Duke. Some of these super war
craft possess ponderous 16-inch guns
having range of twenty miles. The
remainder of the British naval fighting
force here consists of number of the
most modern cruisers, destroyers and
the air carriers Pegasus and Argus
The British are confident that this
formidable line of fighting ships will
easily prove a stonewali barrier to the
Kemalists should the latter attempt
that they will be sufficient protec-
tion for the troops entrenched at
Chanak and other points.
Constantin1ople. too, will have air
battles in the event of war. The
British airplanes will fly over Stam-
boul and other Turkish centers of
population for the purpose OF quickly
observing any threatened uprising.
These would be wirelessed to the naval
and military police. These observing
planes will be reinforced by fleet of
DOmDeTS, COMBAT plaDeS ana SeaplaneS
Opposing them the kemalists will
have aircraft Of various types to the
number of sixty The British, now
ever, are confident that in the air the
Kemalists are no match for them
They point to the fact that the Turkish
Nationalist army does not possess any
thing approaching the twenty super
planes which arrived to-day on the air
carrier Argus.
The situation at Chanak, where TIE
British and Turkish troops are almost
clbowing each other, was unchanged
to-day. Thus far, although pcnetrat-
ing the neutral area, the Turks have
carried white flags and slung their rifles
upside down when near the British
their commanders assuring the British
officers they have no intention Of
aggression.
The British in Chanak are frankly
embarrassed in the face Of the con-
tinued encroachments on their posi-
tions, and are puzzled to know what
TO do, as they have orders not to fire
These unopposed invasicns give the
Turks excellent oportunty for recon
noitering.
The Turkish population of the city
is raising a fund to purchase a sword
to be made of gold and set with rubies
for Mustapha Kemal Pasha.
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 29.-The flotilla
leader Wallace, with eight destroyers
Of the first flotilla of the British At
lantic fleet, arrived here this morning
en- route ia thn Near East