The New York herald., 1922-10-12

Mombelli came aboard the Iron Duke
and said In effect TO Gen. Harrington
that f'it Is more likely you would be
able to persuade Ismet to withdraw his
troops from the neutral zone and we
suggest you go to see nj mabout it,"
Gen. Harrington agreed
The French and Italian generals
seem, however, to have gone rather be-
yond the intentions they had communi-
Gated from Gen. Harrington. Apparently
they had informed Ismet that under
instructions from the allied Govern
ments he would be confronted the same
afternoon with direct demand tc
evacuate the neutral zone.
Ismet also raised new difficulty bv
saying he would not send any Turkish
gendamerie into Thrace until the end
of the Allies month Of occupation. This
would not suit the British, who want
the arrival of the Turks to be gradual.
with the initial stages under their own
eyes
Neutral Zones Negotiations.
When he heard from Gen. Charpy and
Gen. Mombelli how unpromising things
looked ashore. Gen. Harrington, who had
always shown himself ready to make
concessions in form so long as he loses
write to the Cabinet. To Downing Street,
therefore. he pointed out that as the
Turks had said they did not recognize
che neutral zones. he was going to take
1t upon himself to demand that they
should agrec to delimit the zones in
collaboration with the British and prom
Use to respect the zones so constituted.
oddly enough. similar instructions
from the Cabinet crossed his message.
Accordingly, the convention which 1t was
intended to present to Ismet that even
ing was modified I'm this sense.
The idea is that these neutral zones
should be ten miles wide. That is quite
enough to protect the straits. 1t is sus-
gested that the new line should run from
ten miles south Of Kun Kale to Chardak
on the Dardanelles. and on the Bos-
porus from Guebze to Shile on the Black
Sea.
After the new zones have been estab-
llshed each side can send liaison Of
ficers to the army opposite to see that
the troops are not moved. These are
the outlines of the new suggestion about
which Ismet is now consulting the Gov
ernment at Angora.
Boufllon Protests.
went ashore at Mudania at o'clock
to get an idea of Turkish views before
the meeting began. / found the Turks
highly strung. fully keyed up to a
crisis which was to decide peace or war.
NJ. Franklin -Bouillon came up to me in
the street and reproached me for hav-
ing avoided him. 'You think / have
worked against England he said. LET
me tel, you. England owes mo her
thanks for my desperate efforts to talk
the Turks into reasonable attitude.
They are quite prepared and quite
strong enough to seize all they demand.
For three hours to-day I have been
arguing with them to behave mod
erately. l am in constant touch with
Mustapha Pasha by telegraph, and he
is keeping his hand on the pulse of the
National Assembly.
Gen. Harrington and the other allied
generals landed at 7. With Ismet and
their respective staffs they made a
group of twenty-three, packed tightly
around the table in the little room over
looking the sea. and lighted only by an
-oil lamp.
The commander in chief began the
meeting by reading a speech, explaining
the convention. Col Haywood trans
lated 1t into French in a loud voice, and
then read the proposed convention He
had to shout, for Ismet is very deaf.
Ismet raised only one question: why
do the French and the Italian generals
sign a document that treats of neutral
zones? I understood they were not in
t.tn txad in nn