The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-03
MILITARY TERMS 4
ARE TALKED At 4
MUDAN|A MEET
Representatives Of kemsI and Allied
Powers Confer In Effort to Form
uIate Peace Basis--Poiitiesi
Problems Come Later. ffl
GREEK DELEGATES ARE
DELAYED IN ARRIVING
Meantime. Big British Fleet BrIst
ling With Pointed Guns. maneuvers
In DardsneIles-Two Important
Questions 10 Be Discussed.

tnnstantinonie, btt. IA power
fuI English fleet. decks stripped for
war. maneuvered at the DardnneIles
today as allies and Turks talked
peace at Mudania.
Representatives Of Mustapha Ke-
mai and OF the European powers met
at IL a. m. II was understood. In a
preliminary Near East peace con-
ference.
they discussed an armistice 10
prevent the threatened clash be.
tween British aud Turks over the
occupation OF the neutral zone OF
the Dardanelles.
The Mudania conference will deal
only with military questions. The
political phases of the Near Eastern
problem are to be worked out at a
permanent peace conference which
will be held about the middle of the
month II an agreement Is reached
at Mudania.
These are the representatives who
met to formulate the basis OF No b
in the Near East
Sir Charles Harrington, British
commander in chief: General Char
py. France: Ismet Pasha. Turkey:
General Mombelli. Italy and Gen.
eral Mazarakis and Colonel Hari.
giannis, Greece.
All but the Greek representatives
had arrived at Aludania. IL was
feared that the conference might be.
delayed because of the failure of
the Greeks TO reach there at the
appointed time.
Turk Troops Withdraw.
Turkish troops have withdrawn
from the neutral zone. pending to.
days conference.
Nine British first line batt1eships.
big guns pointed to the north, crews
ready for action, rode lazily at am
chor, steam up, near the Helles-
pont.
Tea light cruisers. five flotiIa
leaders, forty-five destroyers, six
submarines. three aircraft carriers
and three depot ships, with numer.
Gus auxiliary vessels, swarmed about
the big grey men of war.
The British were not the only
warships steaming at the gates of
the Sea Marmora, however Ru.
manias interest in the Straits was
manifest with appearance early to-
day of three Rumanian destroyers
at the Bosphorus. Others of the
allies had destroyers nearby.
The military leaders of the pow
ers arrived at Mudania on battle
ships.
Mustapha Kemal. who issued the
call for the parley after conferences
with Franklin Bouillon, French en-.
voy, is not to be present when the
sessions start, but may be there
on the final day, according to re-
ports.
1t was anticipated that the pre-
liminary Mudania parley would last
at least three Gays.
4 The world is to be informed Of
the accomplishments of the parley
by communicates which are to be
issued at Mudania and sent to Con-
stantinople.
Journalists Protest.
According to last reports, the all
lied commission refused to allow
newspaper correspondents to go to
Mudania for the conference. A pro-
test of American journalists to Ad.
miral Mark Bristol. American naval
commander, brought no results as
far as could be learned.
The terms laid down by Musta.
pha Kemal for conference are unac.
I ceptable to the allies, it is believed,
but will form the basis Of discus
sion
These are the two most import
ant questions to be discussed at the
conference:
1.-The evacuation of the neutral
zone in the area near Chanak. on
. the Dardanelles. and Ismid, near
the Straits of the Bosphorus.
2-The evacuation of Thrace.
; 1t was believed that General Har.
ington will attempt to induce the
Turks to move back in the Chaaak
; area to greater distance than they
have done since Kenlal called the
conference. This would, pending
the permanent peace negotiations
obviate the possibility of a clash