New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Turkish Troops
Defy New Pact
And Enter Zone
Harrington Sends Warming
and lntruders Promise to
Retire When They Are
Notified of Truce Terms
Army of 5000 forThrace
Allies Demand Neutral City
for Peace Conferences;
Early Date Held Advisable

CHANAK, Oct. 12 (By The Associ-
ated Press),-During the night Ma
tlonalist forces advanced toward the
British line. When the British COM
mander informed the Turkish com
mander that this was a violation Of the
armlstice agreement the latter said he
had not yet received official notification
of the armistice. He indicated, however,
that orders would be given to his
troops to retire as soon as, he received
such notification. 80
CoNsTANT1NOPLE, Oct. IL tBy The
Associated Press). Four thousand
Turks crossed the newly defined
boundary at Airan, north of Dariieh.
on the 1smid Peninsula, this morning
and advanced some miles to fepeeuran.
General Harrington sent an airplane to
warn the offending commander against
trespassing on the neutral zone.
The British general also telegraphed
lsmet Pasha and Mustapha KEN
Pasha calling attention to this breach
of the Mudania armistice convention,
Plans for the Allied detachments to
move into Thrace and occupy the ter
rltory IN conformity with the armistice
convention signed at Mudania were
completed to-day. The force will com
prise three battalions of British troops,
three of French and one of Italian,
total of 5000 men. The detachments
will leave Constantinople early next
week.
General harrington will press the AL.
lied powers for an early convening of
the peace conference, which he believes
viii be the most important council of
world powers since Versailles. It is
expected that the deliberations will re-
qulre from two to three months at
least, as the questions for decision are
of the widest Importance. including the
vital interests of all of Europe, and
tirely outside the Near. East.
Allies Demand Neutral City
The Allied authorities here will op-
pose the selection Of Smyrna or Con-
stantinople for the conference Major
General Sir Frederick B. Maurice, dis
cussing this subject to-day, said:
a"It is imperative that a.neutral city
be chosen. Smyrna and Cor nstantinople
are impossible on account of the at
mosphere of hostility intrigue, racial
and religious animosities which would
surround the delegates. Smyrna, with
its background of fire, famine and fury,
its air poisoned with undigested ha-
treds, and the populace still delirious
from. the victories of the army, is
wholly unsuited to attract the dove of
peace. Constantinopie, under the occu-
patton of the Allied armies, is no neu-
trail ground. Even Italy is inappro-
pirate, because Italy is party to the
negotiations and is technically one of
the adversaries Of Turkey"
The Allied representatives here prob
ably will suggest Berne, Zurich or Ge-
neva, all of them cities free from these
objections and comparatively near at
hand. The conference will vitality in
terest all the great nations of the 4
world. Besides Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan, the gathering will re-
ceive the undivided attention of Ru-
mania. Jugo-Slavia, Bulgaria and, of
course, Russia. 3
American interests will center in the
for continuation of COM
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