The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-04

llict there.
This Withdrawal, which l. described
In messages from the Dardanelles M
slight. was supposed here 10 be in
consequence of word received by the
Turks that the Mudania conference
was In session. The Turks, however.
were Naid still 10 be vel within tho
neutral rome.
Paris. oct 3,--A uatas dispatch
from smyrna. the Turkish national.
ist headquarters. says 1t j. announced
the kemalists have evacuated n.
neutral zone along the straits Of the
Dardanellcs,
Constantinople, oct. Shy 4. P.l-
Only military matters Will be taken
up at the conference Of allied and
/ Turkish nationalist commanders az
Mudania today, the political aspects
Of the situation being disposed of al
a later meeting, according 20 Henri
Franklin.Bouillon, whose recent trip
To Smyrna, where he conyersed with
/ Mustapha kemal PaHha was resrons-
ible for the summoning OF today's
conference.
The two most important question.
10 be discussed today, he said, were
the demarcation Of a new neutral
zone on the Aslatic side Of the Oar,
daneles and Ismid, and the evaeua,
1 ton Of Thrace. He was confident
/ that an agreement would be reached.
Strange Setting.
/ Mudania, Oct 3.--tBy A. P.)-Nevei
was there a stranger setting for a
! conference OF world powers than this
little village on the southern shore OF
! the Sea OF Marmora. Even the pres.
enee of the great warships OF Eng
land. France and Italy seemed In.
with rocks and mud, which IL
| Mudania's harbor, for their only
heighbors were a few scattered fish
/ ing boats and nondescript barges.
/ A few hundred yards from the point
selected for the anchorage Of the
great Iron Duke lay the gaunt skele'
tons, half submerged. OF two Turk
| ish transports, sunk by British sub
marines during the world war.
Nothing about Mudania is impre.
sive, save for the bulk Of snow.
capped Mount Olympus rising ma
| iesticalIy in the distance. The town
is squalid and depressing. There Is
not single building OF architectural
pretensions; the houses are Of mud,
shaped like huge beetles, and the
! stores thrust their latticed windows
! into the narrow, crooked streets.
Guarded With Secrecy.
! Such was the setting today Of the
| conference to which the military rep
resentatiyes Of the allied powers hur-
ried across 20 miles OF water from
| Cnnstantinople. The departure from
Galala was fixed for o'clock in the
morning, with the arrival hero at
noon and the opening Of the confer.
ence at 1 o'clock. The British dele
cation included the colnmander,in.
chief, Brig. Gen. Sir Charles Harring.
ton. and Col. w. II. Gribbon and
Maj. T. G.. Haywood Of the general
headquarters staff The French and
Italian deputations were similarly
limited.
Every effort was made to maintain
complete secrecy and privacy for the
conference and the bay was as effec-
lively barrcaded as though the SUI.
face OF the Sea Of Marmora were
marked out with barbed wire entan.
clements. For As hours nobody has
been permitted to enter the area
around the Gulf of Gemlek without
special papers.
Russia WantssPeace."
Moscow, Oct. 3.-(By 4. PA--Soyiet
Russia's aims are all toward peace.
Gen. Doniloff, chief commissar Of the
red army general staff, told the cor.
respondents in denying reports that
soviet artillery was being sent to aid
the Turks
Because Of the belllgerent attitude
of various countries regarding Rus.
STA he said, I'VE must always stand
ready and prepare against attack. bur
SO far as the Greco Turkish war is
concerned, We made absolutely no
preparations
Turks Hold Refugees.
Syntrns, oct. 3--tBy \. P.t-=Tnr
larkatlon u the Greek and Armenian
refugees from smyrna hiss been
stupped by the Turks. the time limit
SET BY Mustapha kemal pashs hsv
Ing expired Approximately 500 hno
prrHnns have heeu evacuated aua
those remaining win De depottsd 70
The interior, whether men or Numrn
or children
Tie Turksh military to-day began