New-York tribune., 1922-11-07
Solid Front Presented TO
Angora Demand in Reply
Flatly Declining to Sur
render Constantinople
Must Not Delay
Near East Parlev
Allies Agree Conference
Is Essential at Once (;
War Danger Still Looms
BY Wilbur Forrest
Special Cable to The Trbur,

Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Nov. 6.Alarm in Allied
circles, growing out of the menacing
attitude of the Angora Turks, to-day
brought about resolution to present
solid Allied front against the Turk
ish demands for Allied evacuation of
Constantinople and Turkish control of
Allied warships negotiating the Straits.
"A common Allied answer to these
Turkish demands went forward to-
night, and will be communicated to
Hamid Bey. the Angora representative
at Constantinople, tomorrow. 1t con-
talns flat refusal to both demands.
The Havas correspondent at
Cons antinople was informed yes
terday, according to an Associated
Press dispatch received in New
York. that the Turkish Nationalist
government yesterday forwarded
note to the Allied High Commits
sloners at Constantinople stating
that warships Of all nations must
seek authorization from the An
CORA authorities to pass the Straits
OF the Dardanelles.
Inc Allies are agreed that the
scheduled for November 1s, must not
be delayed single day, since it is ex
tremely urgent not only to receive the
Angora governments explanation of
It's bizarre attitude of The last few
days, but to being as we'll settlement
Of the Near Eastern question before
further complications arise.
France Will Cooperate
1t was admitted here to-day in gov
ernment circles that, despite Frances
traditionally friendly attitude toward
the Angora government, as evidenced
strongly in Premier Poincere's inter-
vention in the Turks behalf during the
recent crisis with the Allies, the French
position henceforth will be one of close
cooperation with the Allies, come what
may. The danger Of war in the Near
East is now regarded by no means
averted.
The aggressive attitude of the An
CORA Assembly-which is regarded here
as completely beyond the control of
Kenal Pasha, and possibly melted by
influences from Moscow-in expelling
religious workers, Including the Cath
olics, which have traditionally been
protected by the Constantinople gov
ernment, has created extreme resent
Seizure of French banks, the closing
of several French schools and the bar
ring out of the French language from
others, all reported l.ere, have also
caused something like CONSERVATION.
The Turkish mobilization in Thrace
and the action of Rafet Pasha, the An
CORA Governor of that province, in de-
claring himself Governor of Constan-
tinople, are regarded here as audacious
as the two notes demanding the Allies
evacuate the Turkish capital and sub
NIT their warships passing, through
the Straits to Turkish direction.
The Angora Assembly's move to de-
prive the Sultan of his powers is looked
on here as due to the influence of Mos
COW, and the French tonight are in
clined to regard their position as the
parent protectors of the struggling An
CORA government as one that could be
summed up as comic opera if it had
not become so tragic.
From, The Tribume's Earopeam Bureau
Copyright. 1922, New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, Nov. 6.--Flat refusal will
constitute the reply of the Allied High
Commissioners at Constantinople to the
Kemalist demand for Allied evacuation
of that city.
Britain Receives Text
The British government has received
the text of the note from the Angora
government, but is without other Off
cial information bearing on it. Some
uncertainty as to the exact intentions
of the Kemalists has been raised by
the fact that the Angora government,
in the first paragraphs of the note.
specifically promises it will not send
troops into the neutral zones, but fol-
lows with expressions of the hope that
the Allies will evacuate Constantinople
lin which case it is assumed chat
Turkish troops would enter that city.
The British government has been in
communication with the Allies on this
subject, it was stated this afternoon,
and it is believed there would be no
objection to permitting the Kemalists
to take over the gendarmerie of Con-
stantinople, conduct OF which swells
the Allied civil administration there;
but the Allies will not go further than
this. it was declared.
No word from the new Italian gov
ernment concerning it's Near Eastern