Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-26
GREEKS in FEAR OF MASSACRE
BY TURKS IN CONSTANTINOPLE:
CALL CONFLICT RELIGIOUS WAR
England Watching Kema as He Advances to Neutral
Zone and Has Troops Massed Ready for EventuaEies;
ConstantinopIe Damaged by Sweeping Fire. Sultan in
Terror as His Successor is Discussed
BY Associated Press to Every r;vsnins

BY Associated Press to Every iTfnins
constantinople. Sept. 2e,-yftere ar.
growing indications that tbe suitan's
retirement from the throne is ipTi-
nent. IA
The violent epithets said 70 have
been used by Mustapha Kemai Pashs
against the Sultan, in tho coulse -
interviews with newspaperrnen. have
caused painful dismay IN the palace.
The sultan is represented as being IA
an entire state Of collapse. and a1
audiences have been suspended.
The members OF his entourage arc
beset with fears. and one by ono are
leaving the palace.
The sultan was stirred by the feep-
est emotion when his brother-in law,
Damad Ferid Pasha suddenly left for
Switzerland without bidding him farce
well.
In Nationalist circles candidates FOR
succession to the imperial throne arc
being freely discussed. but thus FAR
( only three Of these are understood 20
[ be acceptable to Mustapha Kernsl
/ Pasha and his followers. Primes
/ Selim. distinguished cavalry officer,
J anu - ifpnFW VI ttiF tllAfMs dbDf@f
to have the best chance.
The Greeks residents of Constants
nople. are apprehensive Of the results
should the Turkish Nationalists take
over the capital Many frankly ex-
n press their fear Of repetition IN The
Smyrna massacres.
"If the Kernalists take Constants
nople and attack u.s." said one pron1i-
nent Greek, an executive for an
American corporation today. I'VE VIII
fire our homes before we flee. and not
| leave a penny's worth Of property.
/ This is no more a war OF conquest,
/ but a war Of religion. Europe q
! threatened with Moslern renaissance.
/ The Turkish army in It's delirum &c
! victory Will pass over the corpses %
| thousands Of inundated Christians irs
! an effort to reconqued the TufSis1
/ provinces lost in Balkan wars"
HI London, Sept. 25-Further ind.ca.
III tions of the rescleesnese Of the Turkish
III Natlonaliste over their enforced idis-
Ill ness while waiting for peace 20 ~
III arranged are recounted in late des-
N patches from Constantinople.
: Two divisions OF Turkish cavalry.
or about $1,000 men. have occupied
, Err, "a Keui. which lies only ten miles
. southwest OF Chanak. the main Brit
ish position on the southern shore q
- the Dardanelles. and eight miles east
= of Kun Kales. from which heavy
guns can dominate the entrance "a
at the straits from the Aegean Sea.
al Brigadier General Sir Charles Har-
rington. British commander. has sent
a request to Mustapha kemal Pasha-
nationalist chief. for the withdrawal #
Ut the cavalry. Pending receipt of his re-
ply a British mobile column has been
n stationed between Chanak and Eren
on Keui, ready for eventualities.
n Reports Of disturbed conditions II
nd Constantirople itself. with the secret
.ct mobilization Of men and munitions ir
in Stamboul, the Turkish quarter. We're
IS capped late last night by a bulletin
as stating that a fire was raging In Up-
ay per Pera street. one OF the capital.
i'm main thoroughfares. No details xer'
given, but the population was said q
be in a state OF panic.
Previous dispatches said Lady Har
7. rington and the wives OF sixteen 9th
er superior officers had left the city. an,
ax that the remaining officers wives wer
preparing to leave today. The exodu,
also included many prominent ioca
journalists. and 10000 Greeks who ar
said 10 be frantically applying 20
passports.
=, The Sublime Porte Is not letting tn
. opportunity pass 20 safeguard tha
~. part OF Thrace promised TO Turke
Oe under the allies conditions OF peac.
ms and a force of 10000 men has been or
'u ganized. Important strategic point
'ho already have been occupied, with IN
object OF cutting of the retreat OF IN
an Greeks when as expected. a force q
rial Nationalists lands at Midia. on IN
en- Black Sea, and drives westward.