Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-30
BRITAIN DEMANDS
TURKS MOVE OUT
OF NEUTRAL ZONE
Military Action Threatened
if Kemal Fails to
Retire.
ENGLISH AND TURK
GENERALS TO CONFER
Slight Hope Entertain d
Meeting Monday Will Pre-
vent Conflict.
by Ralph IT. Turner.

United News STAFF Correspondent.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-Great Britain
has demanded that Mustapha kemal
withdraw Immediately his forces
from the neutral zone around the
Dardeneiles
Institutions were dispatched tc' Cen
'eral Sir Charles harrington. tho Brit
ish commander In the Near East. to
demand evacuation without delay.
The government assured General
Harrington that II will give him com
plete support in demanding the with
drawal
This action was taken By tho Brit
ish Cabinet Friday on receipt OF dis
patches from Near East that kcma-
list troops have advanced until they
are in actual contact with British
barbed wire defcnses at scmc points
and at other places have reached
the shores of the straits
Time to End Lcniency.
The British Cabinet took the posi-
.ion that 1t has been lenient with
kemal. especially in view of his con-
tinued advance in face OF the recent
Anglo French ultimatum demanding
evacuation of the neutral zone with
In forty-eight hours. Further en-
ccura gements OF the Turkish forces
would jeopardize the British military
opposition. and they cannot be al
lowed to continue, tho Cabinet de-
cidcd.
General Harrington is authorized to
use his own discretion In deciding
whether to impose time limit in
connection with the demand
Kemal had already promised Gem
eral Harrington that he would not
hAr
tcials pointed out that this promise
means nothing since it would be i'm
possible for Turkish troops to ad-
vance any further without penetrat-
Ing the British barbed wire barriers
II going into the sea.
britain Ready to shoot.
It is understood that General Har-
inGton has been instructed to inform
Kemal definitely that II he refuses to
withdraw he may expect Immediate
military action by the British.
In event OF hostilitica Prcmier r
Lloyd George would Immediately y
summc n Parliament.
The Daily Express quotes officials
as believing that war with Turky
is imminent-almost inevitable"
The first shot may be fred az any
moment. the Express adds
Renal, however. agreed to meet
General Harrington at once, and thi,
conference. which probably will be
held Monday. may result In an ami.
cable settlement Of the crisis
The British are most concernet
aholIt the Kcmalist concentration n
around the Chanak zone, where the
British have centcred their force:
for defense of the Dardanelles. Dis.
patches from the Near East reported
that the kemalist troops. moving II
small detachments. often with thei,
guns reversed or under tho protec.
tion of white flag. had gradually
penetrated tho zone. and had ever
wormed their way through gaps Il
the British defensive line. These
troops were reported to have care
fully avoided any overt act OF ag.
EreSs!on and by their very meek ano
unoffcns:ve bearings. gave no ground
on which tho British could oppose
them without incurrlng the respon-
sibility for opening hostilities.
Must Keep Out OF Europe.
The suggestion from CONSTANT
nopc that tho British allow the
Turks 20 pass across into Thracs
on conditions that the l<emaiists
withdraw from the Dardanelles
zone afiled to make any i'm.
preston on the British Cabinet
Government officials point out that
while they are prepared to use mill
tary forces against the Turks II nee