Evening star., 1923-03-31
Extremists, Soviet Inspired,
Father Plots Hazarding
Mustapha KemaI's Control.
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Attack on British OIL Straits Frus.
trated at Eleventh Hour-Con-
cessions to Allies Resented.
BY coNsTANTINE BROWN.


Copyright. 1a21.
CoNSTANTINOPLE. March ST.
Both the Angora and Constantinople
oewspapers hava been Instructed by
the government to adopt d pessimistic
tone with regard to the peace pros
poets and to give the impression that
as Turkey has done It's best toward
Il peaceful settlement Of the oriental
question the responsibility for event
ual failure will rest entirely with
the allies. But the Turkish news
papers fail 70 mention that the most
serious menace to peace in the near
cast is the present political condition
IN Turkey. for no one who has fol
lowed the recent trend OF affairs ri
Angora can be blind to the serious
ress OF the situation.
BoIshevist Envoy Active.
Since the nationalist government
announced its Willingness to resume
tho peace negotiations NJ -Aralov, the
bolshevist envoy TO Argora. has
been extremely active in reinforcing
the Russophile party. led by Kiazin1
Karavassif, In parliament, and Mar
shall Fevzi Pasha, chief of the general
staff, III the government.
The Russians organized i press
bureau IN Angora and the activities
OF that bureau We're such that lsret
Fasha was compelled to ask NJ
-Aaralov for It's suppression because II
mixed In the internal affairs OF Tur-
Key and financed newspapers and
publications against the government.
at
visits Of members OF the Russian del
ohation TO the nationalist assembly
compelled RSouf Bey to order that
no foreigners be allowed to enter the
signed by himself.
Letter 1. Intercepted.
Esme, Pasha read at 4 secret meet
i"G of the assembly u letter inter-
cepted by the secret service from
the latter 10 draw the attention of
the Moscow government to the fact
that unless II adopted a strong atti-
tudc toward the present government
In Turkey a peace disastrous TO both
governments would be signed soon.
Tsmet asked the assembly TO dis
miss the chief OF staff, but the ma
iority refused, saying that the mar
hal was u member OF the national
council and as such was free to take
tho good OF the country.
Furthermore the extremist members
demanded that the dship Of Rus
-ia should not be sacrificed for the al
les and the government should re-
port at once what support could he
rXpected from Russia in case the
Russian point Of view as to peace vas
"dopted. The president of the &s-
sembly was requested to MAKE the
necessary Investigations at once. and
when Raouf Bey refused to take such
steps rho extremists declared that
they themselves would get in touch
with Aralov.
Most Threatening Move.
But tho most clever and threaten
tn0 movement vas made last Mon
day, when 100 members OF the assem-
bly, presented II motion declaring that
the congress at Sivas IN 1919 decided
under oath that neither the congress
ror any subsequent assembly was en-
f!led to change any decisions voted
Il that sitting and incorporated later
in a national pact.
The present assembly was only
continuation of tho Sivas congress
and has no right to change a single
clause in the national pact, and any
government undertaking to make
changes would be responsible to the
new assembly which would be elected
by the nation when the present as
sembly was dissolved.
This was direct threat against
NuStapha kemal PaSha, as the pact
provided that Mosul and karagatch
were to remain Turkish. and the pres
ent government had agreed to sur
-rnder karagatch and 10 submit the
question as TO Mosul to the league of
nations for arbitration.
Kemal Dubious of Majority.
Under the circumstances Kemal
Pasha and his followers are by no
means sure that they Will have d ma
5ority In the new elections, especially
IN view OF the fact that the army
seems to be dividing between Ke-
rralists and Fevzists. The latter Is
very busy gaining partisans in the
army, and all who are dissatisfied with
tho concessions made by the govern
ment to the allies are rallying around
the chief Of staff.
Two divisions on the Ismid front
are supporting Marshal Fevzi strong
~ and are demanding continuation
Of the war. By mere chance q plot
was discovered last week among off,
GERS in these divisions to attack the
british forces along the straits. The
government took strong measures, ar
resting seventy officers, and thus
averting war. Fevzi Pasha summoned
delegates from all the divisions at the
;ront TO meeting at Ismid Friday
night, but with what result is not vet
known.
Tho situation is developing SO fast
that Mustapha kemal Pasha, who has
been away on a trip, has been asked
TO return to Angora at opca