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Show IBRITISH EMPIRE . , ! MIES FOB WAR DANGER OF MOSLEM INVASION IN EUROPE BECOMES LES- ) SENED; TROOPS READY English Troops Are Entrenching Alonfl j Dardnnnelles to Prevent th Passage of the Kern- alists London. Although immediate dan-fer dan-fer of Turkish invasion of Europe has lessened, the whole British empire iB preparing for war in the Balkans. j It is estimated that 300.000 British j troops will be necessary if a conflict breaks loose. Allied troops, mostly British soldiers and marines, under jomniand of Colonel Chuttleworth ot Uie British army, have begun to throw up entrenchments along the Dardanelles, Dardan-elles, mounting machine guns and artillery ar-tillery to prevent the passage of the Turks. The British dreadnanght Iron Duk j tinder command of Admiral Brock, has arrived at Constantinople after landing land-ing British reinforcements at Chanak on" the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. Chanak lies at the narrowest point of the waterway where the Turks probably pro-bably would try to cross if they decide de-cide upon an attempt to invade. ! It Is probable that the Kemalist troops will not enter for the present the Allied neutral zones along tha !' slraits, but that the Allies must mnke j peace at once, otherwise; said a news- ; paper report, "war will follow." A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily Express said that Smyrna had be?n virtually wiped out. After razing raz-ing the balance of the city the fire spread to the Turkish quarter. Those sections of the Turkish quarter not destroyed by the flames were shattered shat-tered by the shells from the Greek, warship Kilkos. The dead are estimated esti-mated at more than 150,000. It is im-posible, im-posible, however ,to give exact or official figures. The total casualty liBt probably never will be known. Plague had added new horrors to-the to-the situation at Smyrna which Is still filled with starving refugees. Mus-tapha Mus-tapha Kernel Pasha, the Turkish nationalist na-tionalist leader, is reported to be demanding de-manding that the Allies give up Constantinople Con-stantinople and evacuate the neutral zones aong the Turkish straits. Constantinople The entire British Atlantic fleet is being sent to reinforce rein-force the Mediterranean squadron for the protection of Constantinople, and the Straits of Dardanelles. This undoubtedly will create the most formidable armada of warships ever assembled in an area of like-size, like-size, embracing the most modern dreadnaughts, battle cruisers, destroyers, destroy-ers, submarines and aircraft carriers. British officials here feel confident that if the Allied land forces are not sufficient to check the attack on the Dardannelles by the Turkish nationalists, national-ists, the combined fleet, together with-Fiench with-Fiench and Italian war vessels, will be more than adequate. |