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Show Sllll FLEES IN FEAR Fill CONSTANTINOPLE SAFETY FIRST SHOT SAYS; ABDICATION? si Mohammed Hies Himself to Malta on British War Vessel TURKEY IS PEEVED Charge Attempt to Get Uncle Sam at War With Moslems i i LONDON. .Nov. 17. (By The A?so-jciated A?so-jciated Press) Husslan Hllmied Bey, president of the Turkish Socialist I party, has been assassinated in Con-l Con-l stantinople, says an Exchange Tele i graph dispatch from that city today I The crime was ascribed to political i motives. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov 17 (By The Asroclatcd Press). An attempt by the Kcmalists to run the Interned Turkish destroyer Akhlssar. dlsguls- ed as a merchantman, out of the oold-eri oold-eri Horn, past the allied control, was frustrated Thursday night. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 17 (By the Associated Press) Mohammed VI. the Turkish sultan, has fled from Constantinople on a British warship, , bound for Malta. Upon embarking, the sultan emphasizing em-phasizing that he was not abdicating, ! but merely removing himself from immediate im-mediate danger. The sultan wrote to Lieutenant- General Gen-eral Harrington, the British commander com-mander ln chief, on Wednesday evening eve-ning stating he considered his life to bo In danger and would like British protection. (Note The sultan has been great- j ly exercised over his status since thy action of the Turkish nationalist assembly as-sembly at Angora early this month. otlng to deprive him of his civil authority au-thority and declaring the caliph or r. iiglous period of Islam would hereafter here-after be selected from tho Imperial house bj vote of the granTj national I assembly. In the face of thc filtration of i nationalist military elements into Con- j stantinople. and the knowledge that the Angora authorities would eventually even-tually be In full control in the Turkls'i capital the sultan and his advisers ' have been frankly at sea as to the I proper course for him to pursue. Tho I bulk of his guard went over to tho I nationalists and Constantinople dls-' dls-' notches have oletured him virtually at thc mercy of tho KomallstS should they decide to make a descent in force on his palace. There have been rumors ru-mors that ho had abdicated or was about to do so but there has been no official confirmation of any such action ac-tion There were strong Intimations, however, that he would ask the allies for protection if needed. Political motives may be read In some yuartors Into the flight of the imltan on a British warship. Great Hrltaln concededl) has strong motives (or y. i ing Tuat no harm comes to the caliph, in view of the many millions Of Mussulman subjects within her domain, do-main, many of whom have given Indications In-dications of disagreement with tho action of tho Turkish nationalists, disputing dis-puting the power of the Turks alone to take action affecting all Islam. The question of the sultan's status, too. Is likely to come up at tho Luusanno conference about to open and It now appears probable that when this question ques-tion Is being d( hated the caliph hint-self hint-self will be under British protection a refugee at Great Britain's naval base in the Mediterranean. 1 I KKS URGE SPUED ANGORA, Nov. 17. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press) Addressing the national nation-al assembly, on the allied pontpone-ment pontpone-ment of the Lausanne peace conference confer-ence on November 20, Reouf Bey, acting minister of foreign affairs, said "We desire a spw-dy peace I must reiterate that we will not accept the responsibility for any untoward incidents inci-dents resulting from this adjournment of tho conferem e TURKEY is HURT CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov, 17 Much criticism is appearing In th'-Turkish th'-Turkish newspapers regarding alleged propaganda in tho United st;iies Ki-'-lii-t Turkey. The Anatolian noWs agency, official mouthpiece of the Angora An-gora government, declares this cam- paiicn Is in itio conducted by American missionaries and relief workers who, It alleges aro attempting to bring about u war between Turkey and the United States. We remind all impartial and conscientious con-scientious Americans, ' saya the agency agen-cy pronouncement, that the national government hns accorded every facility facil-ity and hospitality to these people and (Continued on Page Two) oo SAFETY FIRST SULTAN SAYS; ABDICATION? NO (Continued from Page One.) now we find to our great sorrow that , - i hey have turned against us. 'it is unnecessary to say that all tho statements they have publish, d ; I . ire calumnies. They have caused deep Sif '"scntment on tho part of tho Turk-h Turk-h people and ofiiciala towards Am-1 Am-1 rloa ns " IMPORTANT CONFFREXOE LONDON. Nov. 17. (By tho Associated Asso-ciated Press) Foreign Secretary Cur-'on Cur-'on l(riVlS for Paris today to consult con-sult Premier Polncare on the policies i no bo pursued by the allies at tho Luu-1 Luu-1 anno peace conference. Lord Curzon plana to proceed to Lausanne, pos-i, pos-i, .slbly accompanied by M Polncare. in tlmo to hold another preliminary I (conversation on Sunday with Premier ;'.? 'Mussolini of Italy. If tho size of the British delegation may be taken as a criterion, Lausanne-n Lausanne-n ;o ,1 'will be the largest and perhaps the iraoet important conference .sin. . i -i isaillca. Although officials arc reticent ; . onccrninp the pi-rsonne uf tin i;r!t-I i;r!t-I lish delegation. It Is believed Lord Cur-I Cur-I ,zon will be supportetd by a delcga-I delcga-I 'tlon of at least 50 persons. oo |