Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-17 | Page 14 | Allied Fleets Now at Smyrna; U. S. Co-Operates

ALLIED FLEETS NOW AT SMYRNA; V. S. CO-OPERATES PARIS, May 16. An extensive allied naval concentration has been begun at Smyrna in connection with a mandate to Greece to administer the city. The British and the French each have fleets on the scene, with landing parties; the Greeks have a battleship and five gunboats and the Italians have five large warships. The United States naval forces are the battleship Arizona and four destroyers. The various allied naval contingents are drawn from the forces in the Adriatic and the-Black sea. Troops also are being concentrated from Saloniki. It is understood that British and French forces are co-operating in the Greek administrative man-dale. man-dale. The Italian attitude has not been disclosed, dis-closed, but the recent landing of Italian troops at Adalia, on the southern coast ot" Asia Minor, and i the presence of an Italian squadron at Smyrna leads to the belief that Italy is seeking to safeguard her interests in Asiatic Turkey. ATHENS. Wednesday,. May 14. Greek forces landed today at Smyrna, the news being received here with great enthusiasm. enthusi-asm. A Paris dispatch Thursday stated that "an important port" in Asia Minor would "soon be the theater of an interallied military and naval manifestation, in which Greek soldiers and French, British I and Italian warships would participate." ' A Paris dispatch received Thursday night stated that the United States battleship Arizona and four United States cruisers : had arrived at Smyrna.