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Show Greece Prepares to Fight Desperately If Turks Enter Thrace "We Have Lost Asia Minor, but Must Keep Thrace," Says Message by Athens Foreign Office for Publication Over World U READY TO SERVE U , - ., -, - ! v L. i. -oj . ) CONSTANTINOPLE, Sspt. 22 (By A P.) Turkish natianaliat forces hav , seised tha iewn of Es-lne, on ths Asiatic sido of tha Dardanallaa and ara threatsnlng Kum Kales), an Important hay position, to tho south am side of tho straits. Tha Kamaliota warp no where oppoaad, "Tha nationalist iovt,tir It opTnTOn of tho naval ok part here, will anabla tho Turka ta prevent fraa Ingress to tho Dardanallaa to tha British Atlantia flaat units which ara an tho way from Malta. Tho Important positions tnvofvad waro up ta today ooeup'ad by tho Franc h and tha Italians, and from thorn tho Turka can command tha antranca to tho straits. ATHENS, Sept. U By A. P.). Greece will navar permit tha Turks to Invade Thrace, which aha considers part of hr homeland and retention of which la "an essential preliminary condition con-dition to any peace conference." Thla declaration waa mada tn a statement to tha Associated Press by tha Greek foreign for-eign of fro today. "Wo have lost Asa Mnor, hut ws must keep Thrace," aald tha statement. "That Is an essential preliminary con-dltlon con-dltlon to any peace conference. Our army In Asia Minor, which had been fiirhtlna; for ten years, was absolutely exhausted, hut tha Oreek nation will never permit tha Turka to Invade Thrace, which wa consider home territory, ter-ritory, i "Wo have demobilised the f military) 1 classea from 1911 to 1918. but tha class- , es from 1919 to 192S we are keeping on a war footing;, making a total army of 1 K 0.000 men available for Thrace ahould tha si Mea permit tha Turks to cross to Constantinople. "Unhappily wa lack ammunition, ar tlllery and general equipment, but hope our friends will help ua In our efforts to keep tho Turka out of Eurnpo and that tho English fleet will aid us In preventing tha Turka from crossing j the atraita. "The Hmyrna massacre epeake for Itself. Ore see la defending Christian oivlllaatlon, . . - . "Internally Greece U quiet. There la absolutely no danger of a revolution. Foreign reports of trouble are the outgrowth out-growth of th Insistence of our troops i that they be returned to Ptrfaeus In- I -a Jt WU. J.unkl MmmA m. Ska. Ex-Premler Eleutherloe Venlselos of Greece, now In Paris with Madame enlxelos, says he wfTl again head ths Greek cabinet If the people demand de-mand It. But his acceptance probably prob-ably will be -conditional on the abdication abdi-cation of King Constantino. lends. But thrae wearied men hsd no rerolutionary desirns; they only wanted want-ed to iro home. We found that out when wa sent our Athens army as a precaution to Piraeus. "Immediately some of the returned soldiers exclaimed ssdly: 'What, are you treating us wearied patriots as enemies? "Our klnff remains because the people peo-ple demanded him snd want him. By what right shall any foreign nation Interfere In-terfere with the expressed will of the Grecian people?" I Preparing to Move .Americans Out CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 22 (By A. P. ) . Severs 1 A merlcan organ Ira -tlons. Including the Standard Oil company com-pany snd the Near East Relief are devising de-vising plans for the security of their workers here or their removal In the event the situation warrants. The Standard Oil company haa ordered the steamer Wlnnemar, now at Sal on Ik I, to proceed to Constsntlnopls and stand by In esse It is found necessary to remove re-move the personnel of the company and their families. 1 There are about WM) native born Americans In Constantinople and ear Admiral Bristol, commander of the American naval forces, made prans to Insure their safety. All Available Are Sent to Defense ADR1ANOPLE. Sept. 22 By A. P.) (treece Is apparently determined to defend Thrace at all costs. It is understood un-derstood that- every available division in northern Kplrus find Macedonia will be snt to supplement the forces now In Adrianople. French reports Indicate that the morale of the Thractan troops is Improving. Im-proving. Major General Anaatosios Polymenakos, the new commander In chief, who by his heroic engagement of the enemy saved his army corps at Brusa when all the others were lost, hag Inspired the soldiers with a new spirit. France to Try To Prerent War PARIS. Sept tl (By A. P.) The French cabinet today decided that In view of the refusal of the British to withdraw their forces from Chanak on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, the efforts of the rYench government should be directed toward preventing war between Turkey and Great Britain. Brit-ain. To this end. it wae agreed immediately im-mediately to eend Franklin Bouillon to Smyrna. . Qua at Smyrna Is Finally Cleared SMYRNA. Sept. JJ (By A. P ) The quay at Smyrna, which haa been thronged with thousands of refugees since the Turkish entry snd the con-flagrstion con-flagrstion which followed, hss finally been cleared. All ths refugees now have been removed to concentration camps. Th. fleportstlons to the la-tenor la-tenor mesnwhlle sr. continuing. The Greeks havs succeeded in removing re-moving more of their nattonala. Two ablps chartered by them, flying the (Continued on pace 2.) 'jto a dispute nominate two' members, on from among their own nutlonala i and on from th other state. Th I four. In turn, would rhooa a chair , j man from a third atat. Smyrna Suggested For Peace Parley , LONDON. 2. Th Turkish nationalist movement, nays an Kx-rhang Kx-rhang Telegraph dispatch from Con stantlnople today, ha suggested Smyrna as the place for th proposed Near Eastern peace conference. by the giving out of the water supply sup-ply and the American relief bakertei have been forced to auspend operations opera-tions because of lack of water American destroyers are brlnglns several tons of biscuits. Some ol the bread that was Intended for .the refugees haa been atolen by Turkish Irregular. Several naturalised Americans hav arrlvad her from the Interior. K W. Moreman. a young college gradual of Pomona Cal In charge of th Greek orphansg. I resisting II th efforts of th Turk to deport 40 orphan boys. H declares he will accompany them to the Interior If they ar removed. Several member of tha Angora cabinet hav arrived for a council tain their great regimental tradition,' the duke declared. The dispatch of th two detachmenti Impressed Ihe Britishers with the reality real-ity of the danger of war with Turkey because In normal times the guard) act as nodygusnls for the king and are never-sent oversea except in tta event of a real war. Turks to Demand Evacuation of Thrace 'PARIS. Sept. it tBr A- P.) Th Near K&st situation seemed a little more hopefol. at least from th viewpoint view-point of preserving allied unity, upon th resumption today of th conference confer-ence between Lord Curon and Pr- GREECEPREPARES (Continued from page 1.) British flag, are taking 14.000 survivors sur-vivors to Mytllen. Two American vessel for this us ar expected tomorrow. to-morrow. The suffering has been a ggrava fed of war with Mustapha Kemal Pasha. The American destroyers Mo-Leish, Mo-Leish, Litchfield. Edsall and Lawrence Law-rence ar standing by In th harbor. Captain A. J. .Hepburn of Phlladel-1 Phlladel-1 phia, chief of ktaff to Rear Admiral I HrHtol. has returned from Constantinople, Constanti-nople, resuming charge of the naval units and aeeklng better conditions for th refugee from Kemal. The American consulate I preserving pre-serving a a historic memento the American flag which remained flying fly-ing above the chattered walla of th American-owned theatr her long after the, building had been virtually demolished and th city itself desolated. deso-lated. In front of th charred akeleton of thl theatr there still stands a placard of tragic Irony. "Th Dane of Death." which wa th till of th last production. London Views Change From Hope to Fear mier Potncare. Disturbing reports, however, con-tlnuo con-tlnuo to com from Constantinople and It Is reported that the Turkish nationalists na-tionalists are on the point 'of Issuing an ultimatum to th alllea demanding th evacuation of Thrac within forty-eight forty-eight hours. Italian Cabinet Confirms Schanzflr ROMK, Sept. tl (By A. P.V Th t-tltud t-tltud of Foreign Minister Schanmer In opposing any military expedition to Turkey with th Idea of uppoedly defending de-fending the freedom of th straits thereby was confirmed at a meeting of the Italian cabinet today. Instructions to maintain this attitude were sent to Count Sforxa, Italy' representative In Parla. French Officer Fails To Dissuade Kemal LONDOW, 8pt 21 (By ths A. P.) Vlsws ot ths Near Kastsrn crisis hr ostilUts btwn hop and fear, with a sUfc-ht tendency In favor of tha hopeful aid of th balance. Nothing has happened In th last twenty-four hours to make th position posi-tion materially wore, although It continue serious enoufh. j Th Immediate peril la In th possibility possi-bility that th Turkish natlonallat troop will attartt th British positions pos-itions a Ions: th Iardanellea. but, not-! not-! withstanding continued report of their energetic military preparation, ' this fear haa not yet materialised. I It Is confidently hoped that resumption re-sumption of th conversations of th allied statesmen In. Parts today will 1 lead to th sending of an Invitation j to the Angora, government, probably 1 tomorrow, to panic, pat In a general , conference to settle th Dardanelles 'question and th Turkish claims. i Mustapha Kemal Pasha, th Turk-! i Ish nationalist leader, la conferring, I with th Angora oablnet In Smyrna! and th result of their deliberations j la awaited her as ageriy aa th j outcome of th Paris discussions. Pestimutic View In Turkish Circlet CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. (By A. P.) A peaalmlstlc view of the present pres-ent situation M taken In Turkish nationalist na-tionalist circle her. It was declared yesterday that unless th KemaJlsta received assurance and guarantee from th allies within forty-eight hours that the question of th disposition f Thrace would b settled In favor of th Turks, a serious situation would aria and It would b Impossible to restrain re-strain th forward march of their army. At th aame time, howver. It was stated that th Angora government would agre to negotiations and suspend sus-pend th movement of Its troop provided pro-vided th European powrs furnished guarantee as to Thrac. I Grenadier Guard Ordered to Near Eut LONDON. 8pt. (By f. - P -(Th Second battalion of th Orenadler , Guards and th Third battalion, of th Coldstream Ouards were ordered to the. near Kajt today. Th LHik of Connaught re viewed th Grenadier, who ar to ail ovraea tonight, and wished them godspeed and an early return. I am sure th Grenadiers will mala- CONSTANTINOPLK, Sept. 2 fBy A. P.) (General Pelle, th J-Tench commander her, returned yeaterday from his mission to Smyrna. It 1 understood un-derstood he had little success In his attempt 'to persuade Mustapha Kemal Pmsha of the Inexpediency of croaalng th straits and occupying Thrac. It Is believed Kemal pointed out that observance ob-servance of th neutrality of th straits by th nationalists could be predicted only upon adequate guarantee from th allies that Thrac would b re- j stored to Turkey. , : The question of Constantinople was j not discussed, aa the allies wer under- ; stood to have settled that Issue in fa- I vor of th Turks at th conferences In ! London and Iarts last spring. I The British forces ar worfting day and night digging trenches at Chanak. Beikos and other vital points In th Asiatic area. Additional British troops have arrived tn th Bosphorus. Greece Will Convoke National Astemblr ATHENB, Sept. It (By A. P . Th Oreek government, it waa understood today, has decided to convoke th national na-tional assembly Immediately after th rconstitutlon of th army. Situation Grave, Vatican Told ROME, Sept. JJ (By A. P The Spoetolto delegation at Constantino pi telegraphed th Vatican today that th situation there was very grave. League of Nations Pastes Resolution GENEVA, Sept. JJ (By A. P.) Th first action of th league of nations, tn conned Ion with th Present Turk- lsh situation took, the form today of a unanimous resolution providing that negotiation for pcac with Turkey ahould provide a national horn for Armenians. Although th resolution was unopposed. It was voted without enthusiasm. j Many of th delegates were of the' pinion that th resolution would not j encourage the Turks to accept th Intervention In-tervention of th league. It was decided today to propose a system of voluntary conciliation In dispute, dis-pute, between nation Instead of an amendment to th covens st providing sMUratory arbitration. The latter was proposed by Norway and Sweden. The sew proposal provides that ach party |
