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Show CALL SENT TO WARRING ARMIES Allied Foreign Ministers Urge Armistice on Greeks and Turks PARIS, March 23. (Ry the Associated Asso-ciated Press. I- Interest In th1 conference confer-ence on Near Eastern affairs, in prog-less prog-less here With the foreign ministers, of Great Britain, Frame and Italy as the principal conferees, l centering so far In the efforts they have initiated to bring about pcae between the Greek and the Turkish Nationalists In Asia M Inor Their first step was to send telegrams tele-grams to Constantinople, Angora and Athens Wednesday requesting an armistice. arm-istice. Tl'K US Oi l N I MR! W 1-1) Military IntelHjfence in possession of the allied foreign ministers indicates that the Greek forces on the Aslajjc mainland number about 185.000 of which 100. 000 are along the fighting lines. Opposing there aro about 90,-000 90,-000 Turks. The Greeks now occupy a territory more than twice the size of Switzerland, Switzer-land, Including the important cities of Smyrna, Mudania. .Brusa and ECutaia, as well as Kskl-Shehr and Aflon- Karahlssar, key positions. MISSOVR Mi'l.r.s i SED King Constantino n forces, which suffered j.o.mOo casusltlet in the iiini-mer iiini-mer campaign against Angora, have been consolidated and reinforced and nr well supplied with French, English Eng-lish German and Austrian artillery machine guns and rifle), uith 1,000 motor trucks and automobiles, and several thousand Missouri muiei, camel cam-el and o trains and 15 airplanes Protection of minorities n Asia minor min-or was the chief subject d!tCUSSed this morning by the foreign ministers. |