GREEK OFFENSIVE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 303, 16 September 1921, Page 5

GREEK OFFENSIVE

SAID TO HAVE FAILED GREEK LOSSES IN KILLED AND SICK TURKS GAIN VICTORY AGAINST SUPERIOR NUMBERS The Greeks are reported to have suffered a great reverse at the hands of the Turks, and to be retreating. Another report, however, states that both sides are worn out, but are preparing to renew the struggle, and that a winter campaign is probable. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. September I£L 5.5 p.m.) I London, September 15. The Turkish situation is attracting much attention. The "Daily Express” states that the Greek offensive has failed, but tho full extent'of the failure cannot be stated because the Greeks have a stranglehold on tho cables. Tho Greeks get _no sympathy in their misfortunes. They went to war to get their full pound of flesh. Britain committed an error in allowing them to'do so, as every Moslem thought we were backing tho Greeks against the Turks. Now is tho opportunity to remedy the mistake. The war is Asia Minor must ho stamped out, and justice done for legitimate Turkish claims.

The "Daily Express’s” special correspondent at Constantinople mailed a dispatch in order to escape the Greek censorship. He says: "The Greeks are retreating; having failed to capture Angora, and suffered terrible losses in killed, wounded, and sick. Dysentery and other diseases have cost at least ten thousand men. If the Turks had sufficient and efficient transport they would eweep the Greeks into the sea. The Turkish victory was gained by sheer valour and! good generalship, for they opposed an enemy far superior in numbers and equipment. The Turks had practically no aeroplanes. The fighting at ((Jakarta River was of a most desperate character, but few details are to hand. If anyone supposes the Islamic world is going to ba subdued through the Greeks he is making a big mistake. The Greek Government is making frantic efforts to hide the truth.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ANOTHER” VERSION BOTH SIDES PREPARING TO RENEW THE STRUGGLE. London, September 14. '"The Times” correspondent at Smyrna states that the Greeks are finding unexpected resistance to tho adavnee on Angora. Both sides are worn out, but are preparing for a renewal of the struggle. A winter campaigil is probable.--" The Times.” 1 MOVEMENT FOR MOSLEM UNITY FIERY SPEECH BY AFGHAN AMBASSADOR. (Roc. September 15 5:5 /p.m.) ; London, September 15. Tho Constantinople correspondent of the "Morning Post” states: "At a great meeting' of Moslems, the Afghan Ambassador made a fiery speech, declaring that Turkey was being attacked it was Moslem. Ho said it was regrettable that owing to distance Moslem countries could not aid one another. The effervescence in Afghanistan, India, Tunis, and Algeria shows that the movement for Moslem unity is extending."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.