The War Cloud

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 234, 15 September 1922, Page 5

The War Cloud

TURKS OPEN DEFIANCE. ALLIED TROOPS ON PENINSULAR. UNCERTAIN FRENCH ATTITUDE. [By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.] A telegram from Constantinople reports that Hamed Bey, Kemalist leader, states that the inter-Allied oc cupation of Constantinople cannot last for ever... It will have to cease when , Turkey has achieved the peace for which she is fighting... ‘ ‘We will permit no control because we are not slaves. Britain must make up her mind to abandon completely this key to the Mediterranean. The first condition to our participation in a peace conference is the evacuation of Anatolia. ’ * LITTLE ENTENTE’S INTERVENTION. WARNING TO KEMALTSTS. Rome, Sept. 13. The “Giornale d’ltalia” states that Kemal Pa>ha realises that any attempt' against the Straits will meet with the 1 opposition of the Allies, and that com-1 plication regarding Adrianople would cause the Little .Entente’s intervention. The Turks are warned that Europe will not allow the war to be transferred to European soil.—(A. and; N.Z.) TURKISH ASPIRATIONS. HAVE FRENCH SYMPATHY. London, Sept. 13. The ‘‘Daily Telegraph’s” Paris cor‘r’espondent says it is clear that the Trench Government does not see eye to eye wdth the British regarding th° Turks. France proclaims herself faithful to the principle of freedom of the Straits, but France’s sympathy with the legitimate aspirations of the Turks means that she will make her voice heard in support of the Turkish claims to Adrianople.—(A. and N.Z.) LANDING OF ALLIED TROOPS. London, Sept. 13. The “Daily Chronicle” reports that British, French, and Italian detachments have landed at Chanak and Scutari, which is regarded as confirmation of Allied solidarity and determinanon to ensure the protection of Constantinople and Gallipoli—(A. and N.Z.) TURKEY’S CLAIM TO EASTERN THRACE. RELIANCE "iN* BULGARIA. London, September 14. Ahmed Riza Pasha, ex-President of the Turkish Senate, interviewed in Sofia, said he trusted Bulgaria would recover Western Thrace. Turkey intended to claim Eastern Thrace. Bulgaria would thus become the buffer between Greece and Turkey. Riza added that thq basis of Turkey’s peace conditions would be the principle of nationalities, which would entitle her' to reclaim Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Syria. He did not anticipate difficulty regarding the Straits.—(A. and N.Z.) MOSLEMS HOPEFUL. UNITED AGAINST ENEMIES OF TURKEY. Cairo, September 13. All indications point to the fact that the Turkish victories are giving immense impetus to the pan-lsmalic movement. The Palestinian Arabs, who are particularly elated over the Kemalist achievements, are preparing the way for an Arab confederation throughout the Arabian Peninsula. They generally believe that if the Greeks'are unable to defeat the Turks other Powers are unlikely to try conclusions at the present juncture, especially as world-wide Moslem sentiment will be organised against any country taking up arms against the Turks. The Arabs foresee and calculate upon British and French abandonment of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, unless those Powers are prepared to fight Turkey, w’hich the Arabs regard ns unlikely.--(A. and N.Z.) KEMALIST REPRISALS. FOR CRIMES IN 1919. London, Sept. 13. The “Daily Telegraph’s” correspondent at Smyrna states that official executions of Armenians and Greeks guilty of 1919 crimes are increasing in number, but the situation does not warrant widespread rumours that the Armenians are destined for extermination. The Turkish commander states that as the Greeks laid waste an area more thrfn 20 miles wide and 200 miles long, he sees no possiWilty of returning refugees to their homes in this territory.—(A. and N.Z.) ANOTHER GREEK SURRENDER. WEST OF SMYRNA. Smyrna/ Sept. 13. Portion of the Greek army which was holding out on the Cheshme Peninsula, west of Smyrna, surrendered to the Turks.—(A. and N.Z.)