HOPE OF PEACE KILLED
MR LLOYD GEORGE’S RECENT SPEECH. GENERAL TOWNSHEND’S VIEW. (Received August 31, 5.5 pjm.) LONDON, August 30. General Townshend, interviewed by the “Daily Express,” said that Hemal's offensive could have been expected after Mr Lloyd George’s recent Near Blast speech killed all hope of peace. “It was to try to stop the war that I saw Kemal. I do not think the British Government has any idea of the fighting value of Kemal’s army. Their morale is wonderful. They are united, and as determined as one man, and possess plenty of ammunition, together with guns and rifles used in the Great War, their factory at Angora having replaced all breechblocks .surrendered to the Allies at the time of thg. Armistice. Turkish artisans, as a result of German tuition during the lato war, are now making breechblocks out of locomotive wheels, ari3~adapting Russian projectiles to Turkish guns. Britain and. Franco must of necessity march together as regards the Near East. So long as France is pro-Turk and Britain pro-Greek we cannot hope for peace.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11304, 1 September 1922, Page 5
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