PRECAUTIONS TAKEN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16845, 22 September 1922, Page 5

PRECAUTIONS TAKEN

WOJI E.\ AND CHILDREN MAY I LEAVE CONSTANTINOPLE. j ■ The Tiroes-” Service. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20. j Kemal has summoned the member* I of the Angora Ministry t-o Smyrna to discuss the situation. Officers with their wives and families have been ordered to be ready to embark. The British residents here have received a hint to prepare to send off their womenfolk and children. These are precautionary measures in the event of Kemal attacking the neutral zones when it is certain that his agents will attempt to stir up rioting in Constantinople. British forces would be handicapped if compelled to detach troop® for the protection of residents. The British headquarters at the Darcanelles have advised the civil population to leave Chanak as the town is Ijkely to be shelled if Kemal advances • Ohanak Narrows is the scene of the ! most intense activity from dawn to [ dark. The Turkish population i?» for j a moment quiet, being under control of the military and the civilians, but fires and massacres are inevitable if Kemal advances.

A HOLY WAR, GENERAL TOWNSHEND’ S OPINION. United Service. LONDON. September 20. General Townshend who recently interviewed Kemal at Angora. agrees with Air Hughes that the a&sistance of the dominions should not go beyond the maintenance of the freedom of the Dardanelles. Since Kemal agrees with the freedom of Straits there should be no necessity for a single Anzac Genera! Townshend added that a continuation of the occupation of Constantinople would provoke i holy war.