TURKISH CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 144, 13 March 1920, Page 7

TURKISH CRISIS

DISCIPLINARY OCCUPATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE

ORDERED BY SUPREME

COUNCIL

(By Telegraph-Presi issociation-CopHirht

(Rec, March 12, 9.35 p.m.)

• ' London, March. 11.. . The Turkish outlook is grave.,The.iyide. area of affected regions presents a mili- j tary problem of considerable magnitude. r J lie Supreme-Council met ;-.yesterday and issued a communique'ann'ouficing that lit had considered the measures which were being taken' to ensure tlio protection -of - Armenians and other minorities-In Turkey. - It;-is significant that Mr, W. S. Churchill' (Secretary 'for War), Mr. W. H.'Long (First Lord of. the. Admiralty), Lord Beatty (First Sea General Sir W. Thwnites (Director of Military: Intelligence);, and : M.;.-yeiiizo'ds (premier of Greece).-attended, li i« Rtite'd that the Council ordered the disciplinary occupation of Constantinople as well as a number of strategic points in" Asiatic and European Turkey forthwith, while America has been urged to p.articijiate- in. measures for the protection of Armenians. The Supreme Council is 'istated. to ■'be also ' considering: military measures for providing against the possibility of active cooperation between the Turk'sh National, ist forces and sections of Arabs in Syria. Official,circles are of opinion .that the Allied forces, 1 with-.. t.lie. troops'which. Greece is believed to Ik'ready-to "furnish, assure the' Allies'- of'a' niilitary su-' 'parioritjr./«uffioient for any pniergehiiy . iu'.. the immediate .'future, but-',the;, outlookis, anxious.oirihg to ; the.,extent of. -tho,regions which tho crisis iu<iy affect'. '..Gen-' eral 'Desperey is due at'Cohs'tantinoplii, to-day' to reaßsume the coinma'nd 'of-'the' Allied araies.-'-Imperial News'' Service, '-'

DELAY' IN SETTLEMENT ■AMERICA NOT' RESPONSIBLE./;/ Wa«hin.aton,' Mjirch jl.t ' The "Stat# Bepaftae&t-'i«fncW 16 admit any; American responsibility fof '-de-' lay in, the Turkish . settlement «r.allcg«l in a.speech by..Lord 'points.out that the Supreme. Council neither.-in-formed'the United State-i.of il;s..(jccisfn!is., n6r- asked fort its opim6n. ; --iAus.-N.Z. Cable Assn: , ' ' ■". ■ ; TUBES''EXPULSION FROM' EUROPE.Washington! March" 10-' White House officials'say HintTi'wident .WilsMi-. will- not- hesitated,-insist. 1 on the expulsion , of,. the -Turks- -fiom-. Europe;—Aus.-.N.Z, .Cable. Assn. .'. , . PLANS. FOR MILITARY? AND NAVAL" action. ; ... • .... London, M»rdi 11.~ ' The Supreme, Council Jhas..-- completed', runny of. the details, for . military -aiul, rfflral action in Turkey, itfclmling "tlic; occupation of str'ategio points ! in Asiastic and European Turkey;—A üb'.-N;'/,.' CableAssn.-: ... • ; -' .;.?•>

MOHAMMEDAN FEELING

. FINAL.MESSAGE TO TUB KING- i ... EMPEROR; -, ;.■■■ ~. ' Calcutta, 10.';'• ' 'i'he.Khn,]ifat-Conferenqo.passod;a .resolution in favour of a final- message to, tho Viceroy and the .King-Emperor, severing connection with the Brilisih '<3qy» eminent if Mohammedan feeling in reference to Turkey is not'respeotwl. A'fur- ■ ther-ro-tilution urged the; Mohammedans: to. boycott British, picce-goods—TUutor. v

MASSACRES OF ARMENIANS

MIBER OF CATHOLICS --REDUCED , -TO TWO-THIRDS. f ■ Paris,' Match .-.7. r ' .'The. '.'Figaro" -is'.informed ■■ by ''an?-'Ar-menian:'Bishop that- there are only, fifty thousand: survivors..of ,150,000,<Armenian Catholics, and that 140. priests haye.been. shot, and four bishops- have :die<l .'of want and exhaustion. The Bishop.of Marash disappeared, the Bishop of Diar-' bekir. was .buried alive,''{he 'Bishop 7 of' Malakia -was; burned at '.the. stake.viand tho Bishop of Maudin was shot.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. .V ■ V.V . SERIOUS SirUATION IN CiLICIA STATE' OF WAR ATALEXANDRETTA , (Rec. March 12, 7,30 p.m.) > 4 ' London, March 11. •The situation in Cilicia, is...becoming more serious; A stale or war exists between tho French and Turkish nationalities in the province', of Alexaliilretta,where the French garrison-is small :and the insurgents are strong, but the French garrisons at'Jlersiiia, and' Adana .are sti'oug enough tq maiutain order.—lmperial News Service'.' ' "