WAR WITH TURKEY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 236, 30 June 1920, Page 7

WAR WITH TURKEY

NOT DIRECTED AGAINST ISLAM OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY FOCII AND WILSON EXPLANATION BY GREEK PREMIER By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ' Paris, June as. H. Venizelos, Premier of Greccc, in an interview, replying to critics, 6aid that war had been forced upon Greece against lier will. The plan of operations woufd be conducted by Marshal Foch and l'ieldMarshal Sir Henry Wilson. Greece had no intention of occupying or retaining Anatolia. The war was directed against Turkey, not against Islnrn.—Aus.-N.Z. Catte Assn.

many Turk's surrendering NATIONALISTS INTEND TO FIGHT ON. London, June 28. The Constantinople correspondent of the "Evening News'' reports that under cover of British warships a Greek force disembarked at Pandemia to take part in the concluding operations ill the Dardanelles area. , Many .weary and ragged Turks of all ages are surrendering east and north of Smyrna. They include a large proportion of officers. • ■ Nationalists in Thrace have told tho Greeks they intend to fight to the'utmost, and threaten to burn Adrianople if they are hard pressed.—lAus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.

BRITISH NAVAL FORCE LANDED ON MARMORA COAST. Constantinople, June 28. A British naval force has occupied 'Mudanift and Kararaureal. The British are at present n«-t strong enough to take tho offensive, mainly owing, to the absence of long-iangeaircraft. Twelve hundred Nationalists aTe concentrated near Mudania.—"The Times." [Mudania. is on the coast of tho Sea of Marmora, north-west <>f Brusa; and ICaramursal is on the Gulf of Ismid, about fifty miles Jiorth-enst of Mudania,] dardanelleTtortifications DBSTEUCTION COJIPLETED BY ALLIES: Constantinople, June 28. The Allies have completed the destruction of the fortifications c-n -'both sides, of the Dandanelf.es. in accordance with the Treaty—"The Times." kema^Tbjective ATTACK ON CONSTANTINOPLE ABANDONED. Paris, June 28. According to the "Petit Journal," the. initial success of the Greeks, coupled with the Nationalist defeat at Ismid,; has decided Mustapha Kemal to abandon 1 tho attack on Constantinople.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.