THE NEAR EAST.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1922, Page 2

THE NEAR EAST.

AUSTRALIAN A Nil ft./,. CAllLh AfiSoblAf tOft. A GREEK REPORT. LONDON, Oct 15. General Nilder reported a skirmish between a Greek patrol and a TurkoBulgarian band, in which two Turks were killed. Government ordered General Nilder to continue the evacuation of “Thrace in accordance with the orders of thci Allied Commission. TURKS RETIRE AT CHANAK. LONDON, Oct 15. Reuter’s Chanak correspondent reports the retirement of Turkish troops on this front is now complete. UNCONFIRMED REPORT. LONDON, Oct 15. Armenian women have arrived disguised as Turkish ladies. They report a general massacre of Armenians and Greeks at Ezine, thirty miles south of Chanak, but no confirmation is obtainable.. The Greek Government has provided transport for eight thousand Greek refugees, from Chanak,, to Greece, but ill view of the congestion in Greece it desires refdgees to return to their homes here when possible, if they he. permitted to remain at the Dardanelles:

ALLIES TAKE THRACE OVER, CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 16 A telegram from Cbntaldja says:— “The Allied advance lias commenced in Thrace. It began at one o’clock on Sunday. The Italians are going in the direction'of Tchqrlou ; the French towards Adrianople, and British to Rhode sto. TURKISH HOPES. ' LONDON, Oct. 15 Resiled Bey, Turkish envoy, who has left London for Angora, interviewed, said that he had studied the situation in England, and would report to Angora. He was in great hopes of the inauguration of new and friendly relations between Turkey and England. GREEK FEELING. fßeeeived this day at 8 a.m.) ATHENS, Oct 16. The public is demanding immediate elections. The autonomy movement in Macedonia is spreading (throughout Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, where Greek authorities are preparing to cope with the situation. The evacuation of 350,000 Greeks from Thrace is proving difficult through lack of transport, causing women and children to stand or lia on stations for many hours.