WARLIKE PREPARATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1923, Page 3

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS

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TENSION ACUTE. GREEKS READY FOR EVENTUALITIES. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. (Roceived this day at 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, -May 23. Messages from Alliens state that extraordinary interest is manifested in Greece's warlike preparations. Panga declared that the army and navy were ready for any eventualities. Should there he war Greece would witness remarkable events. .Messages from Lausanne show that the tension is acute. The Greeks declare they will renew the war rather than pay the indemnity to Turkey, whoso delegates remain linn in their demands. The Allies are striving to prevent the issue from becoming the cause of war. It is reported the Greeks threaten to take the situation into their own hands. The Greeks have massed ten divisions in Thrace. READY FOR TURKS. DISCI PUNE IN ARMY. (Received this day at 9.-15 a.in.) ATHENS, May 23. Panga, on being interviewed, said that if the war is renewed, Turkov will find a. totally different Greek army. Continuing. Panga said: "l have established iron discipline. My soldiers have been told that anyone who ’ robs another, even of cigarettes, will he punished with death. The army is well clad, well fed. and well armed. Though weak in numbers, it is animated by tlie spirit of patriotism. We want peace in aecordanee with the agreement with the Powers: hut if Turkey does not, we are prepared to draw the sword, f sineerelv believe that u'o shall sot tie tli<* Turkish rjuestion (juickly. The pretended Turkish victories were nothing mure ihan the pursuit ol nn army which refused to light.”

GREECE AND TURKEY. (Received this day at ,8.30 a.in.) LACSANNNE, May 23 M. \ enizelos says the Greco-Turkisli reparations can be settled in three ways: (1) by Turkey renouncing all claims for an indemnity; (2) by referring the question lo the League of Nations for arbitration, or (3) hr war.