EASTERN PERILS

Southland Times, Issue 18859, 26 June 1920, Page 5

EASTERN PERILS

EEMAL PASHA’S AGGRESSION TU3KEY DLFIANT RESISTANCE TO IRE TREATY (By Telegraph.— l’rr.-s Assn.- -Copyright.) (Australian :ma N.Z. ("able Association.) LONDON. June 24. The Daily Mail says that thf> War Oiliac is appealing to reservists ami asking exsoldiers to enlist in the Re-erve. The situation in the Near ami Middle Hast is viewed seriously owin.tr to the aggression ami dangerous altitude of Kemal Pasha’s troops, which number between 1.”.()!);! ami 20.0i)0, and additional British troops are needeii. Marshal I'och and Field-Marshal Sir ■Henry Wilson are j'reparing plans for the defence of the Oulf of 1.-niid, Smyrna, and the Dardanelles. Kemal Pa-Jia commands 5900. and is regularly reinforced from Asia Minor. The Allies have 40.990 around Constantinople. The British have 14,00b, the Anglo-Indian troops number 0000, and the French 10.000, while there tire 10,000 Greek ■Smyrna. It is impossible to dettintinople of troops in the event tionali.-ts advancing. E TURKISH TREATY. FIERY MEETING OF THE CHAMBER. RESISTANCE TO THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD. (The Tno.cs. i CONSTANTINOPLE,. .lime 23. Kemal Pasha held a special meeting of Parliament to disem-s th- peace terms. Violent. speeches denounced .Mr Lloyd George and England as the most deadly enemies of Turkey. Resolutions were adopted which condemned the Peace Treaty rout anil branch and it was derided reds! its enforcement to the la.-l drop of blood. THE TIME LIMIT. EXTENSION REFUSED BY THE ALLIES. PARIS, June 23. The Allies have refused to allow Turkey a fun her extension of tune for signing the Treaty. DARDANELLES FORTIFICATIONS. BRITISH DESTROYING THE GUNS. NO FURTHER NATIONALIST ATTACKS. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 24. A British landing party lias commenced blowing up guns in the Dardanelles fortification.-. There bat" been no further attacks by the Nationalists on Ismid, but the siniaton is dangerous while Mu-tapha Pasha commands 15,000 men and the Britidi have a force only designed lo police Constantinople rattier than to defend the capital, vhich is the real objective of Mttslapha’s advance. GREEKS AND TURKS. AN OFFENSIVE OPENED. BARIS. June 23. Advices from Smyrna state that a Hellenic offensive agaiu.-t the Nationalists has begun. The Nationalists who were compelled to concentrate in the neighbourhood tit' Akhisstir were driven back in disorder and Ahhis.-ar was occupied by Greeks who are adv itucing northwards. PARIS ADVICES. PARIS. June 24. (Receded .June 23. 8 p.m.t A message from Beyroui reports that ihe Greek offensive began on Tuesday, the lurks fleeing in disorder. The Greeks ©■•cupiid Akhissur, 47 miles north-east of Smyrna, and have begun an attack on fcaiihli, a few miles souta-eas! of Akhissur. PERSIA. KUTCHIK KHAN AND THE SOVIET. AN AGREEMENT. -’ALLIANCE AGAINST THE ENTENTE. DELHI. June 24. t Received June 25, It. It) p.tn. i Advices from Teheran stall- that Kutchik than, tlw s.-lt-styled head "f the Persian fe -viet republic, who burned the Cossack i arracks at Rcsht, capturing SOU Persian Cossacks, ha.- made an agreement with the Bolsheviks to support him a.- President of Ihe Soviet republic of all Persia. He promises to give the Bolshevik.- liberty of action on Persian soil against the Allies, In the meantime the Bolshevik- are issuing reassuring statements. A Moscow note j informed the Persian Government that the ] bolshevik troop- would be withdrawn, but in spate of this Bolshevik forces occupy Keaiit, Enzdi, and A.-tara. MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE. BRITISH MILITARY COMMITMENTS. DEFENCE BY MR LLOYD GEORGE. LONDON, June 23. On a vote of £10,000.900 on account of tee Army. Mr A.-quith moved a reduction by E 1.000.000. He complained of the standing army of 338,000, 107,000 being employed outsule the Empire and again urged the withdrawal of the Army from Me SOI JO- i tamia. He considered it totally inconsistent L nut a fundamental violation of the principle of tilt- League of Nations Covenant that (on- der: Runs of oil and cotton should ceiermine the policy of the Government, britain hud no legal footing in Mesopotamia. Mr Lloyd George strongly denied any change in the Government's intentions regarding Mesopotamia. If the British had Cleared out of Mesopotamia there- would have been civil war. Then when the League o: .Nations made Britain the mandatory power she would have had to organise another expedition costing £ 1 oO.OUU.CJUO to £2LIU,OUO,OUU to recoin pier the eountrv. Regarding the oil, he declared that no arrangements had been made with private companies. The whole of the oil property at Mo.-ul belonged to the Aral) State subject to pre-war arrangement,- with Turkey, because it v.b necessary to safeguard the interests of the American.-. It was essential for the .Lrab- to have oil deposits at Mosul for the development of Mesopotamia. He added that the civil administrations in Pale.-tine and Mesopotamia were both paving their way, Ihe League could consider t;;j mandate if the terms were abused or tnc native- oppressed. It was proposed to time the view.- of the leaders of the Arab population respecting the best methods of ft tanh.-Ling a Government. As soon as the n -w Government was established the expend.ture would decrease mad the military force- become negligible. Dealing with the question of the Dartl .nelles and the Bosphorus, Mr Lloyd C--Gorge >ai(i Britain whs undertaking more ' t.ian had been anticipated. He believed France and Italy would he able to conan equal share in the course of time, I. e bclie\ed it wa.- impossible to make peace with Mesopotamia or that paxt of the

world unless we made it clear that our policy must be carried through, viz., releasing the non-Turkish populations from Turkish sway. Wc were working our way out of the difficulties but wc must keep steady. Not a farthing should be spent except to carry out their mission. Mr Asquith’s motion was defeated by 285 to 50. GERMAN STIPULATIONS. AIRCRAFT MATERIAL TO BE DESTROYED. PARIS.. Juno 23. Ihe Allies have sent a note to Germany forbidding the construction of civil and military aircraft until three months after the destruction or delivery of the existing material. THE NAURU AGREEMENT. NOT SUBWIITTED TO LEAGUE COUNCIL. LONDON, June 28. In the House of Commons Colonel Leslie Wilson stated that the Nauru agreement was not submitted to the recent meeting of the Council of the League of Nations. The Government were of opinion that the agreement did not require to be submitted. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. A POLISH REVIEW. STUBBORN FIGHTING ABOUT KIEFF. WARSAW, June 24. A Polish review of the military situation states that after re-grouping the Poles will remain’ in possession of the Kielf-Odessa railway. Stubborn lighting is proceeding north and west of Kiel!. The Poles and Ukrainians si.ll occupy Voihynia while the old front line-' to the north on the Dvina and Hercsina have been completely re-es-tablished. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. FRENCH GOVERNMENT AGAINST NEGOTIATIONS. PARIS, Juno 24. (Received June 25, S p.m. I Replying to the Socialists' demand for the opening of business relations with Russia, M. Milleranil said that Russia had refused passports for the proposed committee of inquiry to visit that country on behalf of the League of Nations. Russia had also urged British workmen to rebel, M. Millerand said it. would be time to consider negotiating with Russia when she abandoned such pretensions. SOVIET AGENTS IN CANADA. (Reuter's Telegrams.) OTTAWA, June 23. Two representatives of the Russian Soviet Bureau spent a fortnight in Canada seeking to place orders for the Russian Government with manufacturers’. It is alleged that they have placed a contract for £1,000,000 worth of railway rolling stock. The Canadian Government will not restrict exports to Russia, but accepts no responsibility. THE AALAND ISLANDS. FUTURE MENACE TO PEACE. REFERENCE TO THE LEAGUE. LONDON, June 24. (Received June 25, S p.m.) The British Government have called the attention of the League of Nations to the question of the Aaland Islands, which is i likely to threaten international peace. This I is the first occasion on which the League : has had such a reference made to it. A meeting of the Council of the League has been summoned for July 9, in London. TYPHUS IN POLAND. AN INTERNATIONAL APPEAL. (Reuter's Telegrams.) LONDON, June 24. (Received June 25, ( J.IQ p.m.) The League of Nations has appealed to all countries for funds to combat the typhus epidemic and other diseases in Poland in order to prevent their spreading to other countries. A minimum of 22,000,000 is required. The British Government have agreed to provide immediately £50,000 without prejudice to the Until amount of Britain’s subscription, provided four other countries advance a similar amount. Britain has also ,asked the League of the Red Cross Society of Geneva to issue a general appeal for funds from all the countries in the world. THE HUNGARIAN'BOYCOTT. STOPPAGE OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC. (United Service.) LONDON, June 24. The Hungarian boycott continues and there is an almost complete stoppage of railway traffic. The anti-Social Democrat rail-way-men in Austria, who are opposing the movement, succeeded in getting a train through, wheredpon the Vienna railwaymen struck, effecting a complete stoppage of Austrian goods traffic. VICTIMS OF SUBMARINISM, GERMANY’S REGRET. ROME, Juno 24. (Received June 25, 9.10 p.m.) At the International Seamen’s Conference at Genoa, M. Albert Thomas (France) an- i nounced that the German Government had j authorised the German delegate to make a j statement deploring the victims of sub- i mariuism and pointing out that Germany had undertaken by the Peace Treaty to make good all damage to the Allies, and I already hail met the reasonable claims of the Allies. M. Thomas asked the conference Jo record the German Government’s undertaking to repair the wrongs done to seamen and the victims of suhmarinism. Mr Havelock Wilson expressed satisfaction at Germany’s recognition of the wrongs. BRITAIN’S WAR DEBT. j MR LLOYD GEORGE INTERVIEWED. ! READY TO REPAY AMERICA. NEW YORK, June 25. (Received June 25. 9.45 p.m.) The New York American’s London correspondent interviewed Mr Lloyd George, who said; “We are not making any advance regarding the cancellation of the British war debt or the proportion of the amount which France suggests cancelling. The question of a loan to Germany to help her to pay for imports of raw materials will not be considered until after the Spa Conference >n July, when the Inter-Allied Finance Committee will meet. Britain is prepared to pay her debts to America and will do so. We never expected any help from that quarter other than the postponement of the payment of interest charges on Britain’s debt, which the United States has already granted. I never oven heard repudiation discussed.” [The cable news in this Issue accredited to “The Times” has appeared in that Journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of “The Times.]