TURKS' UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1920, Page 5

TURKS' UNREST.

ALLIES TO TAKE ACTION. A COMBINED MOVEMENT. By Teltjrapb—Press Assn>-*V>pjftjM. Paris, June 22. It is stated that a great converging movement has been devised by which British, Greek and French troops hope to compel Mustapha Kemal to surrender. London, June 22. The Constantinople correspondent of the Evening News telegraphs that the Royal Engineers have been dispatched to destroy forts on the Asiatic side of the Straits.—United Service. Paris, June 22. The Boulogne Conference has decided that the Allies shall be represented by Ambassadors at Berlin, who will assume their duties before July 1, the date fixed for the Spa Conference. The Tribune states, in connection with the conference's decision to compel Turkish submission, that British forces will advance from Ismid and Greeks from Smyrna and that the French will drive northerly from Cicilia, thereby Kemal Pasha's forces will be hemmed in.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RAIDS BY NATIONALISTS. BRITISH SUFFER CASUALTIES. By Telegriph—Press Assn.—Copyright, 1 Received June 23, 11.30 p.m . Constantinople, June 22. Kemal Pasha's troops raided Ismid, which the Anglo-Indian garrison successfully defended, suffering a hundred casualties. Smaller bands of rebels ,arc raiding near Constantinople, and panic-stricken Greek and Turkish civilians are fleeing from the Asiatic coast.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE FRENCH VIEW. MERELY POLICE WORK. Received June 23, 8.50 p.m. London, June 22. Referring to the military operations in the Near East in which the French were engaged, M. Millerand said in an intervitw at Boulogne that these were likely to continue as police work, but they would not develop any big under-taking.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.