ASIA MINOR.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1921, Page 5

ASIA MINOR.

LEAGUE’S INTERVENTION SOUGHT. BITTER FEELING IN GREECE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Sept. 18. The Geneva correspondent of the Daily Express says the Greek delegation asked Lord Robert Cecil to request the League of Nations to intervene in the Greco-Turkish conflict. It is noteworthy that the delegation a week ago flouted the idea of intervention, but has changed its mind now that the army has failed. Jt is unlikely the League will act until hostilities have ceased. The Smyrna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the retreat has commenced. It ie a bitter disappointment to the Greek public. The news had been held back until the retreat was successfully accomplished. During the battle it was discovered that the Kemalists were more abundantly supplied with ammunition than was expected. The King and the High Command decided that the army was making needless sacrifices. REVIEW OF FIGHTING. London. Sept. 18. Athens communiques reviewing the victorious advance in Anatolia in July and August says it was considered inadvisable to pursue the enemy further. The army occupied the left bank of the Sangar ios River, the operation of crossing being carried out successfully without molestation. The enemy at dawn tried to cross the river, but was attacked and driven back.

Newspapers in Athens are talking of the possibility of the Government' trying to get the Asia Minor question settled diplomatically now that the military operations have ceased.