WEAR EAST WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1922, Page 5

WEAR EAST WAR.

TURKS CLAIM SUCCESS. TROOPS ADVANCING. LOSSES BY GREEKS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 31. Turkish advices claim that they have captured Eskishehr, and that the Greeks sustained heavy losses and abandoned much equipment. Athens, August 31. It is reported that a British steamer has been captured off Lsmid, laden with contraband. A semi-official newspaper states that the Government has approved the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief of Asia Minor that the army there should not embark upon new enterprises at- the present moment. TURKS ADVANCING. WITHDRAWAL OF GREEKS. London, August 31. The Constantinople correspondent, of The Times states that the Greek troops have withdrawn from Afium. The . Turks are pushing their advantage. Troops are moving from Thrace to -the Sea of Marmora ports with the object of exploiting the initial ga : ns. Rj-jorts ( state that Afiun-Hara-Hissar was seton fire during the bombardment and almost entirely destroyed. COMMENTS IN FRANCE. Paris, August 31. The newspapers declare that the Kemalist successes will have a rensiderable influence on the proposed Near East Conference. The Action Francaise says that the prodigious errors of Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Curzon with regard to Turkey are being paid for in blood.