THE NEAR EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1922, Page 5

THE NEAR EAST.

ADVANCE OB 1 ALLIES. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received October 16, 8.5 p.m. Constantinople, Oct. 16. A telegram from Chataidja says the Allied advance commenced at one o’clock on Sunday, the Italians going in the direction of Ichorion, the French towards Adrianople, and the British to Rodesto. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITAIN AND TURKEY. FRIENDLY RELATIONS EXPECTED. Received Oct. 16, 8.5 p.m. London, Oct. 15. Reshad Bey, who has left London for Angora, interviewed, said he had studij.l the situation in England and would report to Angora. He was in great hopes of the inauguration of new and friendly relations between Turkey and England.—Times Service. GREEKS FROM THRACE. EVACUATION TROUBLES. Received Oct. 17, 1 a.m. Athens, Oct. 16. The public is demanding immediate elections. The autonomy movement in Macedonia is spreading through Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, where the Greek authorities are preparing to cope with the situation. The evacuation of 350,000 Greeks from Thrace is proving difficult through lack of transport, causing women and children to stand or lie on stations for many hours. EVACUATION OF THRACE. TIME LIMIT COMPLAINED OF. Constantinople, Oct. 14. The Greek High Commissioner informed the Allied High Commissioner that Greece accepts the Mudania convention, with the reservations that the time limit for the /Greek evacuation of Thrace is too short, and the guarantees offered in return insufficient. London, Oct. 14. The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Constantinople states there is every likelihood that the new Turkish incursion will be satisfactorily arranged, though it is vexatious to the British troops. The evacuation of Thrace is expected to begin on Monday. Athens, Oct. 15. General Nilder reported a skirmish between a Greek patrol and ,a TurkoBulgarian band, in which two Turks were killed. The Government has ordered General Nilder to continue the evacuation of Thrace in accordance with the orders j of the Allied Commission. TURKS WITHDRAW. London, Oct. 15. i Reuter’s Chanak correspondent rei ports that the retirement of the Turk- ! ish troops on this front Tft now comi pleted. Armenian women have arrived, i disguised as Turkish ladies. They , report a general massacre of Armenians I and Greeks at Ezine, thirty miles south of Chanak, but no confirmation is obtainable. | The Greek Government has provided ' transport for eight thousand Greek refugees from Chanak to Greece, but. in view of the congestion in Greece, it de- | sires the refugees to return to their | homes, here, when it is possible they 1 will be permitted to remain at the Dardanelles.