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. " gand patients have been hospitalized, WEATHER. Tncreasing cloudiness, followed by showers late tonight or tomorrow; no change in temperature. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours t Highe ended at 2 p.m. 2 2 p.m. today; lowest, 59, at 2 a.m. today. Teport on page Closing N. Y: Stocks and Boads, Page 2 { No. 28, , 73, af The Entersd as second-class matter + . ‘post office Washington, D. C. o~ e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 ; WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1922—THIRTY PAGES. Al rights dispatches The Amociated Press 14 exclustvely entitied to | the use for republication of all news dispatebes | eredited to 1t or Dot otherwise credited in thls | Daper and also the local news pulblished berels. | J [ of publication of .pecial berein are also reserved. *® Yesterday’s Circulation, 86,728 TWO CENTS. ° PRESIDENT VETOES SOLDIER BONUS BILL; MEANS HELD LACKING Returns Measure to House, Giving Hls Objections. NO MEANS FIXED OF MEETING COSTS $480,000,000 Already Awarded, He Says, Cites Year’s Huge Deficit. The bonus bill, providing adjusted conipensation ‘for the veterans of the world ‘war, was vetoed by Pre dent Harding today. He returned the bill to the House of Representa- tives at 2:45 thi®afternoon, and with it was a statement in which he made known his reasons for disapproving this legislation. The veto message follows: Gratitude to Men. To the House of Representatives: Herewith is returned, without ap- proval H. R. 10874, a bill “to pro- vide adjusted compensation for the veterans of the world war, and for other purposes.” With the avowed purpose of the bill 1o give expression of a nation’s grati- tude to .those who served in its de- fense in the world war, I am in ac- cord, but to its provisions I do not subscribe. The United States never will cease to be grateful, it canmot and never will cease giving expres- sion to that gratitude. In legislating for what is called ad- justed compensation Congress fails, first of all, to provide the revenue from which the bestowal is to be paild. Moreover, it establishes the very dangerous precedent of creat- ing a Treasury covenant to pay which puts 2 burden, varfously estimated between four and five billions, upon the American people, not to discharge @n obligation, which the govirnment Riways mis§y Day, but to bestow a bonus which the soldiers themselves, while“serving in the workdvwar, did Zot expect. 2 It 18 not to be denied that the na- tion has certain very binding obliga~ tions to those of its defenders wha made real sacrifices in the world war, and who left the armies injured, dis- abled or diseased, so that they could not resume their places in the normal activities of life. These obligations are being gladly and generously met. Perhaps there aré here and there inefficiencies and injustices, and some distressing Instances of neglect, but they are all unintentional, and ev- ery energy A8 béing directed to their earllest possible * cortection. In Toeeting this obligation there is no complaint about the heavy cost. In the current filscal year we are ex- pending $510,000,000 on hospitaliza- tion .and care of sick and wounded, on compensation and vocational training for the disabled, and for in- murance. The figures do not Mclude the more than $35,000,000 in process of expenditure on hospital construc- tion. i The estimates for the year to follow are approximately $470,000,000, and the figures may nesd to be made larger. fThough the peak in hospitalization may have passed, there is a growth in domicilitation, and the discharge in full of our obligations to the diseased, disabled or dependent who have a right to the government's care, with insury mnce-liabllity added, will probably yeach a total sum in excess of $25,000;- ©00,000. Vast Veeational Trainiag. More than 99,000 veterans are now enrolled in gome of the 445 different courses In voeational training. Fifty- four thousand of them are in schools or Ccolleges, more than 38,000 are in in- @ustrial establishments, and a few more than 6,000 are being trained in sehools ©operated by the Veterans' Bureau. Approximately 19,000 havé completed their courses and have employment in mll cases where they desire it, and 53,000 have deferred for the présent time their acceptance of training. The number eligible - under the law may yeach close to 400,000, and facilities will continue to be afforded, unmindful of the necessafy cost, until every obliga- tion is fulfilled. Two hundred and seventy-six thou- Jnore than a quarter of a million dis- charged and 25,678 patients are in our hospitals today. % £ Four hundred and sixteen thousand awards of compensation have been made on account of death or dlsability, @nd $480,000,000 have been paid td dis- abled men or their dependent relatives. One Nundved and seventy-five thousand disabled ex-service men are now re- celving compensation along with medi- «al or hospital care where needed, and # quarter of a million checks go' out jmenthly in distributing the eight-mil- Jion-dollar payment on. indisputable pbligations. 1 recite the figures to remind the §ongress how generously and how properly it has opened the Treasury |ou foors to discharge the obligations of the natién to those to whom it indis- putably owes compensation and care. Though undying gratitude is the meed ©of every one who served, it is not to be said. that a material be 15 an obligation to those who emerged from the great conflict not only un- harmed. but physically, mentally and spirituslly richer for the great ‘expe- rience. If an oblfgation wers’to be wdmitted, it would be to charge the @djusted ; compensstion ANl : wilh -ing adequacy and stinginess wholly unbe- coming our republic. o Such a bestowal, to be worth while, must be generous and without apology. Clearly the bill returned herewith takes cognizance of the inability of ‘the gov- ernment wisely to bestow, and says, in substance, “We do not have the cash, we do not believe in a tax levy to meet the situation, but here is our note; you may have our credit for half its worth.” This is not compensation, but rather a pledge by the Congress, while the ex- ccutive branch of the government ik left to provide for payments falling in everincreasing amounts. Des: Cost Not Fixed. When the bill was under consideration in the House 1 expressed the conviction that any grant of bonus ought to pro- vide the means of paying it, and I was unable to suggest any plan other than that of a general sales tax. Such a plan was unacceptable to the Congress, and the bill has been enacted without even a suggested means of meeting the cost. Indeed, the cost is not definitely known, either for the immediate future or in the ultimate settlement. ‘The Treasury estimates, based on what seems the most likely exercise of the options, figures the direct cost at approximately $145,000,000 for 1923, $225,000,000 for 1924, $114,000,000 for 1925, $312,000,000 for 1926, making a total of $795,000,000 for the first four years of its operation and a total cost in excess of §4,000,000,000.. No estimate of the large indirect cost ever had been made. The certificate plan sets up no reserve against the ultimate liability. The plan avolds any considerable direct outlay by the government during the earlier years of the bill's proposed opera- tions, but the loans on the certificates would be floated on the credit of the nation. This is borrowing on the na- tion’s credit, just as truly as though ‘the loans were made by direct gov- ernment borrowing, and involves a dangerous abuse of public credit. Moreover, the certificate plan of pay- ment is little less than certified in- ability of the government to pay and invites a practioe on sacrificial barter which I canmot sanction. Less Loss of Confidemce. It is worth remembering that the public credit is founded on the popu- lar belief in the defensibility of pub- lic expenditure, as well as the govern- ment's ability to pay. Loans come from every rank in life, and our heavy tax burdens reach, directly or indi- rectly, every clement in our citizen- #hip. To add one-sixth of the total sum of our public debt for a distribu- tion among less than five millions out of one hundred and ten” millions, whether inspired by grateful senti- ment or political expediency, would undermine the confidence on which our cerdit is builded, and establish the precedent of distributing public funds whenever the proposal and the num- bers affected make it seem politically appealing to do so. Congress clearly appraised the danger of borrowing directly to finance a bestowal which is without obligation, and manifestly recognized the financial problems with which the nation is confronted. Our maturing promises to pay within the current fiscal year amdunt to approximately $4,000,000,000, most of which will have to be refunded. Within the next six years more than $10,000,000,000 of debt will mature, and will have to be financed. These outstanding and ma- turing obligations are difficult enough to meet without the complication of added borrowings, every one of which threatens higher interest, and deleys the adjustment to stable government financing and the diminution of fed- eral taxes to the defensible cost of government. It is sometimes thoughtlessly urged that it is a simple thing for the rich republic to add four billions to its indebtedness. This impression comes from the readiness of the public re- sponse to the government's appeal for funds amid the stress of war. It is to be remembered that in- the was everybody was ready to give his all. Let us not recall the comparatively few exceptions. Citizens of every de. gree of competence loaned and sacri< ficed, precisely in the same spirit that our armed forces went out for serv- ice. The war ppirit impelled. To a war necessity there :was but one answer, but a peace bestowal on the ex-service men, as though the su- preme offering could be paid for with ocash, is a perversion of public funds, a reversal of the policy which exalted patriotic sérvice in the past, and sug- sts that future defense is to be in. spired by compensation rather than consciousness of auty to flag and county. Geverament's Preblem. ‘The pressing problem of the gov- ernment is that of diminishing our burdens, rather than adding thereto. It is the problem of the world. War inflations and war expenditures ‘have unbalanced budgets and added to in- debtedness until the whole world is staggering under the load. We have been driving in every direction to cur- tail “our expenditure and establish economies witbout impairing the sentials of governmental activities. It has been a difficult and unpopular task. It is vastly more applauded to expend than to deny. After nearly a year and a-quarter-of insistence and persuasion, with a concerted drive to reduct government expenditure in every quarter possible, it woild wipe everything thus far accomplish to add now this proposed burden, and it would rend the commitment to economy snd -saving so essential to our future welfare. The fipanolal problems of the gov- érimant are . too little heeded until we re face to face with a great gmergenoy. The diminishing income of -the government, due to the sfe- ceding tides of business and attend- ing: incomies, ' has -Deen overlodked momantarily, but cannot be long -Agnored, --The -latest. b .cause was won. need js epparent and a rational finan- which is certain to be required in the coming years. The contemplation of and puts the setyice men of the world war on the same plane 'as the mil- lions of men who fought the previous battles of ‘the republic. a note of disappointment to the many ex-service men who have the impres- sion that it is as simple a matter for the government to expend billions in and the pitiably small compensation cord with the majority “of Congress, GOLDEN ARGONAUT TOMB GIVES UP ITS 47 BODIES Hastily Built Bulkheads and Scrawled Notes Only Evidence of Losing Battle for Life Mile Below Ground. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Calif., September 19.— Jackson, mining tgwn, in the-Mother Lode county, has pald the toll de- manded of those who delve in the earth for gold and stands unafrald but not dry-eyed today. Forty-seven of her men died In the Argonaut mine early on the morning of August 28, she learned, last night, and today she awaits the bringing of their bodles from the rock tunnel, walled in' with filmsy. buikheads of their own bullding, that had been their tomb for three weeks. But Jackson is unafraid, for her men showed they knew how-to die. More- over, those who did not meet that e showed they knew how to live, for the current fiscal year show an estimated deficit of more than $650,- 000,000, and a further deflcit for the year succeeding, even after count- ing upon all intefest collections on foreign indebtedness which the gov- ernment 13 lkely to receive. To add to our pledges to pay, except as necessity compels, must seem no less than governmental folly. Inevitably it means increased taxation, Which Congress was unwilling to levy for the purposes of this bill, and will turn us from the course toward economy so essential to promote the activities which contribute to com- mon welfare. 3 Part in World War. It s to be remembered that the TUnited States played no self-seek- ing part in the world war, and pur- sued an unselfish policy after the We demanded no reparation for.the cost involved; mo payments out of which obligations to our soldlers could be met. I have not magnified the willing outlay in behalf of those to whom we have a sacred obligation. It is essential to remember that a more than four- billion-dollar pledge to the able-bod- fed ex-service men now will not di- minish the later obligation, which will have to be met when the younger veterans of today shall contribute to the rolls of the aged, indigent and dependent. It is as inevitable that the years will pass, that pension pro- vision for world war veterans will be made, it ‘has_been made for those who served in previous war. It will cost more billions than I ven- ture to suggest. There will be justification when the cal policy today is necessary to make the nation ready fof the expenditure such 2 policy is in accord with the ‘established practice of the nation, Regret on Disappointment. I confess a regret that I must sound peace as it was to expend billions tn war. 1 regret to stand between them proposed. 1 dislike to be-out -of acs which has voted the bestowal. The simple truth is_ that this'bill proposes &' government _obligation of more than four billions without a provision’ of furids for the pxtrao) dinary expenditure, which the execu: tive branch of the government must: finance in the face of difcult finan- | cial problems, and the complete feat of our commitmi to eftect economies. I wauld rither appeal; therefore, to the: @ ‘reflections of Congress and the country, and to the ex-service men in particular, as to the vourse better suited to further the welfare of our country. gallantly in war, and who are to be udget fguree: so coagpicucus 1n t’w progress oi the Petersburg, for they gave of themselves without stint in-the effort to save their en- tombed fellows. Tt was California’s worst mine dis- aster, in one of Californla’s greatest gold producers, and it was"the hard- est blow Jackson ever has had to suffer. Buried Three Weeks Ago. Three weeks ago last Sunday night men deep in the Argonaut believed they smelled smoke. A' shift boss told two men and they went to in- vestigate. They found the shaft efire at tifé 3.600-foot level, chanced death fronl/ gas,and were carried through the fire ta the top of the mine. The: by the work -of fire fighting which, presently merged into one of (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) TRAVEL CURTAILED ON CONDUIT ROAD Public Warned of Danger Be- yond Cabin John Due to Digging. Though not yet closed to necessary traffic, the upper stretch of the Con- duit road, extending from Cabin John bridge to Great Falls, a distance of about seven miles, will not be avail- able for pleasure driving during the work of constructing the new Dis- trict aqueduct. ; By direction of Maj. Max C. Tyler, the engineer officer in charge of the District water supply system, signs have been posted near Cabir John bridge and at other vantage points, warning theé public that the Conduit road west of that point, while “pass- able” for actual business traffic, Is really “dangerous” for pleasure traf- fic. He explains that it is not de- signed to close the road completely to residents of the neighboring coun- notify the thousands of people of the District who dally use that route for pleasure riding to use other routes during the continuance of the heavy construction now under way. Speed- Ixn‘ and reckless driving is specially t £ interdicted. Trench for Conduit. A wide and deep trench is being cut alongside the roal from Cabin John “bridge westward for the re- ception -of the ten-foot concrete con- duit. It extends already as far as Seven Locks. road. The work is be- ing done by & Dig steam shovel with caterpillar _propulsion, .and the m chine 18 so deep.in the ground that it is entirely below the surface. That | big ditch reaches almost to the road- ~ (Contlnued ou Pago 2, Column 1) republic in, the half century before us;; must know that nations can only survive where'.taxation; is restrained from'the limits of oppresston, where the! public Treesury is locked against ‘class “legistation,. but -ever “open to public necesaity.and preépared to meet all essential obligations. ".Such & -pol~ 4cy makes & better countryfor which ‘to Aght, _or ‘to have fouglit, and af- fords a -surer abiding, place in which to live and: attain. ' % _ WARREN The Whitp' House, eptamber 19, 1922, V. 3 By'C., Septémber 19.— ‘W illiam E Cundey, general passenger agent of {he Denyer and" Rio Grande raflroad, is the new president of the Amierican Asspoiation ‘of Passenger ..r'fl' t fo o forty-seven T annual convéntion. G- HARDING. ‘The 1923 conventi i8 to be Tee., usiae: L *Ehe categories of claims to_be con- Florida, with business sessions in St. try this side of Great Falls, but tolprovides for the reronting of all freight |cars in_transit in a manner to } 4 HOLSEGETSRST DEFGENEY B Measure Calling for $560 688.08 Reported Out by Chairman Madden. CAUSED BY LEGISLATION New Offices, Fuel Distribution and Other Activities Bring Need for Added Funds. The first deficiency appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1923 was re- ported to the louse by Chairman Madden of thé appropriations com- mittee late last night, and was not available for publication until this morning. It recommerds to bé appropriated $560,688.08, as against estimates totaling $885.598.15, and is therefore $324,910.07 less than the estimates considered. The eritire amount recommended to be appropriated for the executive branch of the government or $524,- 898.61 is for the fiscal year 1923 di- vided as follows: ,Fuel Distribution Funds. Federal fuel distribution :$150,000; Interstate Commerce Commission, $166,150; Department of Labor, $6,- 436. 5 Department of tSates $202,- 312.] The committee proposes an appro- priation of $150,000 to carry out the provisions of the act, which declares & national emergency exists in the production, transportation and dis- tribution of coal and other fuels, and which grants additional pewers to the Interstate Commerce Commission providing for the appointmert of a federal fuel distributor and providing for the declaration of car service priorities in interstate commerce dur- ing the present and any succeeding emergency, and to prevent extortion in_the sale of fuel. ‘While the act authorizes an ap- propriation of $250,000, the Secretary of Commerce testified before the com- mittee that the amount required de- pended entirely upon the length of time federal supervision was to con- tinue, He sald that $250,000 would be required if supervision extended un- til next spring, but that a considera- bly smaller sum woyld suffice if transportation were gotten back to normal earlier than the framers of the law had anticipated. More Inspectors Provided. An appropriation of $100,000 is rec- ommended of the Insterstate Commerce Comnission, for the employment of ad- ditional service agents and other per- sonnel to carry into effect recent orders of the commission looking to the relief of rail transportation. A recent order effect the maximum of expedition. Another order provides for prioritles in car serv- ice for food and fuel products. - Fifteen additional inspectors to en- force the safety appliance act are provided for the commission. Thelr Salaries and traveling expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year will re- Guire $66,150. The evidence brought out at the hearing was to the effect that bad-order cars had matétially in- creased in number since the inni of the strike -and m(.!:.lut‘: llifldlll inspectors were easen! o L o e e . Provides New Offices. By special act, approved June 30, 1922, the positions. of second assist- ant secretary and private sécretary 1 to the second assistant secretaty were created in the Department of Labor. Appropriations-are ‘proposed ih this bill for the compensation of these positions at rates to ‘conform with the act. The chief item for the State Dkn ment -18- the proposed: approprikti of $180,000 for defraying -the ex- penses of determining the amount of PARIS STANDS FIRM FRANCE BREAKS WITH BRITAIN OVER TURKEY, RECALLS TROOPS; CONSTANTINOPLE REVOLT LOOM: London Cabinet Back In- dependent Action to Guard Straits. AGAINST WAR MOVE Curzon and Beatty Going 1o Paris in Peace- maker Role. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 19.—The French cabinet today unanimously approved what is characterized as the “pacific” policy of Premler Poincare in the near east and the withdrawal of all the French troops from Asia Minor to the French side of the Straits of the Dar- danelles. The cabinet:went firmly on record as being opposed to any form of mili- tary action as a means of settlement in the Turco-Greek situation. It em- phasized the necessity of reaching an agreement through diplomatic chan- nels and eventually by a peace con- ference. The order for the withdrawal of the French forces from Chanak, in the Dardanclles area, was sent late last night by Premier Poincare, and will be carried out tonight or tomorrow. The French high commissioner, Gen. Pelle, has been sent to Smyrna to con- fer with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, in- form him that France does not ap- prove the belligerent attitude of the British government, and that she in- tends to confine her efforts to the dip- lomatic fleld, it is stated. Accord Still Expected. It is believed the arrival of Lord Curzon, the British foreign secretary, who is expected tonight from London, | will probably result in a Franco-Brit- ish accord. Official circles this morning noted what they considered a strong ten- dency on Great Britain’s part to modi- fy her attitude in the near east, at least to the extent of confining her efforts to diplomatic moves. The greatest effort is being made to -calm the fears of the Balkan states. -All confidence is expressed by { officials here that there will be a pa- cific settlement of the near eastern crisis. Takes Aftitude Nation Will Act Alond it Necessary. * LONDON, September 19.—The Brit- ish cabinet takes the sftitude that Great Britain will'undérjake military action alone, ¥f necessary, independ- ent of Framce and Italy, to protect the freedom of the Dardanelles, it was authoritatively stated after this forenoon’s protracted cabinet meet- in ¥ne official communique reads: “It is stated §n some newspapers that the ; semi-officlal declaration of policy is-} sued to the press Saturday now is regarded as mistaken by the govern- ment- This statement is untrue. “The deelaration of policy given to the press Saturday .reported the de- cislons of the cabinet of the previous day, and was lssued with the ap- proval of all the ministers in Lon- don in order that public opinion throughout the empire should be left no doubt regarding the aims and in- tentions of British government on the question of imperial policy to Which the support of the dominions had been invited by telegram.” Cursen Goes to Paris. Lord Curzon left for Paris this aft- ernoon to discuss the situation with the French authorities Admiral Earl Beatty is also going to Paris to join in the conferenca. “The cabinet is well satisfled with the support accorded to it, mot only in this country, but in the dominions. ‘As reported in the telegram sent by the cabinet to the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand yesterday, the empire will not consent to sacrifice the result of the gallant struggle and decisive’ victories of her sons in the western theater.” ‘At this morning's meeting of the cabinet, Lord_Curzon, the secretary for foreign affairs, received final in- structions with reference to his com- | fng conference with Premier Poincare. The report that the French would witharaw from the Asiatic neutral Zone was mot taken as raising a serl- ous issue, since the French never had many troops there, and the district is m the hands of the British through an arrangement with the French. Refugec Problem Large. The refugee problem at Smyrna occupled m\ffih of. the .cabinet’s time. The question of how the thousands of homeless and hungry people can; be relieved is admittedly a large one. Plenty of Greek ships are available for their transportation, but the Kemalist authorities will not al- Jow these ships to dock. It is be- lieved thawt arrangements can be rmnle with the nationalists through the Near East Relief or, ization or| the American Red Cross to permit. th th:‘ the. American relief or - tions would continue to feed some 16,000 refugees. Laber Leaders Up in Arms. The labor leaders are up in arms against what they describe as the cabinet's madness. ‘Their spokesmen tell the government that the workers will not have another war, and are determined to prevent it. The mat- ter is to be disonssed at a general council of the trades union congress tomorrow, when some emphatic action will be decided upon. American - claims agalnst - Germany rowing out of the recent war. :un'ul 10, 1922, 4n. egreement was concluded between the United nlz::gl: the preservatic Germany. to provide a :nrglnflmenl to obtain rights re- lpeclln‘zelllml ,under_th 5, e Augu! 5, 1933, between the United | The' advocal States and Germany, sqcuring to the insist ited onals the States, and {ts nati z:lhu“-péflfled in ‘t;u h.ldnt 'rnlnnlu’- on| _ApPprovi ul 2, e i cluded il the HEhts and advantage! bepefit of the United States In treaty of Versailles. - Under the terms of this -iru-u: o for, the one vernments £ fo appoint an umpire 1o decide fnally mmnl’: _ decl 10| gued to a mixed commission eo;-l-tlu government and the two' n any questions as to which :a’:nmu'lonm may be unable (Cowtinued va Puge 2, Column §.) uum.3 3 the boundary. of terday, and there port that he is bid 8 g { wctive service, thejr offi on J':l:gc "cz:'_ n‘;lgmud back o Ships to land. It was reported | 0 Italians Recall Straits Force to Constantinople By the Assoclated Press. ROME, September 19.—The Mes- saggero today asserts that Italy has decided to send back to ConX stantinople the small Ttalian con- tingent which was sent with the | British troops to the neutral zone around the Dardanelles. | Foreign Minister Schanzer's at- titude regarding the near eastern | problem is. approved by the cab- | inet, it is announced. TItaly, it is | stated, i8 in agreement with her al- lies in insisting upon the fresdom of the straits of Dardanelles, and -hopes that the questions outside the Greco-Turkish confilict and hav- ing a larger scope will be solved at a conference. Every shot fired by Italian ships in the straits is in reality directed against the Venice conference, says the Messagero, which declares Ttaly must not participate by land or sea in any action against the ‘Turks. \ RUSSIANS PREPARE TOADKEMALISTS Terms of Treaty to Be Car- ried Out, Tchitcherin Says in Berlin. SEES WORLD WAR AHEAD Declares President Harding (hni Prevent Certain Conflict, if He Interferes. BY GEORGE WFTTE. . By Wireless t0 The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922. BERLIN, September 19.—Russia will stick to the terms of her agree- ment of March, 1921, with Mustapha | Kemal Pasha, according to which the soviets will render the republic of Angora military assistance in case of an emergency. This announce- ment was made to the writer today by George Tchitcherin, the Russian minister gf foreign affairs, in con- nection with a telegram he had re- | ceived from Kemal demanding that: Moscow send him help. M. Tchitch- erin, who was just packing up to leave for the soviet cdpital, hesitated a good . deal before replying to ques- tions. “It is reported.” the corre!wondenl' suggested, “that the soviet (overn»‘ ment is encouraging Kemal Pasha to march on Constantinople.” In Accord With Soviet. “It is quite unnecessary to offer any encouragement to the Turks,” replied M. Tchitcherin, with a shrug | of his shouldérs. “According to the treaty we signed with the Angora government March 16, 1921, each party mus® have the consent of the other before making any decisive move.” “Do you mean to say that in an- nouncing that he would take Con- stantinople Kemal was acting in ac- cord with the soviet government?" was asked. “Yes, naturally,” was the reply. “Does Russia think that it is to her advantage that Turkey should PpoEsess and control Constantinople?” Yes,” sald M. Tchitcherin. “As a matter of fact, in the agreement we signed with Kemal, it was stipulated that Turkey should have Constanti- nople and Thrace back agaln. It fs! also stipulated that a control com- mission, consisting of those countries adjoining the Black sea and the Sea Quick Action Blocks Ke- mal’s Coup Plan, English View. JUGOSLAV DIVISIONS TO GUARD THRACE Turks May Force Smyrna Christians Into Army. 4 By the Assqeiated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. September 19. —British military expertg here be- lieve that whatever opportunity Mustapha Kemal Pasha had for & coup against Constantinople has now been lost, in view of the quick cirengthening of the allied defensive forces in the neutral zone. All the available British warships, with the exceptign of the battleship Benbow, which is in drydock, have left Maita for Constantinople, and the Dorset regiment, from Egypt, and the Sfaffordshire regiment, from Gi- braltar, are on the way. British Forces Intrenched. Forces landed from the British ships have already interenched themselves at Chanak, on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, bringing the strength of the British land forces to 10,000. Two Italian battalions are expected from Rhodes. The advance guard of the Turks is reported to be thirty mileg south of Chanak, and the army fifty miles. Jugoslavia has mobiliged three divi- sions on a line extendin® from Uskab, in southern Serbia, to Pirot, near the Bulgarian border. This is evidently to guard against any, possible attempt at the reoccupation 'of Thrace by the Turks or their allies. Greek Ald May Be Asked. pate in the defense of the Straits. As- pate in the defence of the straits. As- surances that the British dominions are also ready to dispatch troops to the Dardanelle if necessary, has helped alay the anxiety of the popu- lation, and Constantinople is breath- ing easier. It is believed that an at- tack by the Kemalists now would meet with certain repulse. Gen. Pelle, French high commission- er, who has gone to Smyrna to consult with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, is re- ported to be instructed by the allied high command to warn the nationalist leader that any enero ent “upon the neutral zone wiil proyoke decisive action, not only on the part of Great Britain. but also of France and Italy. _Permission to send vessels to Smyrna to take off the Christian refugees has been granted By Mus- tapha Kemal Pasha to the allied powers, the United States and Greece Males between the ages of fifteen and forty-five, however, are excepted and it fs presumed the nationaiists in- tend to use them for military pur- poses., Smyrna Situath Grave, The situation in Symrng is still one of the gravest character. The reign of terror continues among the Chris- tian population and French troops are reported to have fired upon Turk- ish irregulars whom they caught kill- ing and pillaging. Armenians and Greeks are dying by the scores from exposure, fright and exhaustion. Ten thousand Ital- jans and 12,000 French were evacu- ated from the city yesterday. The food stocks have become ex- hausted and the people are eating horse flesh. American relief workers distribute flour which the famished refugees -devour Taw. Insists on Occupying Thrice. Mustapha Kemal Pasha has re- quested the allies to permit his army to occupy Thrace, insisting that the Dardanelles question can be discussed later, with all the Black sea countries participating. \- He declares it is vital that the na- tionalists occupy the territory in or- der to liberate the Moslem population, which he says is oppressed by the Greeks. The nationalist representative here has informed the British high com- missioner that the ‘Angora vern- ment, by virtue of treaties concluded with soviet Russia and the Ukraine, cannot -accept the invitation of the powers for & conference confined only to discussior. of the Dardenelies ques- of Marmora, should cont: Dardanelles, thus barring, or::e 'i:: all; outside interference.” Williag to Semd Treops. — * When asked whether the soviet gov: ernment would send troops to Asfa Minor to help Kemal, M. ‘Tchitcherin hesitated a moment, and then re- plied, “Yes, if necessary. - powers permitting Greek war and troop ships 1o pass through® th Dardanelles,” ' M. -Tchiteherin, :con tinued. “From. our’point of view. agreement permittin, western. o wass 1o ognt::l, the “Bos- porus would . s historically, wrong. Britain or France, t to do with The Critean wWar was near east; unless. it 16" ted" by .tho United States, will he the same question. .~ it is anticipated | -“Russia will' not stand for the allled|. tion unless delegates from Russia and the Ukraine are -allowed to partici- | (Delayed).—Dhe ple. 18 Jefe “as My 200 miles sway, \nat jibe ‘that is many !