Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 227, 23 September 1922 — Page 1

BICHM0OT3 PAI UM AXD SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XCII., No. 227 r'-Oladlum. Est 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 23, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS Next G. A. R. Head? INJUNCTION IS Issues Warning ENGLAND SEEKS In Charge of Relief TURKANSWER GRANTED ON U. S.PETITION TO AVOID WAR TO RE KNOWN IN 36 HOURS IN NEAR EAST

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MEREDITH TO ACCEPT U. S. MARSHAL JOB Mrs. Meredith is Appointed His Successor as Wayne County Clerk by Board of County Commissioners. QUITS POSTHERE OCT. 1 Linus Meredith, county clerk, present, ed his resignation to the board of county commissioners, and Mrs. Meredith -was appointed to fill out his unexpired term at the regular meeting cf the commissioners Saturday. The resignation becomes effective Oct. 1. Mrs. Meredith serves as clerk from Oct. 1, 1922, to Jan. 1, 1923.

Simultaneously with the action of the commissioners on Meredith's re3 ignaticn. came word from Washington that his appointment as United States " maishal for the district of Indiana had been confirmed by the senate, Sept. 12. He takes office Oct. 1. Bond Is Filed. Mrs. Meredith's bond as county clerk was filed and approved by the commissioners, Saturday ' morning. Lou Hampton, newest member of the board, suggested the appointment of Miss Grace Stubbs, deputy clerk. The wording of the resignation presented to tne commissioners follows: . ."I. Linus P. Meredith, duly elected and qualified clerk of the Wayne circuit court, ot wayne county, in the state of Indiana, do hereby tender my resignation, to become effective Oct. 1 1922. " "LINUS P. MEREDITH, Clerk. Wayne Circuit Court.". Follows Precedent In appointing Mrs. Meredith as successor to her husband, the commissioners followed a precedent that has been established by at least two other Indiana counties. Clark and Allen. In the case of Allen county, the treasurer was killed in an automobile accident and his place was filled in this way. The same rule was followed in Clark county when the sheriff died during his term bf office. Meredith's appointment as United States marshal rounds out a career which started in this county when he graduated from - the Williamsburg schools, in Greene township. He is now Til years old. His first experience after leaving school was when he started work blowing out stumps to clear land. This work was done in Greene township. Later he became a contractor and extended his operations to various parts of the state. Accepts Contracts Part of his contracting work was that for the C. and O. railroad when the right of way was cleared from Hammond to Cincinnati. He also hand led the clearing of the Wabash Valley J Traction company right of way, from Logansport to Lafayette. In the year 1906 he was elected sheriff of Wayne county, and served in this capacity from 1107 to 1910 inclusive. He then returned -to the contrating business until he was elected clerk in 191S office since. He has been in that) Meredith has a host of friends and supporters in Richmond and Wayne county who are heartily in favor of his recognition by the United States government. He" has been active in politics for many years. ILLINOIS AUTHORITIES CENSURED FOR RIOTS (By Associated Press) MARION. 111., Sept. 23. Additional indictments and censure of Governor Small and Sheriff Melvin Thaxton for failure to call troops to quell the mining riots at the Southern Illinois Coal company's strip mine near here lasu June 21 and 22, when 19 non-union workers and three striking union miners were killed, were said to be contained in the final report of the special grand jury investigating the killings which was to be presented in Williamson county court today. The jury already has returned in dictments against 58 men. charging 38 with murder, rioting and conspiracy to ; commit murder, and the remainder with rioting and conspiracy. All but ten have been apprehended. After several weeks of investigation during which hundreds of witnesses have been questioned, it was expected the jury after delivery of its report today would have completed the major phases of the investigation leaving lesser offenses committed in connection with the disturbance to the regular grand jury which convenes next week. IRISH NATIONALISTS WITHSTAND ATTACK (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, Sept. 23 A heavy onslaugh in which bombs, rifles, and machine guns were used, was made on the outposts of the National army troops in Cork last night. The only causalties on the defensive side, the advices state, were three civilians wounded. Following official report on another has been Issued by national army headquarters. .The second southern . command reports an atack on Fethard, county Tipperary while the people were at mass. Rifles and machine guns were used the bullets traversing the church ground. A panic which created among the women and children in the church who had to be calmed by the troops attending mass. The attackers were engaged and beaten off."

Judge J. W. Willett. Judge J. W. Willett of Tama, Iowa, is prominently mentioned for the post of national commander of the G. A. R. The election will be held when the vets meet In Des Moines. Federal Distributor Asks Co-operation of Public on Fuel . (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. With an appeal for the co-operation of the con sumer as well as the railroads and coal operators. Federal Fuel Distrib utor Conrad E. Spens began prepare tions today to carry out the measures contemplated in the new coal distribution and anti-profiteering act to meet the national fuel emergency. At the outset of the task Mr. Spens, whose appointment to the office of fuel distributor yesterday by Presi dent Harding. was made possible by a tu-aay release from his duties as vice' president of the. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, had the support of an appeal by the president to the entire operating personnel of the nation's railroads for a "concentrated drive" of 30 days to supply the requisite transportation facilities for coal movement. Price Question First. In a letter to Mr. Spens following his appointment the president also suggested that among the first activities of the new fuel agency the question of maintaining fair prices for coal within the various states be taken' up with the state governors. ' - Supplementary' to this, the president directed the setting up of "such (Please Turn to Page Four) COLLAPSED THEATRE TRAP, OFFICIALS FIND; 58 CHILDREN INJURED (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23. City officials who today completed a preliminary inspection of the Strand motion picture theatre, declared that the building was accurately described by the poster displayed in the foyer yes terday afternoon when the concrete floor caved in. "The Trap" was the name of the film that the poster advertised. Coroner W. J. McGregor and experts of the department of building inspection said that "many of the joists were rotten." Sol Selznick, proprietor of the theatre, who with more than 50 children, was injured, placed the blame on the builders and municipal building inspectors. He said the building was recently pronounced O. K. by municipal experts. Inquest Not Set. . A date has not been fixed for the inquest to determine the responsibility for the death of 8-year-old Madeline Kunkle. She was in the center of the foyer when the floor cracked and her body was found beneath an unconscious girl of nine and a bleeding boy of eight. Selznick is one of the four victims whose condition is regarded as seri ous. He sustained internal injuries. Only one other adult was hurt. 58 Children Hurt Firty-eight children writed in pitiful agony today as they recounted the story of the collapse. Madeline Kunkle, aged 8. one of those invited to the free showing of the picture, "The Trap," was killed, and 18 of the injured are in hospitals. Only four "are in a critical condition. Seven sustained broken arms or legs. Fiee tickets had been issued to school children for yesterday's show. Scores of them, gaily attired, clustered about the corridor awaiting admission. Then came the crash and the joyous throng dropped 15 feet into the cellar and cavered with blocks of rock and concrete. Their bodies were ripped and torn. Storm Building The alarm spread quickly and frantic parents stormed the building shrieking for their children. Cooler heads restrained the hysterical mothers. A crew of men worked in the chasm today clearing away the debris. Several investigators scanned the wreck age in an attempt to fix responsibility for the disaster. Determine Mrs. Harding s Progress By Ex-Ray Exam (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. An x-r3y examination to determine what prog ress has been made by Mrs. Harding in recovering from her recent illness was made today by Brigadier General C. E. Sawyer, White House physician, and a staff of naval medical officers. The x-ray photographs were taken, Dr, Sawyer explained, solely to obtain ad ditional information for the guidance of physicians.

Judge Wilkerson Acts Favor

ably on Daugherty s Request for Order Against Striking Rail Shopmen. NATION-WIDE WRIT (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 23 Judge James E. Wilkerson today granted Attorney General jDaugherty's petition for a nation-wide injunction against the strik ing railway shopmen. Judge Wilkerson In a lengthy re view of the case said the defendants could not deny knowledge and respon sibility for . the widespread violence which has marked the strike. Partial settlement of the strike, he held, .has not affected the right of the govern ment to obtain a nation-wide Injunc tion. The court gave attorneys for the de fense until Monday until 10 o'clock to study the decision and prepare to argue the injuction order which will be signed. Drastic Draft Attorney GeneraT Daugherty Thursday presented the government's proposed draft, which is even more drastic than the restraining order now as enforced. The order will affect about 270 officers and 400,000 members of the six crafts belonging to the railway employes department, American Federation of Labor. The decision had been more . than 36 hours in preparation and was anticipated by attorneys as the most important of its kind ever prepared and framed by a federal judge. The Chesapeake and Ohio road today had joined the list of lines accepting the Willard-Jewel settlement of the shopmen's strike. STRIKERS WILL LOSE SENIORITY UNDER RIG FOUR OFFICIAL'S PLAN (By United Press INDIANAPOLIS. Sept 23. Strikers will lose their seniority rights and' return to work as new men, if the plan3 of E. M. Costin, general-manager of 4oe Big Four railroad, lire carried out today. This announcement -was made from the general offices of the Big Four here following a statement given out by L. V. Hart, head of the striking machinists of the roadHart said inat a conference had been arranged with Big Four officials this afternoon, after which all .of the striking shoporaft men on that road would be ordered back to work.. On the Monon, strikers were return ing to work today, their seniority rights gone with respect to the work ers who failed to walk out, but still in effect among themselves. Several thousand men will be' af fected by the order to return to work on the Big Four. Costin was confident his plan, which included a scheme for keeping all of the strike-breakers, as well as the strikers, at work, would be accepted by the union heads. FINANCIAL WIZARD PROMISES TO PAY (By United Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept 23. Pomeroys alleged financial wizard, a 60year old woman, her health broken, lay bedfast here today and promised to repay "every cent" of the $325,000 sheborrowed on unsecured notes. The woman, who late yesterday summoned Robert Russell, of Pomeroy and Fred Hatch, Columbus, attorneys, to her bedside, told them she would make public records of all her transactions just as soon as she recovers from the present illness. The two attorneys represented claims against the woman of $250,000. She told them this is about two-thirds of her total indebtedness. Hatch said he believed the woman would succeed in clearing up all her debts. Her sudden disappearance at about the same time several large suits were filed against her by creditors caused a furore in the little town of Pomeroy where the borrowing was the heaviest. She told the attorneys she was prompted to let her whereabouts be known following "exaggerated newspaper stories", of her activities. She did not tell the attorneys anything concerning the mysterious relative in the west through whom she has promised to "turn some big deals." The woman's wishes that she be undisturbed for a few days, until she can regain ner neaitn, wm be re spected, it was said. MEN ORDERED BACK TO C. AND 0. JOBS (Bv United Press) RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23. Settle ment of the strike of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad shopmen has been ef fected and instructions are being is sued today for all to return to work immediately. The ' striking clerks were not included in the agreement, and will not be considered for rein statement by the company, it was said. A mass meeting of the clerical workers is being held today, but no intimation of what action they will take has been obtainable. The shop settlement followed a final conference yesterday between Gerald Manager Parrish, of the company, and G. H. Stewart, of Covington, Ky., general chairman if the shop-crafts federation.

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Maj. Gen. Sir Charles Townshend The allies must grant Turkey's demands for the return of Constantinople or face a "holy war" in the opinion of Maj. Gen. Sir Charles Townshend, Brit ish hero of Kut el Amara. He issued this warning on his recent return to London " from Turkish headquarters, where he conferred with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, leader of the conquestmad Turks. More Indictments Returned as Result of Herrin Murders (By. Associated Press) MARION, 111., Sept. , 23. The special grand jury investigating the Herrin mine killings made a final report today with' additional indictments bringing the total to 212. Today's . returns included four mur der indictments and an arraignment of certain authorities charging them with failure to protect life and property in not sending for troops when the mining troubles seemed imminent. The report discussed the action of the Southern Illinois Coal company, in opening its mines during the strike and says that the principal owner, W. J. tester, eitner was woetuiiy norant of the danger or blindly deter mined to risk . strife and conflict if profit could be made." Denies Statement The report denies the statement of Adjutant General Carlo Black, made shortly after the mine killing, that he had no authority to call out troops un less asked to by the sheriff, and said that there w'as no law which forbids the adjutant general to call troops. Sheriff Melvin Thaxton is accused of failing in his duty. On this point the jury says: "Sheriff Melvin Thax ton is a member of tne miners union and also is a candidate for county treasurer, and he failed to take ad qnate measures to preserve the peace. either because of his sympathies for the union or through fear that it would hurt his candidacy." Attack Planned The attack on the strip mines had been planned several days and Sher iff Thaxton had ample time to learn of the proposed movement of the non union men. The Jury returned 58 more indictments for conspiracy to commit murder and 54 for assault to commit murder. - The jury had" pre viously returned 38 murder indict ments and 58 for conspiracy and riot ing. "TIDE PHENOMENON (By Associated Press) PANAMA Sept. 23. The tide on the Pacific side of the canal rose yes terday to 19 feet. The phenonmenon is believed to have been due to the solar eclipse. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Fair tonight; Sunday generally fair and warm; probably cooler Monday or Tuesday. Fair weather is indicated for the next 24 hours although a storm center is crossing southern Canada which will make conditions somewhat un settled the first of the week. Temperatures yesterday at the pumping station: Maximum 75 Minimum . ... 50 Today Noon 78 Weather Conditions Generally fair weather prevails over three-quarters of the United States but there are local rains over southern Canada due to a storm center near Lake Winnipeg The hot wave continues over the cen tral portion of the United States but it is considerably cooler in Montana, where the temperature has been above 90 for several days. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau 'Fair tonight and Sunday; not quite so warm Sunday ex treme north portion. Paid Circulation ..Yesterday, was 11,814

Premier Lloyd George Advo

cates Conference to Insure Permanent Peace - Fears Spread of Conflict. URGES STRAITS FREE By FLOYD ALLEN LONDON, SepL 23. Great Britain is doing its . utmost to avoid war in the Near East, Premier Lloyd George declared in a statement to the press today. The premier stated he favored the calling of a conference of the powers concerned in the near eastern problem in order to insure permanent peace and to avoid the calamity of war. England, the statement said, is do ing all m her power to arrange an im mediate conference of all nations con cerned. Lloyd George advocated that the League of Nations guarantees the free dom of the straits of the Dardanelles. The freedom of the straits, he ex plained, is of vital interest to Great Britain and the entire civilized world, Fears Fight In Thrace. lioya ueorge stated that if war spread to Thrace,, it might develop into a conflagration which would be most difficult to extinguish. It must not be forgotten that the great war started in the Balkans," he said. Grave fears that the Kemalist oc cupation of Constantinople would entail a repetition of the Srnvrna mas sacres were expressed in the 'statement. With the issue before them of peace or war. Britain's cabinet ministers met with Lloyd George at historic No. 10 Downing street to decide whether the Turks shall be permitted to reenter Europe. Consider Communique. The ministers first took up an im portant communique from Foreign Minister' Curzon. Britain's representative at the allied conference in Paris, at which the tentative terms agreed to by Curzon and Poincaire for a Near East settlement were outlined. These terms included restoration of Turkish supremacy in . Eastern Thrace and Constantinople, with internationaliza tion of the Dardanelles, Turkish soverignty to be recognized there also. While the cabinet debated this is sue-.. Britain continued to rush troops to the Dardanelles and Constantinople fronts, where the Turks are concentrating. The twelfth medium battery of. the royal garrison of artillery embarked at Gibraltar for Constantinople. The transport Somali left Malta for the far east, packed with troops. The Cunard liner Tyria and the Ellerman liner Maronian have been requisitioned by the government for use as transports. Menacing Concentration It. is understood here that while the number of Kemalists on the Chanak frontier is rapidly increasing, there is a more serious and menacing con centration at Ismad before Constantinople where Kemal is present in person. RAIL LABOR BOARD SCALP TO BE SOUGHT AT SPECIAL SESSION By LAURENCE M. BENEDICT (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 When congress returns for the expected special session in November there will be a determined move in both branches to do away with the railroad labor board. Many senators and congressmen who have studied the matter closely feel that the board failed to function as intended in the recent rail strike crisis. They hold the board partially responsible for the strike and claim that when peace negotiations were started by President Harding it long delayed a settlement, by actions which antagonized both sides in the dispute. At least a dozen bills proposing re peal of the law creating the labor board have already been introduced in the house. Blame Board The author of one such measure 1" Representative Foster, Republican, of Ohio, a close friend of Attorney General Daugherty. "Another is Representative Cooper, Republican, of Ohio, former railroad engineer. "I am convinced there would have been no strike had it not been for the labor board," Cooper said today. Cooper is a member of the house Interstate commerce committee which handles all legislation dealing with railroads and is in a position to receive a prompt hearing on his bill NO ACTION TAKEN ON ARTICLE 10 REVISION (By Associated Press) GENEVA, Sept. 23. The question of revising Article X, of the League ot Nations covenant or eliminating it altogether was passed on to the next assembly by the present assembly today without other observation or recommendation than the subject be considered in all its bearings. The Canadian delegation showed no disposition to push Charles J. Doherty's amendment eliminating the article. M. Barthelemy of France said Arti cle X ought not to be changed in the hope of bringing the United States into the league. There was no assur ance that a change would have this effect, he declared and in any case the article not be changed until the United States was on the scene to deliberate upon it with the rest of the world.

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Harold C. Jaquith of Darien, Conn who is in charge of the Near East Re lief, Btationed in Smyrna. Dry Officers Given Authority to Search Without Warrants (By Associated Press) BUFFALO, N. Y.. Sept. 23. Smug gling and bootlegging are not what they used to be. One regulation after another has been added by the Canadian and United States governments until it is really no longer safe to peddle a carload or boatload of Canadian liquor along the border. The price of contraband, too is at a low level, and the big profits of former days are no longer in sight to tempt men to risk heavy fines and the Ios3 of an automobile or a boat for the sake of making one dash across the line. Two new regulations, one American, the other Canadian have added to the smuggler-bootleggers' troubles. The Canadian National Railways according to information received here will hereafter refuse to transport ale or liquor to places that are not bonafide export points. Ruling of Courts. Heretofore Ontario courts have held that it was not a violation of the temperance law to transport liquor by rail to the border where it might be secretly loaded onto motor boats and landed on the American shore. The same liquor transported by motor truck over Ontario highways would be liable to seizure. ,The action of the Canadian Nation(Please Turn to Page FomjN EX-KAISERIN ASKED WILLIAM II TO WRITE EVENTS OF HIS CAREER FIRST INSTALLMENT The first installment of the exkaiser's memoirs, which will appear in the Palladium simultaneously with many newspapers in the United States, England, France, Italy and many other foreign countries, will be found on page 10 of this issue. Subsequent installments will appear daily. V : - (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Sept 23. Former Empress Augusta Victoria was directly respon sible for former Emperor William's de cision to issue his memories in book form. Light Is shed on the origin and the aims of his book in an article appearing in the Lokal Anzeiger, writ ten from "an exceptionally well-in formed quarter." In connection with the identity of the writer of the article, it is recalled that the chief editor of the Lokal An zeiger acted as editor for the memooirs. Tracing the origin of the mem oirs, the writer draws attention to numerous works written about the World war throughout the world, declaring the chroniclers "wish to veil the truth about it" and "should it go worse in the future, especially for us Germans, than in the bitter present, the hour will come when history, not men will judge." Regarding the purposes of the former emperor's book, the writer says it is not an effort at the vindication of William himself from the accusation of former enemies, nor a glorification of the war, but simply a clean breast of events personally involving him. Originally the book was not thought of. Alone in exile, the former emperor became filled with a longing to find (Please Turn to Page Sixteen) OHIO DRYS TO WAGE OLD-TIME CAMPAIGN (By United Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio, SepL 23. Ohio drys will conduct one of their old-time campaigns to defeat the proposed "beer and light wine"amendment to the constitution. The state campaign committee of the Ohio dry federation was re-organized today and plans made for the fight against the proposed amendment. The campaign will Include meetings in every city and town, In schools and churches, J. A. White, Ohio superintendent of the anti-saloon league and campaign manager for the federation declared. County dry federations will be re organized and dry forces will be asked to organize by counties, townships, wards and precincts for the battle. "Ohio did not stand for nullification In '61 and she will not now, if all the forces of law, order and decency will help repel this attack," said a state ment issued by the committee.

Angora Cabinet Meeting Ex

pected Hourly To Decide Whether Kemalists Will Wait Parley or Invade. FRANCEUSES POWER BULLETIN PARIS, Sept. 23. The allied conference on the Near East has agreed to. send a joint note to the Angora government, assuring the return of Constantinople to the Turks and demanding the freedom of the straits. It is believed also to offer the restoration of Adrianople and of Thrace to Turkey under certain conditions. BULLETIN . CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 23. The French government has Bent a wireless message to Mustapha Kemal Pasha requesting him not to take any action until the arrival of the special French emissary, it was learned here today. (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE. Sent 23 Within 36 hours the world will probably know whether the Turkish Nation alists nave cnosen war or peace. The Angora cabinet meeting at Smyrna is expected hourly to declare whether the Kemalists will await the peace conference proposed by the powers or take matters in their own hands -by invading Thrace. France is expected to exert renewed pressure to keep the Turks from anv hostile action which "would jeopardize their present extremely favorable posi tion at tne rortncoming conference, but many competent observers are frankly skeptical that the Nationalist cabi net wm accept at their full value promises that the conference will result in the realization of all their claims. Aware of Weakness. The Turks are fully awar of the weakness of the British land forces now precariously holding points alons the Asia Minor shore and are convinced of their ability to defeat them. French official circles hold that the only thing which can stave off the Nationalist attack ist a definite pledge by Great Britain to support France in guaranteeing that Thrace will be evacuated promptly by the Greeks and restored to Turkey. It is reported that Mustapha Kernel Pasha, the Nationalist leader, is opposed to hasty action, but it remains to be seen whether his strong personality and convictions can triumph over the opposition of his colleagues. British Worried. Meanwhile unfeigned anxiety exist? among the British here over the continued strong concentration of Turkish troops at Ismid, where by reason. of the withdrawal of the Italians, the position of the British forces has been sensibly weakened. The nationalists have brought up field guns from.Ez-Ins. which they recently seized, to within ten miles from the southern shore of the Dardanelles. ' The tension In Constantinople continues. The capital is full of disturbing rumors and many British war correspondents are arriving. ATHENS, Sept. 22. Greece In the grip of a great national peril is beginning to fear that she must ride alone. She counted on Great Britain's military assistance to prevent the Turks from invaling Thrace, but even that hope is fading rapidly. With economic distress increasing and the prospect of a Turkish army marching through Thrace, and perhaps even to the Hellenic peninsula, the Greek people, as a whole, seem in no gracious mood. They whisper together in the Athenian cafes and speculate darkly as to the future. Could March To Athens. One representative Greek said today: "What is to prevent Mustapha Kemal Pasha from marching to Athens itself and signing the peace there. Could our disorganized and poorly equipped and halt him?" An optimist replied "Greece will die to the last man rather than let the Turks invade Greece proper." The newspapers agree that Greece is isolated irrespective of whether they are of the Constantinople armies or ot tne v enizelos group. MALTA, Sept. 23. Further militarv detachments for the reinforcement of the British forces in the Dardanelles are expected to leave soon for Constantinople and the preparations for their departure are actively proceeding. Units of the second destroyer flotilla, detached from the Atlantic fleet to reinforce the squadron now in the straits, have begun to come in. The battleship Centurion, which is returning here from England, is expected to proceed to Constantinople after taking on supplies. BERLIN. SepL 23. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Soviet Russia in an interview printed by the Tageblatt today declares that Turkey and Russia are in complete agreement regarding the question of the straits of the Dardanelles. According to Russia's agreement with Turkey, he says, the nations bordering on the Black Sea alone have the right to draft the final international settlement of this issue. Of the six Black Sea states, he adds, Russia, the Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey already have adopted this standpoint M. Tchitcherin declares himself convinced that Turkey will eventually achieve her aim of reuniting all the territories inhabited by Turks. .