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'I WILL PUNISH ENGLAND'
KEMAL'S ANGRY BOAST
STIRRING UP COLONIAL REVOLT
BOLSHEVISTS TAKE BAKU
(From the 'Mail' Representative.)
LONDON', To-day.— The 'Evening
News' correspondent has had an interview
with Mustapha-Kcmal, who says England
iS responsible for the occupation of Con
stantinople,' the destruction of Turkey,
and the crushhiz of Islam.
The massacres of Armenians attributed
to his troopa lie stoutly denied. Possibly
they -were done ].y brigands, due to Ens
land arming tlie Armenians. He admit
ted he had to get rid' of some whom
he found armed aud conspiring. ?
?'111 punish England,'* said Kemal. 1
'She doesn't know what she is up against.
It is in my power to «#&- up a revolution
in the English colonies. It is no good
representing us as rebels and adventurers. .
We represent the real Turkey to-day. All
the happenings are the fault of the
Allies.'
DAK U' TAKEN.
(Reuter's ,- Telegrams.)
LONDOX, To-day.— A Moscow . -jrireless
mess^e says the; workers at Baku have
overthrown tbe Government. ' A Com
munist Government has been established,
which proposes a military alliance with
the Soviets.
CONSTANTINOPLE. To-day.— The Bri
tish battleship Ajax has left Batum owing
to the Bolshevist occupation, of Baku.
(From the 'Mail' Representative.)
The Azerjaijan revolution endangers
Caucasian oilfields, where 1VQ companies
are operating, mainly British.
JAPAN AND RUSSIA.
LONDON', To-day.— According to a War
Office statement the Russians have ac
cepted the Japanese Siberian terms ex
cept the surrender of warships, which the
Japanese hare waived.
KEMAL IN TROUBLE.
The ''Times' correspondent at Warsaw
says the Polish offensive proceeds with
great success. ? It has reached the junc
tion of Uie Dnieper and Pripet, and is under
fifty' miles from Kieff. Cavalry have
crossed the River Tetrefi* while tlie infan
try are swinging alonj^tue Zitomir-Kieff
road, ? Two Bed divisions have been cut
off and surrounded.
The Poles and XTkraines jointly cap
tured Lithi and Mohileff.
The ''Evening News' correspondent at
Constantinople says a heavy Wow has
been struck against Kemai by the Ka
tionalist troop9 near Angora having mu
tinied and killed many of their officers.
They seized the army headquarters, and
Kemal k retiring in the direction of
Siva.
Meanwhile local revolts are spreading in
Anatolia owing to the extraordinary taxa
tion provided to maintain the high pay
men of Kemal'e troops. .
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