19 JUNE 1920, Page 1

While no one is prepared to do anything for Armenia

proper or for Erivan, which is threatened by Turks, Tartars and Bol- sheviks, the Armenian remnant in Cilieia seems also to be doomed, despite the presence of French troops. Mustapha Kemal's forces have been allowed to press southward, even to the Baghdad railway at Bozanti, at the northern end of the tunnels under the Cilieian Gates. The French battalion holding this important point had to retire: and was then forced to surrender.