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We are glad to be able to say that the

French representative at Constantinople has joined Sir Charles Harington in impressing upon Kemal the consequences which would certainly follow if he were to attack the British troops at Chanak. It had been hoped that an official reply from Kemal about the proposed Conference would have been received on Wednesday, but when we go to Press on Thursday the reply has not yet arrived. There is an exodus of Europeans from Constantinople. We have written on the whole subject elsewhere.