Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1922, Page 4

“TURKS SHOOT 918 " REFUGEES ON SHIP | Victims Forced to Embark on Lighter, Which Is Made Target. BRITISH OFFICIALS SLAIN Report of Murders in Consulate Is Given by American Sailors. By the Assoc.ated Press. LONDON, September 15.—An Ameri- can destroyer -vhich has arrived at Piracus, Greecs. repoirts that the Turks entered the British consulate at Smyrna and murdered an official who was assembling the archives. says a Reuter dispatch from Athens today. Postmastcr Wilkinson is alSo said to have been murdered, as well as other Englishmen. Sir Harry Lamb. the consul gencral. is believed | By the Assoclated Press aped on a warship! Telegraph dispgtch to have es An Exchange from Athens says “The Turkish population in Smyrna continues to he master of the situa- tion. A number of Turkish officials accused of having aided the Greel were executed in front of the gov- ernment buildings “Refugees arriving in Athens from Smyrna recount teriible siories re- garding the state of the city, 6Wing to the ferocity of the Turks. Imme- dfately on their arrival the Kemallst troops gave themselves over to mai sacre and robbery of the Christians and the qu: were littered with corpses. A Greek journalist was shot dead and dragged through the streets tled to the back of an automobile. 909 Shot Down. “An American passenger who reach- ed Piraeus from Smyrna says he saw 900 Armenians forced by the Turks to embark on a lighter. The Armenians were then shot down from the shore. the bodies being left floating in the water. According to other passen- gers. prominent members of the Brit- ish colony in Smyrna were similarly murdered.” | I possible WORLD’S BEST BAKER. Albert Fox Wins Highest Bread Honors at Exposition. CHICAGO, September 15.—Albert Fox of Buffalo, N. Y., has been ad- judged “the champion bread baker of the world” at the eSposition of the Bakers' Equipment Manufacturers' Association here, and his employer, Paul Helms, president of the Hall| Baking Company, was awarded a $500 &old med More than 360 loaves of bread from bakeries In all parts of the country in the contest. which were entered Fox won. 2,000 MASSACRED BY TURKISH ARMY; SMYRNA AFLAME (Continued from Firs: Page.) Pasha's designs Mustapha Kemal upon the capital. One story is that the nationalist ccmmander has sent an ultimatum to | the allled powers. demanding the| evacuation of their forces from the! city. 50 as to permit the entrance of the Turkish nationalist army. An- other is that nationalist troops have crossed over to the Gallipoli peninsula from Chanak, lanning to march into | Thrace with the object of taking Adrianople. | British Cabinet to Act. | LONDON, September 15.—One of the | immediate results of thi afternoon’s British cabinet confer- ence, 1t is believed, is that Mustapha | Kema! Pasha wil. be informed thatl he will be met not only by British troops and British ships but by a Jugoslay army if hs atiempis to O cupy Constantinonle and cross the straits of the Dardanelles. It is an established impression in | military circles that the Turkish na- tionalist army is large enough to take the Turkish capital if Kemal so de- sires: also that he has sufficient guns | to drive the fleet out of the Bosporus It is considered unlikely. however, that he would take such desperate measures unless he was persuaded. that in no other manner could he ob- | tain the capital of Thrace. On the other hand, there are intim: tions that the Serbs. the dominating ele- ment in the Jugoslav government, are determined not to have the Turks as neighbors in Thrace or to permit the Bulgars to securc a foothold gn the | Mediterrean sea. The horizon of the approxching con- ference on the near cast is daily broad- ening with intimations that Rumania nd Jugoslavia wiil support Greece and Smyrna Largest Asia Minor City; Homer and Croesus Born There |Home of Apostle St. John—Where Poly: | carp Was Burned at Stake—Noted for Beautiful Women—Population 225,000. Smyrna. just captured by the Turks, lies in a straight line from Athens across the archipelago about 300 miles, and is the largest and most| western of the citfes of According to Dr. J. O. yturer of this city, “It is an Asiatic| with its city with a European face: producing | nothing and exchanging everythin hospitable to all religions and co spicuous for none: the p e the Turk—the home of of beautiful women.” i n- | of and eastern markets. In 23 A.D. Rome selected Smyrna from among many rivals for site of the great temple to be dedicated to the emperor. “This ancient city figures prominent- in connection with early church It is but fifty miles from us, where the ruins of that city mous temple, are still to be seen. Smyrna itself to have been for some time the home of the apostle St. John. whose dis ciple, Polycarp. afterward head of the Smyrna Church. was burn the stake here about 155 A.D. His supposed | d_at | RANCE JOINS ALLIES IN NEUTRALITY PLEA Protection of Straits Insisted Upon in Reply to British Note. f i 1o By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, September 15.—The French government in a reply to the British note on the near east announces that France had decided to join the other allies in requesting the Turkish na- tionalist government to respect the neutrality zone of the straits of the Dardanelles fixed by the treaty of Sevres. Instructions, to this effect Our 7th aund G St. Storew Cloxe at 6 Saturdays. have been sent to Gen. Pel the French high commissioner in Con- stantinople. This French decision. the note adds, doés not prejudice the future condi- tions of peace. A formal demand for a declatation by the nationalist government of intention to observe this mneytrali will probably be made by the allied high commissioners In Constantinople tomorrow. Demand Neutrality. * The zone of the straits is definitely delimited in the treaty of Sevres. It includes a_wide strip of territory on both the European and Asiatic sides {of the straits. i In agreeing o support this move| France makes it clear that it is only a temporary measure and that the question of the eventual disposition of this territory must be settled by the near east peace conference. No mention 18 made of Thrace or of the city of Constantinople Itself, but the Turkish acceptance of the Zone of neutrality would have the effect of protecting Constantinople aleo. Diplomatic conversations among th “City Club Shop™ 1318 G St. Friday, Sept. 15, 1922 Aot Men's Fall Shves F you want good honest shoes this fall at fair prices— Think of Hahn Shoes first, Mr. Man! You can form no better habit than that of buying your shoes where good value is ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN. You can’t go every- where and feel that way! “Tri-Wear | started Cor. 7th and K 414 9th St. 1914-16 Pa. A 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. Always a Good Buy! ppear to have e lished th view that the ture sover eignty of Thrace by the sublime port must be discussed at a peace confer- ence &t Which the crushing victory of Turkey will entitle her to the most liberal treatment in the final decision Theee views are declared to be shared by Italy.” The French policy now is direct¢d toward the convening of the peace conferernce as soon as poesible and obtaining a promise from Turkey not to move on Con- stantinople or Thrace in the mean- time. The British. it s said. ing to oppose an ence. re continu- immediate confer- GOING HOME FOR TRIAL. LOS ANGELES, September 15.—Al- fred D. Mitchell. former treasurer of Salem. N. J. accused of defrauding that city out of school bonds valued at many thousands of doilars, was on the way home today to face trial. He was arrested here several dayvs ago At first he fought extradition but yesterday abandoned that_course and eastward with New Jersev officers. Our Hth St. and P: Open 'Till ® Saturdays s -=37-50 " lts population, | tomb is still the outstanding sight Do about | of the city and is on the crest of the Greeks, | il The British cabinet has been sum- Emoned for this nfternoon. with thc principal object of discussing the nea: eastern tangle Prime Minister Lloyd George came to London this morning from the coun- try for preliminary discussions with his colieagues. all of whom. except the Earl of Balfour and H. A. L Fisher. who are in Geneva, are ex- " pected o attend the important coun- cil. 1t is believed the meeting will have before it definite statements from the , French and Italian governmenta ind: | Great Britain in the effort to keep the Turks from regaining Thrace. -A new [according to latest figures. i factor has been brought iInto the situa- | 255.000, made up of Moslen tion, however. by the suggestion thatiJews. Armenians, and man Jugoslavia will demand as the price of | Christians. her help the port of Saloniki, which she City Both 0l1d and Famous. s long coveted as her logical port of | .gnivrna is both old and famous. | is supposed to have been written. ent t o ont tnelwouth [Tt "is the purported birthplace of | Bonates Witk Tearicis The - British cabinet, however. is . g Croesus, and claims to be the birth-; h obliged to examine the situation {rom a | niace of Homer. It was a city long| 1 visited Smyrna a few years ago far larger point of view than the other tand found - r b - v 2 !an ound it sheltered at the extreme allies because of the 70,000,000 Mussel- | (oro%® (he dave of Alexander thef ) 0f'a btay and cestled, in half- man population of India, in addition zo‘qa,,,,' as he saw its strategic moon shape. at the foot of high green | Great Britain’s close interests in Mese- | i bk & g b hills. At a distancs the situation of potamia, Egypt and other Musselman | ? the city and the colors of the houses MUSTAPHA KEMAL PASHA, Leader of Turkiah nationalists whose troops massacred 1,000 in Smyrna. ear the place of his martyrdom western | Almost within sight of Polycarp's | {tomb, to the south, lies the Isle of { Patmos. to which St. John was banish- {ed, and where the book of revelation Pictured at the left, a new “Tri-Wear” High Shoe. Tan, Wine and Black Calfskin. It's a winner! {HOLDS U. S. VIOLENCE | GREATEST IN CIVILIZATION Official On the right: a nifty ox- ford of Imported Scotch Grain Not “Bootleggers’ Scotch,” but the real stuff? now | posi- | an extreme western port for | Bar Declares Style D214 American I} cating iheir respective attitudes to. ! territory. The latest news from India | — = te wonder. Onee in the strects of | Remedy Is Self-Control and | $7.50 Black or Tan; also Tan Sivle EI81 ward the problem., the solution of |shows the Turkish victory stimulating myrna, and bedlam reigns. The Norwegian calf. b which continues to be a subject of {tho Mohammedans, the feeling of SITUATION APPALLING | streets are narrcw and filthy and the Respect for Laws. £7.50 y brotherhood reaching from Constan- tinople to Baku, Tashkent and Kabul and on into India. There is likewise a reported growth of the Mohammedan religion, spreading from Egypt south in Africa and on the former German col- ony of East Africa. Whether Kemal or the Turkish na- tionalists will attempt to expand and recreate the old Turkish empire along religious linee is one of the aspects of the question the British are con- sidering, especially with respect to | Mesopotamia, where are located the eager and anxious speculation Oplnions here are much divided re- garding the Turkish claims. One view. which is strongly supported by & section of the press, is that Great Britain's only interest lies in the freedom of thu Straits of Dardanelles. . and that if this is insured she need &not worry over the future position of {Thrace and Constantinople. car Further Fighting. Others are less easily satisfled and regard the restoration of Thrace and .Constantinople to their former population most incongruous. But the tourist finds it a most attractive place for buying souvenirs. While Smyrna | rugs are seen on all sides. trinkets |15.—"The criminal from the far east pour into this port |United States so far as violence is ard are sold at astoundingly low fig- | concerned is worse than in any other ures. civilized country. William B. Swaney, . “But the moral tone of the place Is|chairman of the American Bar Ass: obviously low and the most vulgar |ciation’s committee on law enforce- suggestions are made to tourists from | ment. told the Rotary Club here ve: venders of vile photographs. It is a far | terday. i call to visit the city of Smyrna tod The remedy for this appalling con- and read while sitting at Polycarp's | dition is to be found in the return to tomb, his brave words just before | decent living under self-control and | Bs the Associated Pres 0OGA. Tenn.. September situation in the CHATTA SAYS ADMIRAL BRISTOL American Commander Declares All Native U. S. Citizens Have i Been Saved. “Hahn Specials™ —Really Wonderful Values On the left, a_voung man’s heavy full-toe Semi-Brogue ford. Black or Tan Eric Calf, made on the new Haig last: very nifty for fall, $6.50. The refugee situation in Smyrna was described as “appalling” by Rear Admiral Bristol. United States com- aid owners with great disfavor, while a ; third faction is apparently willing that they be restored. but only on ; condition that Rumania and Jugo- # slavia agree. L the auth cs have b. d c - . territories as the price of their de- | uthoritics have been accounted! goven to which St. John sent his mes- | crimes of mob violence in BirmiAgham er. Goodyear Welt (The London newspapers again toda¥ | feat in the world war. and that now | for. he said. but fourteen naturalized| sage that is today other than a ruin. law. sole and Wingfoot Hurge the necessity of an agreement | ([0, oiv'Sant the territory occupied | Americans were missing. He placed| Rubber Heel. Also ‘among the allies, and declare itjhey onyy wan the total number of refugees in full-toe Black Kid i7should be brought about quickly, be- ;fore the situation becomes further #complicated and especially before an Foutbreak of fresh fighting which might “again set Europe aflame. FIREIS SPREADING . INSTRICKEN CTY ‘Flames Make Rabid Head- way to Turk Quarter of Smyrna. By the Associated Press. SYMRNA, September 15.—The fire which started in the Armerian quar- ter of Smyrna early yesterday after- noog had spread early this morning to the Turkish sections of the city and was making rapld headway. The entire European section is in ashes and countless thousands are | homeless. There were hundreds of | Turkish officers. burned, believe that most of the to- grasusitfes among persons who'wers Doubt U. 8. Losses. Pasved Bofore the arrjval of the Turks. caught in the sections where the! NEW YORK, September 15.—. Dr. Wilfred Post of Princeton, N. .flames spread with greatest rapidity. | cablegram received at Y. M. C. A.|who returned m,Athens Thursday fro Turks on Rampage. mosi fanatic' of the Moslems. The declarations of Kemal so far have been that there is no desire (o recre- e the empire; that the Turks have; ven Mesopotamia and other | Kemal's point of view has been that | politically there is no desire by the Turks to effect a union with the Arabs and the Egyptians; that these peoples would be obliged to work out their own destinies. The cabinet, however, is sald to expect that the moral effect of the new Turkish suc- cesses will sooner or later lead to the support of the Turks by all Mo- hammedans . The admiral commanding the British squadron at Smyrna has warned the Turkish authority in the city that if massacres are continued the Turkish quarters will be bom- | barded. says an Exchange telegram dispatch from Athens. Bodies Clog Streets. MALTA, September 15.—Hundreds of | bolies of victims of the Turkish| massacre in Smyrna were lying in} the streets of the city when the British hospital ship Maine left there with more than 400 refugees on board, it is stated by Reuter's Smyrna correspondent. who arrived here on the Maine today “When 1 left Smyrna” he sald. the Turks were still plilaging and massacring, and hundreds of bodies were lying in the streets of the town and the outlying villages. Two large villages flwo miles _ from Emyrna were on fire. The British| had withdrawn with their patrols anl guards, and several British houses had been requisitioned for headquarters today from E. O. Jacobs, general secrétary of the organization at Smyrna, states that the Y. M. C. A. Ifire. which started missioner at Constantinople. in a dis- patoh to the State Department, dated September 13. All the native Americans listed with Smyrna as not less than 300,000 entire European section of the city had been practically obliterated by in the Armenian! quarter. and was still raging. i Inhabitants of the city other than| the refugees are short of food, the! message added, the victorious Turkish | orces now occupying the city being | on half rations. i Al warships of the various powers | in the port of Smyrna were crowded with refugees. and ships were con- stantly leaving for nearby ports loaded with fugitives. The American destroyer flotilla was taking an active part in the work, he said. ‘At Mudania, the seaport of Brusa. conditions were said to be “fully as bad.” with 10,000 refugees lacking food. shelter and even water. Some of the refugees &t that point had been transferred to Rodosto, but without finding wny relief there, it was added. In Constantinople apprehension is felt as to the next move of the victors and possible incursions on the neutral zones, Admira] Bristol reported. Gen- Harrington. British commander, he added, had issued a proclamation warning the Turkish nationalists against any infraction of the neutral zone. , N — ] of Mr. Jacob and A. K. Jennings, a secretary, had arrived at Athens. Officlals of the Standard Trading Cempany, which is reported to have suffered heavy losses in tobacco Smyrna, where he went to investigate conditions before the massacres there by the Turks, went to Smyrna with a | Smyrna_found martyrdom and also the message to in the book of revela- tion, where the church there is spoken of as being poor in goods, but ricp in faith. Smyrna is the only city of the Mr. Swaney, | Invisible Eyes” in respect for the laws of the land. who was ‘Back to the Constitution. acts attributed to the “Ladies of the Texas speaking on He cited and the The American consulate general | Ji0il tion™in’ that city was not de-|medical unit last Monday, the Near . was situated in the burned area.|stroyed, as had been reported, by the | East Relief announced today. He was On your part will Consul General George Horton and |fire which swept parts of Smyrna after | accompanied by Miss Sarah Corning of Nova Scotla and Miss Agnes E. i i $6.50 — “Beg On the right, a new fall High Shoe of special quality. Black or Dark Brown leath- Bluchers for the tired business man, $5. Ben" pencils, Best of School Shoes filled with School Supplies, &iven away with School Shoe purchases tomorrow. 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