The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-13
COWARDICE CHARGED.
The Red Cross Society of Greece
in Disgrace.
REPORT MADE BY DIR. ZAyITZIANO.


sicians and the Wounded .Deprived of
Their Benefit - Captured Wounded
Turks Visited by the German Minister.
Washington, July 13-Cowardice and
inefficiency are charged against the
physicians and nurses of the Red Cross
OF Greece by DR.. S. G. Zavltziano, the
sanitary representative of the United
States now in Athens. These charges
are made in an official report just re-
ceived in Washington. DR.. Zavitziano
went to Constantinople some months
ago as delegate to the international
sanitary commission, and subsequently,
at the request of the surgeon general
OF the marine hospital service, travelled
through Greece for the purpose OF in
vestigating the treatment of Greeks
who were wounded in the war between
Greece and Turkey. Dr. Zavitziano de-
clares that the Greek Red Cross has not
been Of any assistance and the same.
he said, is practically true of the sani-
tary service of the Greek army.
Charges of Cowardice.
81 can say" he continues, that the
wounded, as well as the refugees have
rather suffered from them. / can af-
firm that the wounded and the refugees
have been attended with efficiency by
private physicians, by private persons
and by rich Greeks. who have done
what the Greek government the Greek
Red Cross and the sanitary service of
the army have not been able to do"
In substantiating his charge of cow
ardice he says: Before the begin
ming of the war the Greek Red Cross
had established five hospitals for
wounded. one at each of the following
places: Volo, Larissa, Tyrnavo, Car
vassara and Arta. Each of these hos
pitals was fitted for fifty beds. The
hospital of Larissa was complete. They
had made 1t the headquarters of the
Red Cross All the Red Cross material
had been accumulated there. Accord
Ing to the simplest calculation there was
more than 900 francs worth of ma
terial included in the armamentarium.
Hospitals Abandoned.
The wounded of the Greek army have
been deprived of this material, as the
hospitals Of Larissa and Tyrnavo were
abandoned to the Turks by the physi-
clans, who did not have a bit of senti-
ment Of duty. or they had forgotten
1t at that moment. Ii the chiefs of the
Greek army were panc-stricken, the
physicians ought to have stayed there.
The sole excuse they could offer was
that the Turkish army had since the
beginning Of the war fired on the Red
Cross hospital at Arta"
AS consequence of the cowardly ac-
ton Of the physicians of the Red Cross,
as well as of the army surgeons, DR..
Zavitano continues: "The poor wound
ed were left without any aid. Thanks
to private men, to civilian physicians,
everything has been re-established, and
the wounded as well as the wretched
refugees have received attendance and
help Greek woman, whose example
was followed by others, established a
floating hospital on board a steamship,
by which the wounded were carried
from the seaports near the battlefields
TO the different cities, where well-organ-
lied hospitals exist"
Greeks Had 5000 wounded.
DR.. Zavitziano served as physician on
board of one of these floating hospitals
and made four voyages. More than
900 WOunQeQ were tTdHSpOTteu uuIHib
the four voyages. He states that the
number of wounded Of the Greek army
during this one months war have not
been more than 5.000 Among those
wounded he says there are many Euro
pean volunteers who came to Greece In
order to fight for liberty against bar
barism and tyranny. There are also
several Turks.
In his report DIR. Zavitziano makes
the significant statement that the
wounded Turks captured by the Greeks
are frequently visited by the German
minister, who, however, fails to call
to inquire about the condition OF the
Greek wounded. In addition to the
wounded, he states that the Greek gov
ernment has to support the Cretian,
Epirusian and Thessalian refugees.
cat this moment" he adds, "the
Greeks of the Grecian kingdom have to
feed and help nearly 100000 and have
TO attend nearly 5000 wounded"