Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-19
Greece and Turkey Prepar-
ing TO Again Engage in
Bloody Conflict.
r URKISH OUTRAGES
The Driving OF l30,O0O Greeks From
Ottoman Empire and Determination
to Expel 2.JGD, 900 Others ArOuSeS
People Of Greece.

Athens, July 1S.--Tnt&eH since the
second Balkan war as drlsen lot, $50
Greeks from Asia Minor IL m's.
crucial manner. If SIZE PERSISTS IN
her determinatio Il tNnelllnS the ~
100000 Greeks still within hSr hord-
ers another sangnin.iry conflict IS
probaly unavoidalb :.
While the Greeks are LEAVING Their
homes in .Tu. usll 'ory against.
their will and s;re seeing their pos
sessions contis :a.ed I'LL the4 are
reduced to pen ny, simila' large
exodus of Turks IS taxing pace Ill
Macedonia and o:hed northern sec
tions now under the rule Of King
Constantine. But the Turks are laav-
ing of their own free will in anllcl-
patton of triumphant return under
the guard of Turkish bayoneiS.
Meanwhile on both sides war pre-
parations go on feverishly Despite
her improverish condition, Turkey is
carrying out greal naval progl am
Mescsers. Vickers of Barroy, EnglaG,
who are now completing tse Resha-
dien to the order of the Ottoman gov
eminent, have just received an order
for second battleship to be laid
down at once. The new craft is to be
larger than the Reshadieh. The lat
ter is :125 feet long, has a dlsplace-
ment of $4,000 tons and carries ten
13.5 inch guAs with a smaller bat
terry.
Another vessel designed for the
Turkish navy is being completed on
the Tyne. 1t is the Sultan Osman L.,
which was launched on behalf of
Brazil under the name of the Rio de
Janerio, but has since been purchas-
ed by Turkey for more than $12,O00,-
GOO. Orders have also been given for
the hullts of two scouts 20 be built
on the Tyne and the machinery at
Barrow.
American Directs Turks.
So anxious is the Turkish marine
minister to obtain his dreadnoughts
that he is willing to accept them
without trial. without cabins without
the final coating of paint and even
with one gun wanting.
by waving these conditions he will
SallI ICol WV anu lCSClNS
the battlships Oh August Or earlier
Ter.
The Turks are concentrating their
strength in the navy rather than the
army. The way to this was pointed
out by the Americans in the Turkish
service, Captain Ransford II. Buck
nam, who. with a single vessel, the
Hamadich, made several celebrated
raids in the course of the recent
wars, appearing suddenly at unpro-
tected points and doing great
amount of damage to the Turks enc
mics. 1t is expected that this capa-
BILE officer, who is known as Buck
nam Pasha in Constantinople, will
figure largely in the struggle that
threatens.
Greece Not Prepared. -,
Greece is making desperate efforts
to put herself in a posture of de-
fence, bat her means, even taking in
to account the effects on Turkey of
the two Balkan wars, are very small
compared to Turkeys recourses.
Undoubtedly her shrewdest move
was the purchase from the United
States OF the . batleships Mississippi
and Idaho, vessels in commission.
These two large crafts will soon be
in Crecian waters and ready to face
the new Turkish navy. That they
viii be able to meet the three Turk
ish dreadnaughts on anything like
equal grounds is doubtful but their
presence is giving some reinsurance
to Greece.
Greece is most anxious to keep the
peace. But it is believed generally
here that Turkey is resolved to en-
force her claims to the rights OF
the Aegean sea the moment her dread
naughts arrive. This moment is not
| far off.
The Hellenic government has push
ed forbearalce to extreme limits. The
houses vacated by the Moslen emf
grants from Macedonia were left un-
occupied until the influx Of Greek
refugees from Turkish territory
obliged the authorities to quarter
the homeless families there and even
this was only provisional measure
$4,000 Driven Out.
In the fortnight ending July p nc
fewer than $4,000 Hellenes have been
driven from their homes in Asia
minor, their movable property
plundered their houses and lands
handed over to Moslen immigrants
pnd themselves driven to the sea
cost without means of subsistence. In
the two previous months about $4,000
had been subjected to somilar treat.
ment and in all 100000 have beer
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