The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-03
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TURKS ARa 'ExTERNnNATYNG
POPULATION OF ASIA. ....a..
s-;sn MINOR. .sgo6.,
The Latest Massacre II Fully as Hor-
riblc ~ That OF The Butchcry Of
tho Armcnians.

. the slaughter OF hundreds OF thou
sands Of Armenians and Syrians. ths
Turk has also turned against the
, Geek Christians In his dominions and
moro than. 100000 have fallen vic
tim to persecution In the form OF
, dnsth. suffering or deportation, II
was declared here today by Frank W.
jackson. OF this city. chairman OF the
Relief Committee for Greeks OF Asia
Minor. He said the real details Of
thee new TurkIsh atrocities were just
.beginning to leak out.
The story OF the Greek deporta-
tion is not yet generally known" said
Mr.. Jackson. Quietly and gradually
the same treatment Is being metel
out TO the Greeks as to the Armeri-
ians.. Although closely guarded. cei.-
tain echoes OF these horrors come out
from time to time.
''fhere were some two or three mil
licn Greeks I'm Asia Minor at the out
break Of the war In 1914, subject 10
Turkish rule. According to the la
est reliable and authoritative at
counts some seven to eight hun
dred thousand have been deportei.
mainly from the coast regions into
che .ipterior. Of Asia Minor.
The Greeks OF Asia Minor have
siwnys been law-abiding and perfect
" loyal TO the Turkish government.
undeS Atdui Hamid they were woll
rsascd. hut his successors adopted a
program to crush them.
AT tho declaration of the present
war all prosecutions were stopped bat.
the spring OF 1915 brought to the
stage tragic. novel drama unique in
the history OF the world as to its hor-
fors and destructiveness. that is the
Armenian deportation; under that in
nocent name the determination of a
Christian race was started.
"AlonE with the Armenians mca
of the Greeks OF the Marmora regions
ana Thrsce have been deported on the
pretcxt that they gave information to
The enemy. Along the Aegean coast
Aivalik stands out as the worst suf-
fsrer. According to one report some
10000 Greeks there have been de-
ported toward Koria and beyond. AT
least 1000 have been slaughtered.
Tho Greek Bishop OF A,vaiik commit
ted suicide In despair.
Tho latest account from Trebizond
ehows the towns along the Black Sea |
are being emptied OF their Greek
population. From Lyndon s. Cra,v-
ford. missionary OF the Americ,.n
Board at Trebizond we have a letter
dated July "a. 1917. in which ne says
the following order came from Turk
ish Army headquarters at sheishehie:
BY f2.25 July let no Greek man over
rs and under SO be found In Ordou.
Send all such on into the interior. As
for the families, we will send further
orders later
Mr.. Crawford also wrote: First
let us express once more our thank
fuiness to God for the deliverance He
has sent US by tho great. grand Rus
sian army and people. We are more
and more appreciating what the Rus
slams have done for this region. I'm
mediately after the Russian occupa-
tion OF this province IN April. 1916.
hundreds OF Armenians began to
come out Of their hiding places.
From the Greek Minister to the
united States. Georges Rousses. 1
have a letter September 21. 1917, in
which he says:
Backed by the. Germans. tho
Turks have put into execution and
even organized their wildness. They
have decided to exterminate the
Greek element which Is the most i'm
portant and most numerous In Asia
Minor.
Under pretext OF necessities Of
war entire populations have been
deported. Members OF families have
been separated. The old. the men
unat for military service and the wo-
men. were sent into the interior Of
the country. abandoned without the
slightest help and exposed to all sorts
OF deprivations. The men fit for mil
itary service were taken by force
into the army despite the fact OF hav-
Ing paid for exemptions; some OF the
weaithiest have even been called on
to pay this exemption fee three times
over
The Relief Committee for Greeks
of Asia Minor. Mr.. Jackson said. has
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