Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-18
TURK
ALSO VISITED
UPON GREEKS
NOT SATED BY SLAUGHTER AND
CRUELTY TO 700. 600 ARMEMIAMS
AND SvRlANS, He TURNS UPON
GREEK CHRISTIANS, TOO.

NEW 1Ohk. Oct. lS.-Not stated nv the
slaughter of thousands Of Armenians and
Syrians the Turk has also turned against
the Greek Christians in his dominions and
more than 100000 nave fallen a victim Il
persecution in the form of death. suffering
or deportation. II was declared here today
by Frank W. jackson of this city, chair
man of the Relief Committee for Greeks of
Asia Minor. lie said the real details of
these new Turkish atrocities were Just be-
ginning 10 leak out.
"The story of the Greek deportation j.
not yet generally known said Mr.. Jack
son. Quietly and gradually the same
treatment il being meted out 10 the Greeks
"a To the Armcnians. Although closely
guarded. certain echoes of these horrors
come ont from time 10 time.
There were some two or three million
Greeks in Asia Minor at the outbreak of
the war in 1914. subject to Turkish rule.
According TO the latest reliable and an-
thoritative accounts some seven or eight
hundred thousand have been dcported,
mainly from the coast regions into the in
terror Of Asia Minor.
"The Greeks of Asia Minor have always
been law-abidins and perfectly loyal to the
Turkish government. Under Abdul Hamid
they were well treated. but his successors
adopted a program Ia crush them.
AT the declaration of the present war
all prosecutions were stopped but the
spring of 1915 brought Ia the stage q
tragic . novel drama unique in the history
of the world a to it horrors and dcStrnc-
tivenes>. that j the Armenian deportation
under that innocent namo the extermina-
tion IF a Christian race was started.
".Alnn. with the .ArmcnianS most of the
Greek of the Mar,nora regions and Thracc
have been deported on the pretext that
they gave Information TO the enemy. Along
the Aegean coast Aivalik stands out ~ The
worst sufferer. According TO one repor,
some 10000 Greeks there have been de-
ported toward koria and beyond. At least
1000 have been slaughtered. The Greek
bishop of Aivalik committed suicide in de-
spair.
The latest account from Trezibond
49, ~ 'Nu~ tifii- INV Isttfh sea are
being emptied of their Greek population.
From Lyndon :. Crawford. missionary of
the American board at Trcbizord we have
a letter dated july 81. 1917. in which he
saws the following order came from Turk
lsh arruv headquarters AZ S~hciShehie: sBv
12:25 .Irlv let no Greek man over Is and
under 20 he fonnd in ordou. Send all
r..L - -. Al. ..
he. we will send further orders later
Mr.. Crawford also wrote: First LET ~
EXPIRE once more our thankfnlneS~ 10 God
for the ieliverance He has sent r. hv the
great. grand Russian army and people. We
are more md more appreriating what the
Russian have done for this region. I'm
mcdiaiclv after the Russian occupation ~
this province in April 1916. hundreds Of
Armc-ia"s hogan 10 come out Of their hid
ing Places
"Fr~T the Gr~rk minister 10 the United
State George Rcusses. I have y letter
dated september II. 1917. in which he
says:
"'B""tcd by the Germans. the Turk
have r"f INTO c~xccution and even organized
their wildnesS. They have decided to ex-
tcrInin"t. the Greek lcmnt which j. III
most '--,ertant and most numerous in
Asia Mrnr.
"Irisr nrricyt Of necessities Of wal
entire. nnpulationS have been deportcd
Memhc~- of families nave been separated
The old Tire men unfit for military service
and tie women. we're sent int othe interior
Of the country. abandoned without the
sliehtc help and exposed to AZ sorts OF
deprivrtions. The men fit for military
service we're taken BY force into the army
despite ne fact of having paid for exemp.
ton: some of the wealthicst nave been call
81 upon ~ nay this exemption fee three
times over
The Rcl'cf Committee for Greeks of Asia
Minor. Mr.. Jackson said. has been organ
lied for non political and purely hunani
tartan pnrprses and aims nj securin:
means 10 nd thc-c Greeks reduced by sud
den persecution ~ 4 state Of wants.