The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-17
FRENCH FORCE
IS SENT into
THRACE AREA
Grave Crisis is Caused
by Evacuation
tBy Associated Press,


Greek army. The movement of such
large number of French troops into
the capital of Thrace is interpreted
here as signifying that the allied COM
mand regards the disturbed state of
things as grave.
The despatch of these troops, though
ii is outside the terms of the Mudania
convention, was taken as precaution
in the much agitated situation. The
Nudania convention provided that the
allied mission take over the territory
after the evacuation of the Greek
army. The movement of the French
troops to Adrianople may result in a
protest from the Greeks.
ADRIANOPLE, Oct 17.-Thirty
thousand Greeks and Armenians have
passed from this city to the west since
Saturday and the road between here
and the Martha river is an unbroken
line of men, women and children with
oxcarts, cattle and camels.
Through steady downpour of rain
they are plodding doggedly toward
their unknown destinations, driven
forward by the nameless fear which
has gripped the whole populace of
Eastern Thrace since the govern
ment's bulletins were posted on Sat
urday announcing the terms of the
Mudania armistice, which provide for
occupation of the province by the
Turks within As days
The members of the allied missions
stationed here declare that the rapid
refugee exodus indicates that the
Turks upon their entry will find East
ern Thrace almost uninhabited.
The OpPcSiOD ba haaV nrda arIv hIlt
the misery of the refugees is already
extreme and pneumonia will claim
many victims if the present inclement
weather continues. The American in
charge of the little near east relief
soup kitchen at the railway junction
On the opposite side of the Martha de-
clared: I'm all my experience l never
imagined such a pitiable sight as the
march from Adrianople in the driving
rain. Every refugee arrives soaked
TO the skin with wagon load of bed
ding floating in water"
Perhaps never in the eighteen hun
dred years of it's stormy history, not
even in the days of the late Balkan
wars. has Adrianople witnessed such
scenes.
When, on Saturday. the Greek civil
authorities attempted to reassure the
people by stating that the Turkish
gendarmerie would not arrive for Is
days the Christian inhabitants simply
refused to believe them Nearly every
Christian family in Adrianople gather
ed up all they could carry, either on
their backs or on oxcarts and as soon
as possible were Off
Roads Are damned
Meanwhile from the countryside a
fYfafl lar Il. L..
road leading to the Martha is jammed
with humanity, cattle and wagons.
This whole flood converges upon a
single road as it approaches the Kara.
Catch bridge across the Martha
The refugees believe that if they
can reach Karagatch they will be safe
from the Turks. This small village.
which is just across the boundary, will
be in neutral territory until the peace
conference decides its fate.
Although the railway is moving a.
considerable number of refugees west.
ward from Karagatch, the station
there is becoming the center of vast
concentration camp. The rain has
flooded all parts of the village, fore
ing the refugees from the lowland into
new camping places in the higher
areas.
Cattle Drowned.
MANY cattle have been drowned by
the quickly rising Martha on the west
bank of which thousands of refugees
are encamped Groups of giant drom-
edaries belonging to the army have
been assigned to the duty of pullins
refugees carts from the mud banks
into higher and safer places.
Meanwhile Adrianople has taken on
the appearance of a deserted city.
with the shops and houses closed. The
Greek and Armenian priests remain
and are doing conspicuous work in
assisting the fleeting inhabitants.
Two troop trains leave daily for
western Thrace and there is no more
talk of resistance among the soldiers,
although they claim they could have
held uu the Turks at Chatalja with
three divisions and declare they are
only leaving because ordered TO do SO
with the allies.
The first French detachments of the
allied troops of occupation arrived yes
terday. Expressions of regret are
heard that the English are not coming
to Adrianople, having been assigned
to Rodosto.
Allied airplanes have flown over TIE
city at moderate height for the last
few days. apparently taking photo
graphs to show the orderly character
of the evacuation. One of the ayfators
who landed said he was under orders
to observe carefully whether there
was any evidence of burning villages;
thus far he had seen none.
ATHENS. Oct 1.-THE campaign
to make Greece a republic, launched
directly after the return from Paris OF
the new foreign minister Nicholas Po.
litis, prominent Venizelist has strongly
aroused the royalist newspapers. Nea
Aimera, declares that in its judgement
the Greek people will overwhelmingly
oppose the idea of republic at the
coming election and that at any rate.
they would distrust reublic presided
over by NJ. Venizales
IF the people accept a republican
regime" ii added I'VE will accept with |
out hesitation, but if they decide to
maintain the reign of constitutional
generarchy it will be the duty of the
republican advocates to retire definite
ly from political life"