Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-01
100000 PEOPLE
F ACE DEATH IN
I He NEAR EAST
Refugees, Crazed by Hun
ger, Throw Themselves
Into the Sea: Situation Is
Said to Be Desperate.

Coustantinople, Sept 20 (Friday
by tt-E EAasociated Press)- Wireless
palfhes to the tmeriGST eni-
bassy and reports received by the
Associated Press from Smyrna,
saloniki, Rodosto and the islands
of Mitylene and Chois show that
thousands of refugees are in dan
ger of perishing if assistance does
not arrive promptly.
Conservative estimates place the
number of sufferers at 100000.
The Greek revolution has result
ed in utter administrative chaos
and complete breakdown or all
the normal processes OF life A
message from the American relief
workers on the island of Mitylene
says;
No Bread on the Island.
1.-THE situation is desperate. Ref
ugees, crazed by hunger, are throw
ing themselves into the sea. There
is no bread on the island. Rush
500 tons of flour Immediately.
Three Americans are struggling to
look after 10000 refugees. Thirty
thousand more are expected today
A wireless message from Com
mander Halsey Powell Of the
American destroyer Edsall at
Smyrna, says.
americans evacuated $1,000
(refugees) today. Total for two
days. $4,000. Between 10000 and
$4,000 are in the immediate vicin-
ity. Expect more ships tomorrow"
Messages from Rodosto say the
Greek troops there number 10000.
that they are undisciplned and
that the population is In consterna-
tion at the prospect Of n Turkish
invasion. Fifty thousand refugees
have been removed TO the interior
villages. but $4,000 remain. They
face grave food shortage, coupled
with an outbreak of typhoid fever
owing to the polluted water supply.
Thousands have left the city Of
Kavala and Saloniki. Two hos
pitals have been opened in Rodosto,
but their meager accommodations
are insufficient and there is a
pressing need for medicines.
At Saloniki the conditions are
deplorable The city has been in
ruins since the great fire in 1918
and affords little more shelter than
Smyrna. The local Greek admin
istration coufesses its inability 10
cope with the tremendous prob
lem presented by the presence Of
more than 100, COO refugees.
Refugees Arriving.
Additional refugees are arriving
here daily from Smyrna. the steam
ships Dotsch. Manhattan Island
and Casey bringing in total of
1900 in the last two days. Ameri-
can relief workers are vieing with
the British officers and civilians In
assisting 70 restore calm and al
leviating the misery OF the refu-
gees.
The American relief officials fear
that the $4,000 appropriated by
congress and the 100000 provided
by Great Britain will be wholly
Inadequate to feed the sufferers
and re-establish them In homes.
The announcement that the
American navy department is send
hHE q EfhbHt Oll u iNfiNt utSti ~ C y
TO re.aforce the eight destroyers
now irs the Near East was the most
welcoIre news received by the
Americans here since the beginning
OF tho present anxious situation.
The warships will not only pro-
vide additional protection for
American citizens and property,
but also enable Rear Admiral Bris-
tol 70 maintain ships for longer
periods at Rodosto. the islands of
MltyIene and Chios and other ref
ugeei centers and TO establish better
communications.