Evening star., 1922-10-20

AMERICANS FINISH
ANAT0L|AN INQUIRY
Turk Regime Found Func-
tioning WeII-Greek Suffer-
ings Slight.

| By the Associated Press
| MCDANlA, October 20.-The Amer
lean committee appointed by Admiral
Bristol several days ago to visit the
Anatolian war area returned here yes
terday after a weeks tour OF in
| vestigation and will make a formal
report to the admiral in CONSTANT
nople today. The committee consists
Of George Dennis of Hallowell. Me.
| representing the Near East Relief;
Maj. Charles Clafiin Davis Of Boston,
American Red Cross; Stanton Merrill,
Natchez Miss, United States Navy.
and Elizabeth Wilson. New York. of
! the American board of foreign mis-
| sions, and also Il medical member
In DIR. V. M. Wright of the Near East
| Relief
The committees purpose was ito
| examine into and Investigate condi-
! tions in the supposedly devastated
territory. to ascertain the number
Of refugees and Greek war prisoners
| homeless. and others needing relief
or medical care and the amount of
destruction"
Greek Prisoners Well Fed.
The committees report. prepared
by DR.. Wright, is featured by the
| statement that the Greek prisoners
| who were seen working on the roads
and elsewhere We're generally
treated respectfully by their guards,
and did not appear starved or under
nourished. Their uniforms were in
tatters and their morale seemed low"
Dr. Wright found the territory
! widely devastated, but in most sec
| tions sufficient buildings remained to
| house the present popula ton.
| although there was no acute suf-
ferinS or gruesome sights to be seen"
| he says. there is without doubt need
for medical supplies and great
need for food"
Reconstruction Work Begun.
This Is the first formal committee
OF neutral character which has been
permitted to study conditions in the
| territory controlled by the kemalists
| The members talked with many Greek
prisoners whom they met at random
| along the roads. They found them
! uncompianing of their treatment and
! receiving regular army rations.
| The kemalist authorities already
nave begun organizing the recon-
quered territories in an efficient way,
| said the committee members. and the
Greek prisoners are being utilized
| in the work of reconstructing the
| burned villages and devastated areas
| The committee gained the impress
| sion that the devastation was not so
widespread as heretofore supposed.
! being confined mainly to a narrow
belt. marking the retreat of the
Greek army. No burned villages
near the main roads. The investi-
gators saw no Greeks or Armenian
civilians in the area visited. except "A
few children in the American school
at Brusa. who were unharmed. They
found the Turkish Administered ton
functioning well and received fullest
cooperation from the local authori-
| ties in their work.
Confronted With Division.
| Nevertheless. the Chilean admin
I stration is confronted with strong
division in public sentiment which
Washington surrendered some of the
J nations rights and weakened Chile's
| position in asserting to the terms of
| the arbitration protocol.
! A majority in the senate having
responded to this sentiment by tack
ing on three reservations to the
protocol last Monday the amended
measure is now before the chamber
of deputies. where warm debate.
| similar to that in the senate has be
gun on 1t. Leadership Of the adminis-
| tration forces in the cha amber has been
! taken by the two Chilean delegates
| to the Washington conference. Luis
1zQuierdo and Carlos Aldunate, who
| spectively as premier and foreign
! minister. coincidentally with the SEN
| ate voting the reservations.
Defend or Fall.
| The program of the new premier. a s
announced by Senior Izquierdo. in the
chamber of deputies yesterday. is ito
defend the agreements arrived at in
Washington or fall with them" Ac-
Cording to parliamentary authorities.
the administration will win in the
contest if it can muster a two-thirds
ma jority in the chamber. The necss-
| Sary procedure would be the elimi-
nation of the senate reservations. for
which majority vote is sufficient.
whereupon the measure would be re-
turned to the senate.
! If the senate again voted in favor
| of the reservations. the measure
could be returned again to the cham
ber. which. by two-thirds majority.
again could eliminate them. There
upon the protocol would stand ap-
proved. Notwithstanding the vote of
the senate.