New-York tribune., 1922-11-13
,Iousands Struggle TO
sss,s Hoping TO Get
MI Before Limit Set
n the Evacuation Ends
Roals Available
For Only a Few
MIsnaent Weather Adds
i Suffering; Customs
aConstantinople Seized

nssTANTINoPLE, Nov. IL (By
hassociated i Press Reports reach
be city show that the entire
6aisn population of Sivas, in An
d snd Cesarea, in Konia, and other
n centers in Asia Minor are in
xssy flight toward the shores of the
3skrranean and the Black Sea. The
sslist authoities have mean while
auited the expectation of gold.
smsun, in the vilayet of Trebizond,
I de Black Sea, has 10000 of it's owl,
s;sees, and 10000 others are re-
sod headed for that port in quest
g,sios to take them out of the coun-
( Along every road and in every
.uptain pass are long winding
asnns of men, women and chill
IN. goading along sleepy oxen
ling wagonloads of their worldly
I'D, People are abandoning their
l.,.s farms and everything IN their
..,sr,ess to put the greatest possible
sst,bee between themselves and their
smal enemies-the Turks.
s.geYa hundred prominent Turkish
s,onages, including many palace and
swnment officials and q number OF
ss,uguished Arabs from Mesopotamia,
,,fpd for Alexandria to-aay. They
gsa eytorted to the pier under British
.s,,seslon. Kemalist police attempted
3 selsip the travellers, but British
s,.ss buried to their assistance at
Il risS Of clash, and the police
withdrew.
s,ss,sl hundred additional Turks
! grStt British protection will embark
on shs sfsss ayailable ship.
II, II addison to the 100000 Chris,
iilas ii Tie interior aud Gonstsnt5s
81 ssgss 9tss 80 600 Greeks, ArmenlaHs
4 al esae foreigners are forced out of
lie edaaYg, it is believed there will
VA aanpede of tremendous proper
tgssasailing endless misery and con-
lfsjsa. Already the best elements of
II Bdtish, French, American and
arsationalities have left Constan-
sss, and the paralysis in business
aE is Increasing.
CMstantinople may be likened to a
H. powder magazine, which the Brit.
d are striving in the face of growing
dfes't'es to keep from ignition. Gen
el Harrington is urging the home gov
ashent to hasten the peace conference
aihe best means of avoiding an open
,apture. He believes that if the Turks
an be held in leash until the Lau-
a1ne meeting begins the danger Of
lsssilities will be averted.
In consequence of the declaration
y the Angora government that Rus
lms were not welcome in CONSTANT
sple the League of Nations has begun
D. evacuation of 10000 Russians to
Mlgaria and Greece. This will re-
tsee Constantinople's Russian popuia-
hon to 5000.
The Near East Relief to-day sent the
ssssmship Belgravian to Samsun to be-
un the embarkation of 1900 Greek and
Armenian orphans who are fleeing the
country in consequence of the Angora
gsyernment's orders for the evacuation
q Anatolia in the next thirty days.
The Belgravian is in charge of John
= MaeNabb, of Washington. The
steamer is carrying a cargo of relief
Supplies. Relief ships also are being
dispatched to Mersine and Beirut,
winch aaye become the two other ex-
nemi.les Of the main lines Of fight in
Asia Minor.
Weather Increases Suffering
ne difficulties and inevitable hard
sllps Of this wholesale evacuation have
, S,en increased by inclement weather,
~ aslea Is bringing sickness or death to
ssa0tsands, James Crutcher. of Tusca-
n.s, n,.Isa, Ala, of the American Near East
:asaei, notified Constantinople by cour-
.s =. 'o-day that the waterfront at Sam
s .aa was crowded with nervous or ter
r,n. fssatea refugees waiting for boats. Mr..
ssnscher s;s states that the available ships
M. MI embark only 1000 persons. He
:, s,,',sYes q that not exceeding one-third
q. 'ae refugees will be able to leave
ss - country within the period set for
zen TO do 50 by the Turks. He there
is's Is making efforts to induce the
Mjt, ""'eh' 10 e@eeho tne slf'ie
r;ssp rspofss from other places in Asia
Ss say the Turkish military is with
Continued on na "A en,,y,s