The New York herald., 1922-10-01


Copyright, 1888, By THE New YouK finALD.
Now York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Sept. 80.
Arriving here to-day from CONSTANT
nople, where he has been assisting In
the Near East Relief Committees work
among the Smyrna refugees, the Meth
odist Bishop Cannon immediately sent
the following cable to Charles Il.
Hughes, the American Secretary of
State:
"You will recall that American
church bodies urged the State Depart
ment in July to take whatever steps
were necessary to protect Eastern Chris
tians A prompt and definite American
demand. supported il necessary by
American naval units present. would
probably have prevented and certainly
greatly minimized the Smyrna fires and
massacres.
Il believe Almighty God will hold the
Government responsible for inaction
while thousands were murdered and de-
ported. and for its failure to protect
against the heartless, brutal Kemalist
amouncemerc that all refugees not re-
moved by to-day, Saturday. will be de-
ported. which means that thousands
more will be added to the dead of the
previous Turkish deportation.
"Will not our Government realize its
opportunity and responsibility as a great
Christian nation, politically disinter-
ested. to demand that burnings, out
RACES and massacres cease, and thus
effectively prevent the probable repeti-
ton In Constantinople and Thrace of the
1915 Samsoun and Smyrna horrors?
believe the wide world would tremen-
dously approve.
"Shall America have the condemna-
tion Of Meroz? See Judges, ", twenty
third verse;"
1.-THE twenty-third verse of the fifth
chapter of Judges reads: Curse ye the
land OF Meroz," said the angel Of the
Lord; curse ye the inhabitants thereof,
because they came not to the help of
the Lord, to help his most valiant men."l
! Outrages Under American Guns.
Concerning his experiences in Con-
stantinople. Bishop Cannon said: Those
who have not been there and talked with
the refugees and our workers from
Smyrna cannot realize the situation
women with little children were shot
down by the Turks at the very doors
of some OF our hospitals; and, worse
than this, young girls were outraged by
fore the eyes of American sailors, with
American guns pointing at them but
not daring to fire.
Americans in the east were ashamed
that we we're put in this position. There
are now 10000 to 10000 Kemalists in
Constantinople. merely waiting for the
word to begin the same thing there.
The doors are practically chalked. The
warning to the city regarding fires Is
merely a warning of massacre.
'1 rode through Stamboul the night
that Italy and France withdrew their
forces. The people were in a frenzy,
cheering France and crying Down with
the English
"One has 20 talk with our workers in
Smyrna to get the real tale of horror
it's enough to make the whole world
rise up and tell the Turks they are not
lit TO negotiate with. Christian minor
tiles can no longer live in Anatolia, but
must be takon where the Turks cannot
get at them. the situation being worse
than 1t ever was before the war.
American influence Small.
1--WE have 10000 orphans on our hands
there alone, which American money must
support as a result of Turkish brutality.
If our Government were to announce that
it would not permit further burnings
and massacres. in the name OF humanity.
am confident the Turks would recog-
nize what was meant. But at present
our influence is small because they think
we will do nothing.
THE whole country from Constanti-
nople to far beyond Adrianopole is
filled with Greek refugees. fleeing from
the Turks. It will be impossible 10 get
many away from Smyrna. as the Turks
are not permitting many men between
the ages of 1s and 80 TO leave. but are
driving them In gangs into the interior
already on the excuse that they are
wanted TO work on the roads.
~ investigated carefully the murder
of the Greek Patriarch in Smyrna. The
fact was that he was called to a confer
ence with the Turkish commander and
set upon and murdered in cold blood as
he left the house.