The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-09-23
STOP TURK ADVANCE
ON C0NS7AN7lNOPLE.
Smyrna Laid in Waste and
Christians Murdered by
Turk Hordes.

London.-Great Britain has inter
vened to block the threatened attempt
/ Of the Turks to regain Constantinople
and re-establish their empire in Eu
rope.
| The cabinet ordered the Mediterran
can fleet to take whatever steps are
necessary to prevent the kemallst
troops from concentrating and moving
across the straits to the European side
where they could menace the city.
Five seaplanes and thirty flying of
ficers were sent from Malta for recon
noitering work.
The cabinets action was taken fol
lowing long session, at which the
whole Near Eastern situation and its
countless complications were thorough
ly discussed 1t followed closely upon
dispatches quoting Mustapha Renal
as declaring that he intended to take
ConStantinople, even if it meant fight
ing Great Britain. Reinforcements are
being rushed by other nations as well
as Great Britain.
The cabinet also decided that a joint
note should be drawn up with France
and Italy If those nations are agree
able, notifying Renal that they will
not tolerate any violation of the neu-
trail zone.
Meantime the cabinet proposed that
all allied warships in the vicinity of
the Dardanelles should be instructed
to prevent any attempt by the Turks
to cross the straits. or even to mobilize
transports for such crossing.
The victims at Smyrna number thou
sands, says a dispatch to the London
Times from Athens, quoting John Ma
nola of the American relief committee
as it's authority.
Smyrna has virtually ceased to ex-
list, says the dispatch. The whole
town. with the exception of the
Turkish quarters and a few houses
near the Nassamba railroad station
has been Quilted by the conflagration
1.-The extent of the awful tragedy
was only properly realized Saturday
when the American steamship Winona
arrived at Pireaus with 1900 refugees,
mainly Greeks and Armenians
THE Winona left Smyrna Thursday
The American captain declares his last
vision of the town was a mass of
flames, while the cries and screams
Of the terrified Christians crowding
the quay only few yards from the
burning buildings were audible when
the ship was mile away.
1.-THE waters of the harbors were
full OF bodies of persons drowned or
shot by the Turks while trying to
reach the ships.
Some of the corpses had been hor-
ribly mangled by the propellers.
1.-The quay side was still thronged
with dense crowds of all classes await
ing q chance to escape. Explosions
were still occurring in the interior of
the city, and it is presumed the Turks
used incendiary bombs"
The Greek official news agency. in
a statement Saturday at Athens. tells
Of the horrors reported from Smyrna.
including the massacre of soldiers and
OF the populace; of soldiers being de-
capitated and others placed In sacks
and thrown into the sea; OF women
and children being dispatched with
swords in the hands of the Turks, and
the execution of Greeks and Armen-
ians for having allegedly served in
the Greek army.
1.-THE tragedy of Smyrna" says the
statement, has caused profound con.
sternation at Athens. Most Of the
appear with black borders.
The stores were closed Friday for two
hours as signal of mourning.
MANY Greek soldiers who were I'M
able to embark were cruelty killed.
One American reports having seen the
bodies of many Greek soldiers with
out heads. Some of the decapitated
men were tied to posts. Other soldiers
were sewn into sacks and thrown into
the sea- great number of Armen-
ians and Greeks were shot in masses.
1.-THE details of the savagery of the
Turks passes all imagination. An
American woman is said to have seen
the bodies of women who had been
and their eyes bored
out, and of children who had been kill
ed by sword thrusts through their
bodies. The scenes recall the butch
cries of Constatinople in 1853, when