Evening star., 1922-09-30
Starving refugees
HURL SELVES IN SEA
Radio Reports From Greek
Islands Show Thousands
Are Facing Death.
SITUATION is DESPERATE
Sufferers Number 00,C00-Rev-
olution Plunges Administration
Into Chaos.
SITUATION is DESPERATE
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE. September 80.
Wireless dispatches to the Amer
lean embassy and reports received by
the Associated Press from Smyrna,
Saloniki. Rodosto and the islands of
Mitylene and Chios show that thou
sands of refugees are in danger OF
perishing if assistance does not ar
rive promptly.
Conservative estimates place the
number of sufferers at 100000. Ihe
Greek revolution has resulted III
utter administrative chaos and
complete break kdown of all the normal
processes of life. \ message from
the American relief workers on 'he
Island of Mitylene shys:
No Bread OH Island.
THE situation is desperate. Ref
urees. craZed by hunger, are throw
ing themselves into the sea. There
is no bread on the island. Rush sou
tons of flour Immediately. Three
Americans are struggling to look
after 100000 refugees. Thirty thou
sand more are expected today
A wireless message from COM
n,ander Halsey Powell of the Amer
lean destroyer EdSall, at smyrna
says: ooo ,.,,,o.s
Americans evacuated $1,000 refugees
TODAY, Total for two days. li.ooo be
tween 90 600 and 30. 600 are in the i'm
mediate vicinity. Expect more shipS To-
morrow"
Messages from Rodosto say the Greek
troops there number 10000. that they
are undisciplined and that the popula-
tion is in CONSERVATION at the prospect
of a Turkish invasion. Fifty thousand
refugees have been removed to the IN
terror villages, but $4,000 remain. iEey
face grave food shortage. coupteo
with an outbreak of typhoid fever, oW-
ing to the polluted water supply r."
Thousands Leaving City.
Thousands have left the city for
Kavala and Saloniki.
Two hospitals have been opened in
Rodosto, but their meager accommoda-
tions are insufficient and there is a
pressing need for medicines.
At Salonki the conditions are de-
plorable The city has been in ruins
since the great fire in 1918 and afords
little more shelter than Smyrna. The
local Greek administration conteSses It's
inability to cope with the tremendous
problem presented by the presence Of
more than 100000 refugees.
Additional refugees are arriving here
daily from Smyrna. the steamships
Dotsch, Manhattan Island and Casey
bringing in a total of $4,000 in the last
two days. American relief workers are
wing with the British officers and
civilians in assisting to restore calm and
alieviating the misery of the refugees,
The American relief officials fear that
the 100000 appropriated by Congress
and the 10000 provided by Great
Britain will be mholly inadequate tC
feed the sufferers and re-establish them
in homes.
The announcement that the American
Navy Department is sending squadron
tof twelve destroyers to reinforce the
eight destroyers noW in the near east
was the most welcome news received
by the Americans here since the be-
ginning of the present anxious situation.
The warships will not only provide
additional protection for American citi-
zens and property. but also enable Rear
Admiral Bristol to maintain ships for
longer periods at Robosto. the islands
of Mitylene and Chios and other refu-
gee centers. and to establish better
communications.