Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-18
10000 PERSONS
MOVING OUT Of
EASTERN THRACE
Through a Steady Down
pour Of Rain They PIod
Toward an Unknown DeS-
tination to Escape Turks.


Adrianople, oct. II (by the AS
sociated Press) Thirty thousand
Greeks and Armcnians have passed
from this city TO the west since
Saturday and the road between
here and the MARTHA river Is an
unbroken line of men, women and
children with OK carts, cattle ana
camels.
Through steady downpour of
rain they are ploddtns toward
their unknown destinations, driven
forward by the namcless fear
which had gripped the whole pop
lllace of Eastern Thrace since the
governments bulletins were posted
on saturday. announcing the terms
Of the Mudania armistice. when
provides for occupation of the
province by the Turks within 10
days.
The members of the allied mis-
sions stationed here declare the
extent Of the refugee exodus in
dicates that the Turks upon their
entry will find Eastern Thrace
almost uninhabited.
Procession is Orderly.
The procession has been order
liz, but the misery Of the refugees
is already extreme, and pneu-
monia will claim many victims IL
the present Indictment weather con-
tinues. The American IN charge
OF the little Near East relief soup
kitchen at the railway junction on
the opposite side Of the Maritza
declared: I'm all my experience
| never imagined such a pitiaoie
sight as the march from Adrl-
anople in the driving rain. Every
refugee arrives soaked TO the SKIN
with wagon load of bedding
floating in water.
"Perhaps never in the 1900 years
of its stormy history not even in
the days of the late Balkan wars
had Adrianople witnessed such
scenes"
When. on Saturday, the Greek
civil authorities attempted to re-
assure the people by stating thal
the Turkish gendarmerie would not
arrive for 10 days, the Christian
inhabitants simply refused TO be-
lieye them. Nearly every Chris
tan in Adrianople gathered up an
they could carry, either on their
backs or on OK carts, ana as SOUL
as possible were off.
Roads damned With Humanity.
Meanwhile, from the country
side a similar exodus is under way
and every road leading to the Mar
itza Is damned with humanity, cat
tie and wagons. This whole iloou
converges upon single road as II
approaches the karagatch prluG'
across the Martha.
The refugees believe that II the9
can reach karagatch, they Will Ut
safe from the Turks. This SINAI
village, which is just across th'
boundary. will be in neutral ter
ritory until the peace conference
decides its fate.
Although the railway is moVlni
a considerable number Oh reiu
gees westward from karagatcI
The station there is becoming TN
center of vast concentration
camp. The rain has flooded a.
parts of the village.
Many Cattle Drowned.
MAnV IdNO bNNi Sh
by the quickly rising Martha, OF
the west bank of which thousand
of refugees are encamped. Group
of camels belonging to the arm
have been assigned 10 the duty o
pulling refugees carts from tn
mud banks into higher and saIe
places. al.
Meanwhile, Adrianople has tax
en- on the appearance or a &c
serted city, with the shops am
houses closed. The Greek ana Al
menian priests remain and are 40
ing conspicuous work in ASSISTING
the fleeing Inhabitants.
Troop Trains Leave Daily.
Two troop trains leave daily 10
Western Thrace, and there Is ~
more talk of resistance among IA
soldiers, although they boast the
could have held up the Turks a
Chatalia with three divisions an
declare they are only leaving be
cause ordered to do so by the al
lies.
The first French detachments 0
the allied troops OF occupation al
rived yesterday. Expressions OF -
greet are heard that the Ellglls
arc not coming to Adrianoplc, nav
ing been assigned to Rodosto.
Allied airplanes have flown owe
The city at a moderate height 10
The last few days, apparently tan
ing photographs to show the OF
Derby character of the evacuation
one OF the ayiators who lande
said he was under orders TO OF
serve carefully whether there wa
anv evidence of burning Villages