The New York herald., 1922-09-25
GREEKS ASK WORLD
TO END HOLOCAUST
Unredeemed Hellenes Address
Plea Also to Pope to Stop
Pillage of Smyrna.
.AIMED AT CHRISTIANS
Say Turks Carry On Work Of
determination Under Shadow
of Allied Guns.
'AIMED AT CHRISTIANS

ATHENS. Sept. 24.--An appeal to ali
the world, and especially TO the great
power of the Pope of Rome. against
the atrocities in Smyrna-"The organ
ized general massacres. plunder and
| incendiarism now In full swing In the
city of smyrna. under the very eyes
OF the powerful fleets of the great
Powers"-has been issued by the Cen
tral Committee OF the Unredeemed
Hellenes, whose president is NJ Had
jiosnnous and secretary NJ. Hudaver-
doglu. with many prominent men as
members.
The massacres are declared to be
aimed at the entire Christian popula-
tion, Greek and Armenian, as we'll as
against the non-Turkish Moslem popu-
lations. following upon the retreat of
the Greek army.
I'VE lay our protest before the areop-
agus of the nations constituting the civ
ilized world" says the committee. The
Aegean Sea. that secular vehicle OF so
many interests and Ideals of civilization
and progress. is tarnished by the blood
OF thousands OF innocent, peaceful hui
man beings. whose lamentations and
cries Of distress have been unable to pro-
woke the immediate and effective inter
vention of the fleets Of the Christian
States anchored in the harbor Of Smyrna.
That eminently Christian city that had
flourished through her commerce and in
dustry is no more. she Is bathing in
torrents of blood.
Let the civilized world witness and
duly stigmatize this horrible catastrophe.
this flagrant negation Of the rights OF
people. which Christian European d.
plomacy has countcnanced and fostered.
II has failed to prevent the sanguinary
Turk from perpetuating under the very
shadows of the guns of its own fleets
that sinister and internal work of eX-
termination OF an entire civilized people
In the historic cradle which X founded
and developed by its labors and it's civ
lization or forty centuries
This unspeakablc crime perpetrated
against the dictates of humanity. against
social order and world peace. opens the
gates to anarchy and Is an incentive TO
Moslem fanaticism against the very
great Powers in their respective do
minions
I'm these dire circumstances we APP
peal TO all the civilized world for
prompt and effective Intervention we
appeal 20 all the progressive peoples OF
the universe. to all the churches that
bad been the repositories of the sacred
rights Of mankind we appeal to the
thinking and working classes of both
hemispheres TO all the institutions and
organizations that have for their OBJ
ject the safeguarding of human rights
TO all the neutral states, TO the ortho-
dox Balkan States, TO the League OF
Nations.
we appeal TO His Holiness. head OF
the universal Church OF Rome to the
great Powers, the de jure protectors OF
the Christian nations OF the Near East.
I'VE address n supreme appeal In the
name OF human solidarity. We are
massacred and butchered like sheep by
organized and disciplined fiende, who
are aided and abetted by Mustapha
Kemai and HIS acolytes.
LET the human conscience Of nations
be aroused Let Il bestir itself to Inn
pose upon the allied governments the
imperative duty OF their coming at once
20 the aid Of the sufferers and survivors,
who are anxiously looking forward 70
the powerful OF the earth for rescue.
Unless this be done now n confiagration
viii surely cnsue which will embrace
the whole Of Europe and thus place
Occidental civilization at the mercy Of
non progressive and retrograde races.