New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
Kelllal Asked to
Let Greek Ships
Save Refugees
if. s. Joins With Allied Off
GERS in Request, prelina-
mary to Concerted Ac-
t;on TO Relieve Situation
consulate is Relocated
ship Board Denies Its YES
sel Refused TO Take On
Sufferers From SMYRNA

vvs,a The iTtoane WQShtn0toN BuTeGH
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e.--The Allied
.ovsrnments have asked Mustarha Ke-
al leader OF the Turkish Nationalists.
8 rerrit Greek ships to enter Smyrna
) syacuate the 10000 refugees who
80 there, the State Department was
ssvtsed to-day in cablegram from
Admiral Bristol, American High Com
missioner at Constantinople. Action
~ this request, Admiral Bristol said.
was necessary before the Allies would
he prepared to join in any general plan
III relief measures, as suggested By
s.ss American government in dispatch
cent 10 Bristei and the American am
1assaaors at Paris and London last
veek after the burning of Smyrna.
IN his message Admiral Bristol con-
srred with the departments views
5lst he situation was clearly beyond
tie scope Of any private charity and
Sat joint action by the Allied govern
gents in the Near East was required.
fe recommended that the American
sviief operations be confined to Anatolia
ka assisting refugees during evacua-
Yse and expressed the hope that the
S:eek and Allied governments would
tsdertake the evacuation of the refu
gees and provide for them in places
,e which they were sent. He added
tkat the private relief work which has
been inauguratcd IL Smyrna and
Madania districts haa caused an
lmelioration of the conditions.
Powers Agree on Program
Admiral Bristol's cablegram said that
Captain Hepburn, of the American
destroyer Simpson, had conferred with
British. French and Italian naval Of
feers at Smyrna on aiding refugees.
and that all had agreed that an appeal
should he made to Kema to permit
Greek ships TO dock at the port to re-
move all non combatants. The message
added that the American consulate,
which was in the fire zone, had been
1s-establshed in suitable quarters, and
that Nice-C Consul Barnes would remain
there to give whatever assistance pos
sbls to any Americans remaining in
The city. The admirals message com
plimented Barnes for ms eEorts in the
emergency, and the State Department
eabled Barnes to take full charge Of
The American Consulate there.
The Shipping Board denied that the
government vessel Hog Island had de-
c!ined to take on refugees while at
Smyrna, as charged in a message re-
eelyed by he Near East Relief. On the
contrary. Chairman Lasker said, the
use Of the vessel was rendered to Amer
lean officials 4or relief purposes. The
Winona, another Shipping Board yes
sci, did remdye nearly two thousand
refugees from Smyrna after the con-
fygrasion.
The MESA he received in New York
yesterday by the Near East Relief from
II. c. Jaquitb, its managing director for
Anatolia, charged that the captain of
the Hog Island left Smyrna for Alexan-
dria without cargo at the outbreak Of
the fire, refusing to heed the entreaties
ef Americans to embark some of the
100000 refugees who lined the water
sdge for two miles, begging to be saved
from the flames.
Company Denies Charge
This charge was vehemently denied
~ Nl4dA lNE 4i0EAi ESOAs II amt Att0iHE~A
Of the Export Steamship Corporation,
70 which the vessel was chartered.
The Hog Island, according to the
compeny's report, arrived at Smyrna
oaseptember 9. and was unable to dis
charge 325 tons Of American cargo or
10 take on other cargo because of dis
order 1t remained in the harbor until
) p m. on September 13.
The destroyer Lichfield. according to
the message received by the Near East
Relief, has arrived at Constantinople
with five hundred Armenian orphans
from Smyrna. About six thousand
Christians out of one hundred thousand
already have been evacuated.
The American Tobacco Company esti-
mated its net loss in the fire at Smyrna
at about S250,000, based on cable in
formation received by Percy F. Hill,
president