The Washington times., 1922-10-08
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Karl Won Weigand Depicts
Horrors in Deportation OF
100000 People,
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males between eighteen and forty.
five. the military ages. The refu.
gees pass through three gates, the
gates OF hell where heartstrings
break and minds snap. The scenes
registered no actor or actress can
initiate.
I'm long lines the refugees are
herded through blocks Of Turkish
soldiers. who despite the vigilance OF
officers often thrust their hands
into the bosoms Of the women or lift
their skirts and feel their legs TO See
II they have money concealed. Jf
they find money they rob the women
Of it.
AT the first gate the women are
put through, being torn away from
husbands and sons. Many OF them
try to remain behind surreptitiously
or bribe a soldier to let them back.
only to find that they will be again
torn apart at the second or third
gate and that their sacrifice was in
vain.
THE men Of military age are be-
ing held back by the Turks. ostensi.
bly, to rebuild the regions devastated
by the retreating Greek army.
Scenes Of Horror.
II saw a woman approaching the
gate in the. great jam. She was
deeply bent and almost upon her
hands and knees. Al first glance
she gave the impression Of an old
woman, but close investigation
showed that she had just given birth
to child, which she was carrying
IN her hands. The vast jam was
forcing the painracked creature
along. American stretcher bearers
quickly jumped TO her aid. They
picked her up and laid the woman
DR.. Lovejoy. an American woman
physician. gave her medical atten-
tion. She was then carried TO a
steamer.
Two young women accompanied
two very aged ones. One OF the
latter suddenly drops and dies. The
two younger ones callously roll the
body, still warm, off the pier into
the sen. The other woman, seventy.
five, was abandoned and was later
found dying by American Trade
Commissioner Gillespie.
"A wildeyed. sobbing woman car
rying a bundle approaches a gate.
That woman Is carrying a dead
baby remarks an American sailor.
II was true. The light OF madness
was in her eyes and she fought like
a tigress when they attempted TO
take the body away. She Clung so
tightly TO her dead baby that DR.
Lovejoy said there was nothing so
do but to let her carry 1t aboard ship
and instruct the officers to try to
get II away during the night and
consign il to the sea.
There are terrible scenes as nus
bands and wives. children and their
fathers and mothers cling to the last
moment in embrace which often is
10 be their last. as there IL no regis
tration and none know where the
family is going or what may become
Of the husband and father who ere
held back.
hkSo
A crippled old woman. supported
by a thin, anaemic son carrying two
bundles, comes to the gate. 'Asile.
you don't CO. orders the Turkish Of.
ficer as he forces the son among the
crowd held back. The aged woman
throws herself upon her knees and
holds up her hands in supplication,
as she cries:
"'How can I support myself? l
cannot even walk and am old. As
you expect mercy from Allan be
nerciful 10 me. Give me my son.
Oh, Allah touch thy heart with
mercy. Allah will bless thee
The officer was visibly affected.
His face softeped and he turned to
tell the son he might accompany
his mother, when the latter In her
despair made fatal mistake.
Christ will bless thee. Three
times she mentioned Christ. a
Turkish soldier behind her ripped
out an oath. The face of the
her on. A soldier tenderly picked
the old woman up and carried her
up the gargplank.
"A Greek disguised as a woman
was quickly discovered AMI gave
the only touch Of comedy to a day
of sorrow"
American officers pay tribute to
the Turks that they try 10 be help.
full. Little brutality is shown and
there Is often great consideration
for the children and aged. But the
officers cannot wholly prevent the
plundering OF refugees.
Panic stricken crowds are fighting
to get first to the gates in fear of
being left. not infrequently resulting
in their being completely stripped Of
clothing in melees which often call
for force, say Americans.
Captain Rhodes. of one OF the
American destroyers, am informed,
was standing in the street when the
Turkish patrol took three prisoners
past.
American Leaps to Death.
See what they are doing to an
American" one Of them shouted. A
moment later he broke away from
the guard, jumped off the pier and
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