The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-11-20

01erS pass on the way TO guard tnt
different French Institutions. / fol
low it and l reach the bank, where my
family was in great anxiety, thinking
/ had been killed. There we had mo
ments of agony, terror and despera
ton. AT the eHtrance of Agia Photin
were placed Turkish guards, not let
ting anyone come out. In the same
killed in the most barbarous way
after they had pulled out one by one
the hairs of his beard. The shots are
as many as if it were a time of great
battle.
PiIIaged Day and Night.
1.-THE shops under the bank are
broker and pillaged day and night.
You must know, sister, that the mar
tial law was proclaimed, but that was
only for the Christians, you under
stand. The Turks were left unmo-
Tested in their terrible work of mas
sacre and pillage.
Il remained in the bank four days.
What l saw at this time was terrible,
fncOnceivable. I saw Turkish civil
ians b~arefooted, killing Armenians
and Greeks only because they did not
stop at their first order. From the
first night means of agony and terror
were heard from the Perivolo Of Agia
Photini that was under the banks
windows. 1t was the screams Of the
poor refugees whose husbands had
been taken away to massacre. The
Turks entered the Perivolo at night
and after rObbing the wretched wOm-
en- of their scant belongings satisfied
their animal and barbarous instincts
on them. Those four days were like
twenty years to me and they were
forty mortal wounds to my heart.
Four whole days the poor Greek refu-
gees did not taste food. The Turkish
soldiers sold them 25 drains of bread
for half a lire.
ION the fourth day 1 decided to
take my family to a safer shelter. AS
l am connected with the Standard
Commercial Trading corporation, I de-
cided to take shelter in it's warehouse.
On the 18th of September 1 leave the
bank as the Turkish guard would not
let me stay any more, and 1 was
afraid that it was going to be discov-
cred that I served In the Greek army.
On the same day great flames COW
cred the horizon. 1t was September
10, 3:3O p. M. In the Perivolo Of the
Armenian church were gathered about
$500 men, women and children.
Armed Turks surrounded the whole
block and fire was started from the
four corners Of the church. Means
and screams of terror were heard for
and the smell of burning human
flesh filled the atmosphere. The fire
spread through all the Armenian quar-
ter; at the same. time fires started In
different points of Smyrna.
Turks, after they have pillaged all
The Greek and Armenian houses and
ships, + now burning the city of
Smyrna after they burned K~oukloudka,
The ~devOuring element helped by the
strong wind continues its destructive
work. No human power can stop 1t.
Dur sweet, beautiful Smyrna, our
[onian Bride is burned by the Turks,
whom the French call civilized = The I
Ire engines protect only the Turkish
quarters, which are not touched.
Million People in Streets.
1.-THE fire continues. I, with my
am shut up in the Standard.
But there is a fear that we are going
be burned alive n the director
'rders the building to be evacuated
Yearly one million people are in the
streets. The flames surround us. For
unately the wind changes and the fire
pares our shelter of the Standard
corporation. / decide to re-
urn to it, but how? The Turkish
.uard, taking advantage Of the alb
ence of the director, sells entrance
or 25 lire a person.
'There is an order Of Renal by /;
departure is not allowed to men I
rom seventeen to f%orty-fve. I belong 7
the class1 The Turks run around t
for the Christians. They ar {
est all the men and take them away f
he h1artyrdom they suffer is ter t
Ific. On September % the Turkish s
uard OF the corporation betrayed our
iding place and the Turks came and !
altered every man In the warehouse, =
lyself included. I presented an Eng =
paper of no value that / had in
" pocket, telling the brute who n
aught me that / was an American r
tizen and that was my passport. He p
it and let me go.
Through a French certificate that T
brother-in-law possessed / was +
Die to embark on a French boat with z
y family for Syria, to which the boat = y
as bound. There we were not &C '
,pted as refugees and they Sent us
Tinos. Now I am writing to you
on board the boat going to Pr 9,
leus, where I go to get work. 1 do y
It know what became of father and :
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