Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-18
Runs st ''R,
Charred Bodies of Countless Victims Visible Turks Have Made No Attempt to Remove Them.

smyrna, Sept 1T (By ths A. P.l-I Srnyrna, which the Turks have called the eye of Asia, is a vast sepulchre of ashes; only the shattered walls of 25.- 0e0 homes and the charred bodies of countless victims remain to tell ths# story of death ands destruction, unexain- pied in modern history. inc ruins are still srnouldering like volcano which has spent it's fury no effort has been made by the Turks to remove the sdead i and dying; the streets are full of the bodies of those who sought to escape, 1 for ths most part women and children.
 Every building in the Armenian quar- ter has been burned, with the dead " ing about; the bay, which covers all area of fifty acres, still carries on is surface the poor remnants of those who were nassdeFed or sought to escape tIs ruthlessness of the foe.
 On the waterfront crouch thousands of survivors. who fear death in another form at the hands of the soldiery; there are no boats to take them off.
 One ship captain declined to take any of the. wretched sufferers. but, in con trast to his indifference. Captain Wal fters of the American steamer Winona l rescued 1900 and took them to Pitseus. American sailors of the destroyer Litch-
 
 the pier and carried them safely to Con stantinople. The jack tars slept on the iron decks or under torpedo tubes while the youngsters occupied their hunks. In all the acts of gallantry by the Arneri- leans at Smyrna there was none more
 inspiring than this.
 While the orphans were being loaded on. the Litchfeld. H. c. Jaequith, direc- . tor of near east relief, who came here
 recently from Constantinople, diverted ) the attention. of the Turkish guards
 giving them cigarettes and talking tt | them in their native tongue. These guards are under strictest orders not tc permit the escape of any of the Greek : Or Armenian refugees, and on severa
 occasions have shot to death fugitive. lendeavoring to reach outlying vessels 7o,
 swimming.
 Out of Soe,ooo Christians crowdlns the city prior to the descent of th, Turks. only 60,oo0 have been evacuated Ken1alist officials have informed ,h'
 American relief workers that the return ; of the Christians to the interior mean certain death.
 The director of the Armenian orpha1a
 age established by the American com nittee for relief in the near east com mitted suicide by drowning in the pres
 ence of Mir. Jacquith. Scores of other 3 killed themselves.
 Dr. Mclaughlin, president of til American college, was severely beatei ]. by Turkish irregulars and his clothe and money seized. He iinped with tn : aid of crutch from the suburb of Par :. adiz, seat of the college, and was take aboard the British dreadnaugllt Iro Duke. He Attributes his escape fror death to the fact that he can spea1
 Turkish and worked a ruse on tn
 Turks.
 E. N. Fisher and E. o. Jacob, direc ' tors of the '. NJ. C. A.. were held U
 and robbed by Turkish soldiers. ant :, when attempting to escape, were fire 4 upon. The shots, however. went wilt :, and they reached a place of safety, z A temporary American consulate l :, charge of Vice Consul Maynard l 7 Barnes has been established on a qua ? at the end of the town. The Stars an z Stripes is the only foreign flag asnore "a it is an inspiring sight amidst the ruir : and desolation. The Americans destro-
 CTS Lawrence, Edsall ad Simpson al II still here; their officers and crews ha, T been practically without sleep for Ii,
 days and are doing gallant work. IT
 only American property which escape
 destruction were the Standard c
 plant and two tobacco warehouses $ the outskirts of the city.
 The following Americans are remail le ing in Smyrna: Major Clafin, Davi Ia Dr. w. E. Post; G. B. Hulse; Chest $ Griswold Cass Read; R. J. Morema Fl c. J. Lawrence. S. L. Caldwell and of o. Jacob. to The following have left for consta 'h tinople: H. C. Jacquith. Constanti1
 Brown, Irving Thomas. Mark Prentic H. E. M. Fisher. F. M. Yantes, Mess1 t. Crave and JeIin, Miss E. A. Evon, Mi l. S. Corning and Miss Way.