Evening star., 1922-09-16
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
LONDON, September 16.-Succeed-
ing dispatches from Constantinople,
Athens and other centers of informa-
tion in the near east only tend to
magnify the tale OF the tragedy in
Smyrna
The greater part of the city is in
ruin laid waste by contiagration
Of incendiary origin. and the flames.
according to the latest account. had
reached the waterfront, where the
quays We're crowded with fear
crazed Christian refugees. who fled
to the city as the nearest port of
escape from the Turks.
Many have thrown themselves into
the water rather than run the risk
of being burned alive or of facing
Mustapha Kemal Pasha's soldiery,
drunk with victory and fired with re-
ligious fanaticism.
Others have not had the chance to
, choose, according to dispatches from
Greek sources. which tell of horrible
tortures and mutiliations and whole
sale executions. Large numbers OF
Greek soldiers have beeHuecapitated,
they say. and others forced into sacks
and thrown into the sea. Legations
of having served in the Greek army
bring death to the Armenians. and
women and children are being put to
the sword.
Country Devastnted.
Estimates of the number killed
vary greatly. and the latest Athens
dispatch quotes an American relief
worker as declaring that up to
Thursday morning there had been
10000 victims 1t is thought this
figure may include the wounded also.
as previous reports placed the num-
ber of dead at from 1000 to 1000.
Landward from the city it is re-
ported that all the villages are burn
ing and that the whole countryside
has been devastated.
official dispatches received from
Smyrna today state that all the for
eign conSulateS We're destroyed by
the fire with the exception of those
of Spain, Belgium and Norway.
Meanwhile the Turkish forces in
the north have continueH their ad-
vance, and almost simultaneously
Panderma, on the Sea of Marmora.
comes the announcement that the
British fleet in the Dardanelles has
been ordered to prevent any attempt
to cross the straits. and that no ships
shall be allowed to concentrate for
movement toward Thrace.
Jugoslayia and Rumania are also
watching any move in this direction,
as they are opposed to the Turks
again securing foothold In Europe
While the Turks do not possess a
navy. they control a swarm of light
vessels, and have a call upon some
larger ships in the Black sea.
Russians Support Turks.
The Turks are not without support
in their European ambitions. The
Russo-Angora treaty is understood to
bind the Russians to cooperate with
Mustapha Kemal in the capture of the
Dardanelles in return for the freedom
of the Black sea, and the Moscow gov
ernment is reported to have prepared
for action all it's forces in the Cauca-
sian republics. and to be holding its
Black sea fleet in readiness. Russians
born in 1901. hitherto exempt from
service. have been called to the colors.
The British government is especial
ly concerned over the neutrality of
Constantinople and the straits. and it
is reported that the French and Ital-
ian troops are also under orders to
increase their vigilance in the neutral
zone. and that some have already been
landed at points hitherto unoccupied.
Fear Bulgarian Attack.
By the Associated Press.
BELGRADE. September 16.-Ru-
mania and Jugoslavia have completed
an exchange of views regarding the at
titude they will adopt in case the Bull
garians advance toward Saloniki, ac-
cording to the newspaper Politika.
Greece, the newspaper adds, again
has drawn the attention of the Belgrade
government to the Bulgarian military
preparations on the Greek frontier and
has asked Jugoslavia to support the
Greek viewpoint in regard to Thrace
All the Jugoslavian cabinet members
have been recalled to the capital in view
of the gravity of the situation and the
government has decided to participate
in the conference of powers to settle
the near eastern question.
American Women Safe.
BOSTON, September 16.-An wom-
an missionaries in Smyrna, with the
exception of Mrs. Alexander Mac
Lachlan, wife of the president of the
International College, are safe at
Athens, the American board of COM
missioners for foreign missions was
informed in cablegram received
here today from the Greek city.
The missionary men were still In
Smyrna. the message said. Mrs. Mac
Lachlan is believed to have remain
ed with her husband.
The dispatch. which was signed by
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