New Britain herald., 1922-09-23

waterfront Suddenly "a volley of snots came from windows, housetops and other places capable of conceal Ing Turkish rifiemen. The entire party was literally moved down Men, women and children were shot and killed without regard for nationality. Investigation was immediately start ed The Greeks took over every fort and barracks and those found to be in any way connected were arrested and punished Much unrest was started by this episode and things did not be- come quiet for e long time,
 City of smyrna.
 Smyrnia was one of the greatest commerca ports in the world. She was noted for exports, such as figs rugs and the famous meerschaum pipes. Practically every mineral is to be found in that region, and even oil wells have been discovered When MT Johnson visited the city exporta- ton was practically at a standstill but business in the stores of the city was being carried on as usual.
 The waterfront was the boulevard Of the town, and every afternoon from four o'clock until we'll into the even ing the walk was crowded with peo- pie dressed in their very best, who walked along enjoying the sea air and, at intervals, stopped at coffee houses for refreshment.
 Was City of 100000.
 Of a city that formerly housed 2eo,ooo people, all that now remains is the Turkish section and the south ern part of the town. Mir. Johnson judges by the newspaper reports smyrna was not very well fortified, as was true of much of the country on that front.
 People do not know as much about the Near East and that front during the war as they do about the western front. and naturally do not realize conditions there. That DOT ton of the world was the scene of some of the hardest fighting during the war. and also the scene of the greatest suffering. Many stories are told of the cruelty of the Turks and of the tortures which prisoners were subjected to. An English secret serv- ice man told of some Greek prison CTS whose ears were cut off by the Turks and then given back to them. They were told to return to their lines, with the threat. "We'll do the same to your officers If we get them" The prisoners who fell into the hands of the Turks were. as a general rule, tortured or crippled so Al ! L. o{ f,,r ther military duty and then sent back to their own forces. as the Turks did not want to support them.
 Served In Dardanelles.
 Mir. Johnson spent seven months on a submarine chaser patrolling the straits between the Mediterranean and the Adriatic seas. He stopped at Nagarn fort, the strongest and largest ir the Dardanelles. While there he saw a giant searchlight mounted on fiat car. It was nearly twenty feet in height and of German make.
 He also stopped at one of the ports, where a large force of English sol diers was stationed. At this place the English were gathering ammunition, guns and other articles used by the enemy. These weapons were taken apart and the separate pieces shipped to other ports, so that they could never be used again.
 Conditions Bad
 Nearly every Grecian island in the Mediterranean sea was visited by the submarine chaser. At Khois where many of the Smyrna refugees had flocked, conditions were extremely had. The people were just barely surviving. They ate everything they could get, and they were dressed in old bags and pieces of rugs-in fact anything that could by any stretch of the imagination be worn as cloth ing.