Evening star., 1923-09-26
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

NArlIALS GUESTS 4
1t takes a cool-headed Iayman. whAD
! confronted with situation that will
unquestionabfy- mean death to thou
sands OF helpless souls, to deIiber-
ately defy old-world conventions and
! with virtually no assistance issue an
| ultimatum to two European govern
| meRts and win out in the end
| Such a man is A X. Jennings. Y.
M C. A. secretary. who for the past
| fve years has been in the thick OF
Turkish troubles playing a promi-
| nent part in Smyrna during the flight
/ of the refugees following the disInte-
grafton OF the Greek lines. in 1922
Admiral Jennings, for such is he
] called by his friends in the near east,
is in Washington for short stay,
| and when seen in tow of William {
Knowles Cooper. scurrying through
the lobby of the Raleigh Hotel. moth
| ing would do but that he stop and
give brief account of his expert
ences in Turkey when the situation in
Smyrna set the whole world aghast.
| In brief. the Cleveland, n. Y, mans
story is this: Following the. order OF
1 Kemal Pasha that Christian rninori-s
! ties leave Turkey before September
30, or be deported into the interior.
CONSERVATION refgned among the
{. thousands of refugees left helpless in
the American section OF Smyrna after
the passing from Turkey OF the Greek
forces. With the sea in front of
| them and the Turks behind. quick
| action was necessary. On September
1 20 Jennings. with the sanction OF
Commander Halsey Powell. stationed
in Turkey at the time. personally en-
gagged an Italian ship and carried
jmore than 2,00O sufferers TO the Island
| OF Mitylena.- The Y. M. c. A. worker
went along, and on arriving at his
destination found about twenty Greek
vessels lying idle In the bay. Includ-
| ed among these was the old American
| Mississippi.
! Quick Communications by wireless
with Commander Powell secured for
Jennings authority to obtain the ves-
| sells IL possible to transport the re-
naming hordes of refugees. Both
the Greek and Turkish governments
! were Immediately reached, but owing
willing to allow the ships to enter
Turkish ports unless safety was
guaranteed by thes United States.
This was impossible. and while
Turkey had agreed to permit her
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Greek flag was not tlying. the
lsquabbIe Continued, until Jennings
finally wired the government of
Greece that unless permission was
told why refugees were not permitted
to evacuate. The last message had
its effect More than thirty Greek
vessels hurried to Smyrna, 100000
odd, half-starved Christians were
taken aboard and the day had been
4 saved.
Mr.. Jennings had nothing but
praise for those American naval
officers stationed in the near east
at the time, and spoke also in the
f, operation of the Red Cross and other
organizations associated with the
Y. NJ. c. A. on Admiral Brlstofs
emergency relief and Smyrna disaster
! been asked to return to his former post.
but is as yet undecided about his
future course.
One of the first foreign representa-
tivesrto arrive for the Worlds Dairy
! Congress Association, which con~enes
here October for a two-day session.
| is II. Jephcott of London, England, who
Is stopping at the Lee House.
Mr.. Jephcott comes in the interest
| of n large New Zealand concern.
/ which has its main Offices in the
| British capital. He said that he pur-
1 posely arrived sRFly in .order-t visit
| all points of interest in Washington,
a city he had long wished to see.
The Britisher stressed the Wonder-
full advances made by dairy products
| throughout the United Kingdom our
/ ing the past few years, and was most
\ optimistic over the future of the busi-
| ness i'm New Zealand.
y
| in his homeland, the tall Londoner
| characteristicalIy smiled and said.
| ''Id much rather have those in au-
thority 10 talk Of such matters, but on
the whole would say tnat ola sflta1h
1 was gradually pulling through.
To see a pretty girl, with bobbed
| hair. big blue eyes. pearly teetn' ana
| dressed in the latest fashion sitting
| alone in the lobby of hotel. and you
| garner enough nerve to approach her.
| Expecting ali the time to hear much
| about golf, moving pictures. fall
STYLES and the like, and learn tnat
! the uppermost thought on her mlnd
| is what decision the Interstate Com
merce Commission will render on the
railroad surcharge case, It's ratheT
| disconcertins. what?
Shopping around the lobby OF the
Hotel Powha tar the writer encoun-
| tered such a one, in the person OK
Miss Jane KeaIy OF ST. Louis, mem
/ her of the force of the Southwestern
iRaffroad Passenger Association, here
on a vacation after trip through
The young woman had her eyes
glued on the Interstate Commerce
Commission building. directly across
1.-THE street from the hotel, when asked
for a little expression. Il was Just
| thinking about the decision to ne
| given out shortly by the commls-
ision," said she. as she powdered hsr
pretty nose: You ,air KNOW, ",s,,, 1hs For ra the
extra charge. 1t meant. nothing to
the pullman Company. for the sur
charge goes to the carriers. The
moor old companies are always being
accused OF grabbing. but X you VIII
lIsten to me, this Is one time they
tarA iu justified They could make heaps
more by drawing their own ,coeches.
and DO hope the decision VIII be In
well, IL you hope it. Miss Really,
In feel sure II WILL" was the sooth-
ing response as a hurried exit was
made.
| All those in the house from Grand
Rapids, Mich, will please rise. The
ibig furniture town has doubled it's
population in the last twenty years
and business at present is greater
These gratifying figures. were gath
/ cred from DR., John r. Rogers. who.
with Mrs Rogers. Is on an extended
motor trip from their home in the
] Michigan city. to Washington and
/ noints north.