The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
Thousands Haze Begun Trek
of Misery in the Near East
,o1p FAMILIES IN GREECE
I'M TURKEY MUST BEGIN
-,pr IN STRANGE LANDS.
rvruANCING OF POPULATIONS

Accomplish Greatest Movement Mr' in in
A History With Little Trouble, But
man Women and Children Suffer
Many Privations and Hardships'
4be Near East today families are
- norooted and torn from their
6elns W neiphbors and surroundings,
O a driven to lands entirely strange
o'U .,.m Greeks are forcibly being
"a into Greece, but the land is
strange 10 them Turks are being sent
H. herds into Turkey, land many OF
hem never has seen,
Trading Minority Populations.
Greece and Turkey are going about
h.. Greatest moving task in the history
!. 4 +be world. They are trading minori-
oopnlations. A million and half
NAN women and children are being
rn+ IN new homes amid strange sur
s[onrd;nps. Already 100000 OF them
have been moved, and the suffering
md oriyations that have resulted fare
Utmost beyond realization. -.
q Creeks who have lived i'll Turkey all
heir lives, and now may own bust
ness or farm and have hosts OF
Friends must go to Greece to live.
HWitb the Turks it is the same. They
mnst move out OF the places into
8wbjch their lives and pursuits have
been cast since their birth.
The gigantic swap is in charge OF
nixed commission appointed by the
sIreqk government. the Turkish gov
Eminent. and the League OF Nations.
#Tbe American committee in the Near
|aFsst while it does not have an actual
+. bart in the movement, is doing what
can to ease the suffering among the
thousands who are on the march.
Thus far there has been little trou-
he but the work is not yet hall done.
koendid cooperation between the
.Eireek and Turk governments and the
eague Of Nations has kept the move
nent continuing smoothly forward, ac-
kording to economic experts who are
keepng close watch on the situation.
8 There are no material difficulties IN
he way OF the exchange OF popula-
lion; it is the population itself which
suffering.
Turks Face Hard Task.
As the thousands OF strangers,
Strangers despite the fact that they are
Turkish origin, pour into Turkey
be CQnstantinoplc government is fac
Big hard task-that of trying to
nake its new citizens contented under
ondtions which are the cause OF much
ault finding.
The government provides the refu-
fees with as much land as they Will
rOmiSc to cultivate, RENTS taxes tor
I've years, and, if the immigrants are
mnlless, provides them with seeds
md farming implements. The wander
rs still are not satisfied, however, be
auSc Of the great difference IN CHI
patio conditions Many OF them do
ot thrive in Turkey.
Greece appears to be better off than
Turkey at present. Greeks expelled
rom Turkey are pouring into the
ountry and taking charge of the TO
acco fields and olive groves as quick
as the Moslem owners leave them
nd start on their journey to Turkey.
In Turkey much OF the land devas-
ated by the war with Greece, is idle
nd barren. Greece suffers no such ca
Fmlty Its fields are being worked
eguarly and most of the new people
pear to be contented.
Virtually the only trouble that has
nSen thus far is with vandals among
immigrants Both Turkey and
P'eece have to deal with this problem.
Some OF the new arrivals, rather
Ian md farms or homes and business
themselves, invade other premises
10 take possession.
Being Paid for Losses.
IN turkey the families which must
10 Greece and in Greece the fami-
= which are beginning the trek into
mEey are being paid for the per-
3asI property which they leave be-
au In many instances, however, this
'tlent IS slow, and much privation
the result
some lew immigrants, on the other
rua, have given up all and are fol
wing the dusty roads of the Near
Ssr as sheep follow their leader.
, Jyy worked and saved for years, f.
Sa, accomplishing something which
II! lett would benefit their families,
N.Y. NY 10 have their few luxuries torn
g ~ their possession.
nv, MI through the Near East there is a
o m OF discomfort, not that which
}, t'u iead to fighting and war, but
IN, VI people struck dumb by the
mat has come into their lives.