THE NEAR EAST,

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1923, Page 3

THE NEAR EAST,

All .STUM.IAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION. SUFFERING GREEKS. LONDON, I'ch 11. The “Daily Telegraph's" I'mistanti nople correspondent tells an appalling story of sulferings of the Greeks wlm are being turned out of their homes on the Black Sea coast. Ten thousand me now at Scutari. Without warning tnese poor folk arc taken from farms, shops and homes, or seized in the .‘treat, or dragged from houses, ami bundled int » ships. SUFFERINGS OF GREEK DEPORTEES. LONDON, Fcbrnaiy 14. In regard to the Telegraph’s story of Greek sufferings, the deportees wore put aboard a ship with scarcely a tiling except what they were wearing and little bedding. They were dumped into barracks to await removal to Greece, this despite the fact that Greece has notified she cannot receive more deportees. She already has absorbed a million, and has no more room. Smallpox has broken out at Scutari. There arc three hundred cases in the Greek 'Hospital, which is full. The only assured supply of food is half a loaf of bread daily per head from the American Relief Association. The Greek Government has just presented a Note to the Turkish Government stating the expulsion of the people is contrary to the agreement reached at Lausanne. If the process continues the Greeks will immediately expel an equal number of Turks.