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September 15, 1922, Temperature 78.

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FLIGHT FROM SMYRNA,

TOWN IN FLAMES,

MASSACHE HORRORS DESCRIBED. —

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LONDON, September 15. Healer's Smyrna correspondent telegraphs from Malta where be bay arrived on board the British hos pital ship:

"When I left, the Turks were still pillaging and masearing. Hundreds of correes were lying in the streets of the town and outlying villages. Two large villages fives miles from Smytun were afre. The Turks were not making any attempts to reators order.

The British bad withdrawn all their patrols and guards. Several British housen kad been requisitioned

for Turkish Officers.

GREEK FOLLY.

Christians were placed in a terrible position owing to the highly reprehensible conduct of the Greek army in baring towns and villages in their retreat. Thousands of Greek refugees were lying, when I left, in lighters in port and on the breakwater in a pitiable condition with out food and water, though the British had given what assistance was possible.

"The raisin and big crops have been largely last and many British firms have been hard hit.”

TRADE DAMAGE ENORMOUS, ·

LONDON, September 15.

THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 2/6 11/16) Today's opening rate 2/6 11/16,

FLIGHT FROM SMYRNA.

MALTA, September 15. It is understood that rome 30 officers and men of the R. A. F. with five seaplanes have been ordered to Constantinople whither they are conveying the aircraftabip "Angus,'

ALLIES UNITED.

LONDON, September 15, Router learna that there is a complets understand- ing with France on the necessity of maintenance of neatrality in the whole of the demilitarised neutral zone along the Straits and that it has agreed to send a joint British, French and Italian intimation to Mustapha regarding the matter. Pending some permanent ar- rangement preparations are also being made to send reinforcements to the neutral zone to support the allied Bag in case of meusce by Mustapha.

CONFERENCE FAVOURED.

The British fleet is being instructed not to permit any troops to cross or transports to collect for the purpose of transporting Turkish troops to Europa. It is stated that the Rumanian and Juge Blavian Government view with gravest concern the prospect of a return of the Turks to Thrace. It is understood that the British Cabinet favours an early conference to discuss the position comprising not merely the principal allies and belligerents but also Rumania and Jugo-Slavia.

MUSTAPHA KEMAL'S THREAT.

LONDON, September 15.

It is pointed out that the terms reported to have been laid down by Mustapha in an interview at Smyrna, including Thrace as far as Maritza and Constantinople, A Greek semi-official message from Athens states aro merely reiteration of Angoro's well-known national that Americans who have arrived on board an American pact, though this time accompanied by the threat of a destroyer, including the consnl and his family, give | march on Constantinople with his army if the Allies terrifying details of the massacre at Smyrna which was refuse. The threat is not regarded very seriously in followed by a cozdagration alleged to have been wilfully view of the solidarity of the allies on the freedom of the caused by the Turks to efface traces of the massacres. Biraits and in respect of the neutral zone, though

When the Americans left the flames bad reached the precautionary measures are being taken. quaye and were, menacing the foreign consuktis, An American doctor estimates the victims of the liquessore

TWO MILES OF FIRE.

The Daily Mail's correspondent on board the "Iron

at a thousand. Many Christiane perished fo the flames, Duks” at Smyrns telegraphed on Thursday that the The damage to foreign trads has been colomal, altuntion of the surviving inhabitants is desperate. including destruction of American tobacco borses. Roughly some 100,000 people are imperilled. French and British shops, the French college sad He describes an unbroken wall of firs two miles by schools, several outlying Greek and Armerian villages, one, with jagged tongues rising hundreds of feet, and the and enburbs inhabited by Europeans were burnt down, desperation of the refugees.

REFUGEES' FLIGHT.

ROME, September 15. MALTA, September 15.

The fire was still raging at Smyrna, sécording to a Apparently the main ships of the Mediterranean telegram.despatched late on Thursday. Fleet are concentrating at Chanel whither Admiral Brock with the "Iron Duke" and other versels has proceeded from Smyrna.

A British hospital ship carrying 407 refugees, including 270 British subjects, has arrived here.

The majority of the refugees are respectable people. Many are necompanied by servante but have no money owing to precipitate flight necessitating leaving`all be: longings behind.

Two other steamships carrying nearly a thousand British refugees have left Smyrne.

PARIS, September 15. A message from Smyrna states that French ships have embarked 3,000 refugees.

GUILTY TURKS.

AMERICA'S REVENUE.

TARIFF BILL HITOA,

WASHINGTON, September 15.

A hitch at the last moment threatened to delay the progress of the new tariff bill which it is estimated will

raise $400,000,000,

A conference committee of both houses had agreed to the bill, but had inserted a daty on potash and an embargo on foreign dyes. This led to revolt of the Republican inembers of the House of Representatives who had previously rejected the dye embargo, whilo the potash duty was objected to by the agricultural members as likely to double the price of fertilisers. The. LONDON, September 16.

House of Representatives then returned the bill to the The Near Eastern qusition was the subject of a committee with instructions to eliminate the dye and specially summoned Cabinet meeting this afternoon potnah sentions, presided over by Mr. Lloyd George.

The committee has now free-listed potash bat The nows which has reached the Government imposed dye stoffe rates which compromise between regarding the burning of Smyrna go very far to con- these originally proposed by the House of Representa firm press accounts, although at present lacking in tives and Senate leaders. Both houses now hope that detail. It is stated that no direct evidence has hitherto the bill will be submitted for President Harding's signa been received but circumetantial evidence indicates pretture in a few days with a view to enforcement on ty conclusively who was the incendiary, namely that the October 1. fire was caused by the Turks.

It is considered safe to assume that from 500 to 600 British subjects, mostly Maltese, bava kren rendered hemalesa. No news bas yet been received of injury to British nobjects. All the Maites whose houses were burnid have been taken off. Authoritative quarters state that they see no reason to doubt there has been deliberate round up of the Armenian quarter at Smyr and that many Armenians have perished.

AMERICANS MISSING.

WARRINGTON, September 18.

Mr. Bristol, American Commissioner to Turkey, reporte fourteen naturalised Americans missing at Bmyrna.

SOVIET OFFICIALS ARRESTED.

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION ALLEGED.

RIGA, September 15.

the State Trade Department, including the Head, bave It is reported from Moscow that many officials of been arreated and charged with bribery and corruption.

QERMANY'S BELOIAN REPAK ÁTIONS. BRITISH BANK'S GUARANTEE WANTED.

PARIS, September 15.

The Matin's Berlin correspondent atates that the The commander of the destroyer lotilla has reported chairman of the Reichsbank intends to get the Bank of that the fire started on Wednesday afternoon in the England to undertake a 6-maithe guarantee for the American quarter. It was still raging when the deepatah payment to Belgium of 70,000,000 gold marke, while the was filed on Thursday afternoon. The warships are elchsbank undertakes to pay this to the Bank of Eug- orowded with refugees.

land in eighteen months. NEUTRAL ZONE..

Pants, Sej tember 15. Replying to a British note on the Straita pituation. Franco says she has ordered the French. High Com missioner at Constantinopla to co-oporate with bis British and Italian colleagues in advising the Angora govern-

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GERMANY'S FLIGHT, LABOUR INQUIRY.

BERLIN, September 13,

An International labour-delegation, comprising- ment that the Allies will expect the neutral zone to be British, Dutch, French, and American representatives, is : respected. L

Lat present in Berlin in order to study German political The note adds that this action does not prejudion Lund economic conditions.. The delegationfacred with conditions of fature pesca.

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