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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1922
Page
2
From Gibraltar for Constantinople ALTAR Sept 17 United News. North Staffordshire regiment men ordered eastward destination withheld officially. The regiment is being chosen to reinforce troops there.
Foster Stearns in Constantinople sends reassuring message to Boston parents. He notes the city is quiet and all is well at the American Legation where he serves as secretary. Family overjoyed by the dispatch and awaiting further details.
A fragment notes that the story The Tenth Mrs Tulkington by Ellis Parker Butler will be printed in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine. It mentions the legation secretary and his wife accompanying him.
Eyewitness account from Smyrna in Sept 47 portrays Armenian quarter burned, thousands dead and fleeing survivors on the waterfront. American ships rescued hundreds. Turkish guards impede action. Describes American relief efforts, captains, and local danger amid ongoing evacuations.
Allied forces dig in around Chanak at the Dardanelles entrance as reinforcements loom. Turks may seek negotiations first, but unrest looms with armed agitators stirring Thrace and threats to Greece. Varla near Smyrna reported in flames signaling potential fear and wider destruction.
Athens reports an urgent appeal is prepared by the government to all civilized nations protesting the atrocious acts by the Turks in Iyrna. The message emphasizes condemnation and calls for international attention to the alleged crimes and their impact.
Premier Hughes cabled Lloyd George that Australia stands ready to join Britain in any necessary action to protect Gallipoli. Troops will be sent if required, following a London request for aid against the Turkish menace in the Near East.
Turkish Nationalist leader Mustapha Kemal Pasha told Sir Harry Lamb in Smyrna that Greek forces in European Turkey must leave. Kemal said Turkey aims no fight with Britain, but Britain blocks Turkey’s free development. He urged recognition of the Ankara pact and return of Thrace to Turkey.
Constantinople Sept 17 The Angora government informs Allies that if any Greek army unit attempts to retreat across the neutral zones of the Dardanelles the Kemalists will disregard the fortifications and pursue the Greeks into international territory The Greek military mission has left Constantinople.
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