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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1022. 40 At the Scene of Fire and Massacre in Smyrna AMERICA TO GUARD NEAR EAST RIGHTS, PROTECT CITIZENS POINCARE CONFERS WITH JUGOSLAV KING ON TURKISH MENACE mi. i.

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C. ii.umwrrmmA iVHTIHt ii w.i,,s. nv n.i.iri.nni- irv" ri I 1 I i 1 1 I II!" 1 45 i i a llicy vainly tried to rrpulc (he Turks). Stamboullwsky, the Bulgarian Premier, told the correspondent today before leaving for Geneva. He declared that even if his government had any such Intentions It could not caiy them out because Bulgaria's a rmy 'consists Of only 7,000 volunteers.

Whatever advantages Bulgaria sought in Thrace she would seek by peaceful means and exemplary conduct, the Premier added. Kovlet Clad of Turks' Victory. Riga, Latvia, Sept. IB (By the Associated Press? M. Karakhan, Russian Soviet Deputy Foreign Commissar, has sent a lengthy reply to a note sent the Soviets by Lord Balfour, acting British Foreign Secretary, says a dispatch from Moscow today.

The reply stales that Russia recognizes only the agreement between Turkey and So let Uu-'isia. regarding the Dardanelles and the. Bosphortis. concluded in Moscow in 1H21, allowing free, passage to ships of ell nations for commercial purposes only. Russia, the reply declares, insists that only the interests of countries In the neighborhood of the Black Sea.

should be considered, and that more distant countries have no right to interfere. Watching Turkish Developments Closely-600 U. S. Refugees Land in Greece. Washington, Sept.

1 fi i Rv the Associated Press) The Near Eastern sit uation resulting from the disaster at Smyrna, is being watched with closest Interest by Goxernment officials, al though it uas i mphiislzed that the United States Is not Involved In the Issues beyond caring for Its citizens and their Interests in the war-swept zone. Official circles emphasize that, al though the Unlled States Is naturally interested in the freedom of the Straits. It lias not taken any. part In any of the territorial or boundary set tlements In (lie Near East -has not been at war Turkes, not Is it a parly to the negotiation which re sulted in the signature of the pence treaty at Sevres in August. IIU'ii.

It It is understood that the American Gov ernment has assumed no commit ments mid entered Into no understanding which will Involve It In any way In the territory reud.lusl mots which may result from the apparent success of the I movement, and the Turkish of Smyrna. The American High Commissioner to Turkey, Admiral Bristol, has no diplomatic, status. His duties in Constantinople are to protect Amcrl- aii intercuts In general. It Is asserted that iilthoucb United States has not taken part In the territorial settlement lurKey. noi entered into any commltmenls which would involve it in mi)' way, at the present time, this does not mean that the Government is prepared to aban don the interests of Its citizens In thai country whether of a philanthropic or of a commercial character.

These in- terests, it was pointed out, would nnl-urally he affected by the final determination in regard to the freedom of the Straits and the discussions of this question, therefore, are being followed keenly in Washington. Meanwhile the KUflerings of Ameri cans in Smyrna, or elsewhere In the territory swept by the Turko-Greek hostilities la sutllclent.lv alarming to have drawn. ninny agencies here into the effort to furnish emergency relief. A summary of official Information In dicates that the American colony in Smyrna alone consisted nf 200 or more persons of whom from HO to 110 were native-born American doing business in that oitv. The latter were employed largely In the offices of American com- panics doing buslnrtsr.

Smyrna. Lands American Refugees. Arrival yesterday of the American destroyer Edsall at Salontkl with fi00 destitute refugi es from Smyrna was reported in Slate Department advlc.es today from eland Morris, American Consul nl Salonika, ''(instil Morrs said Ihe local a nl liorlties assured him of shelter and food for 8.000 refugee-) but clothing, lilankela and milk for children were lacking. The advices said that lliotisands rjf other refugees were expected at Sa-lonlkl and relief workers were vltiillj needed. Emergency relief supplies for Ihe refugees already arrived, it was said, had been furnished by Consul Morriti from the stores of the Near East relief.

It was explained loday at the department that, the majority of the K00 at Saloniki were believed to be Americans, either native born or natur-piizerl. It was estimated that the Government would have to deal with at least 500 American refugees. The great majority of the 750 refugees accounted for, department officials believed, were naturalized Americans living and doing business on a permanent basis in Smyrna and vicinity. They were understood to have lost every means of livelihood nnd to be suffering for want, of food nnd riot bins. British Hero Says Allies Must Make Peace With Turk 1 k' i)sT iv 4 Jen GEN.

SIR CHARLES TOVNStND mA tinople is the biggest strategical political blunder ever made. It is one thing have the guns of your fleet, trained upon the Sultan's palace. It i-i iifr another business to occupy the capitdl city. When I got the news of the Allied lanrlincr I was Hie nnlnt sailing on the Adriatic for Anievici, left the ship and told Lord Loos and the government of the mistak they were committing. Tn.i' mistake has already borne as fruit a bo bo uui (iit-rtiif- ill mem ciiu ii don't get out now.

and pretty quick, run the risk of a greater and Adrianople an-Turkish by rlcht. would be folly give them, the whole of Thrace and believe that with reasonable negotia-fions Kemal will easily accept the old frontier of Adrianople and the Marit- The talk about exacting repara- n. tjiimii any fiom Germany, and of claim bold hold swav. Molrimmrdanism through. out the world is too dependent unoa INDUCES Humphreys' Number "Forty" Induces Repose, and Natural.

Refreshing Sleep. Tor Insomnia, Sleeplessness, Wakefulness. No Nareoiic, No Dope. niu nn, nn rrcTlpl nf prl All t'ni'j St'r nt ir i I 1 1 i 1 Pon lhimnhrp llniwn Mirll. ln rvi llilain siirt.

erk ll Fr-. Humphreys' "Seventy seven" breaks up olds 1 hat hanp on. Sold by dealers from Canada to Cape Horn. HARDING MAY GIVE BONUS POCKET VETO tint limed I'niin Page davs of an adjournment nn falls to rtceive the ppproval or dls-aimi'oval of the President befnrn th adjournment automatically dies with Ihe end of the session. This Is known as pocket veto, fin the other hand.

If Ihe session of ('(incress falls to expire within ten days and the President, lakes no action on a measure before Ii till, such a measure Is considerd unproved by him at Ihe end of the ten days. The question of adjournment ii now ill Ihe air about the Capitol, and It stilted authoritatively lhat 'ongres will clear lis desk and go home bv next Saturday. Therefore the survival of the bonus nnd the matter of adjournment have iinvv become nnione Republican House leaders closely Inlerlocked There is some talk of keeping the House In session In order to take action In rase of 'HI I i I Wl. Hi lilt' IIIMIMM. 1111 Ml Ilie Senate there la n.

different sentiment. The leaders there are desirous of putting the Imnns out of by departure from Washington as soon HH possible. For this reason they urge the President to withhold hlH' direct veto long enough to allow them to finish up their pending affairs an! shut up shop before the 10-day period, thereby making his pocket veto effective. The argument for Hie pocket veto runs like this: ity allowing the bonun to die under the nndrnltfin Mia tfl- 'la rule, candidates will he able to go back to the polls, declaring that they voted the soldlu's a gratuity and at the same time ftronely supported th Harding Administration. lf a.

direct veto were employed by the President II would mean Ihe return of the bill to Coacrcss and a clash between thn President and the legislative body. Such action coming Just before thin elect Ion would. It is held, have a. very damaging political effect, upon Republican candidates. The question of the passage of Ihe bill over the President's veto Is being considered seriously at.

this stage of the proceedings by leaders In Congress. In the Houss It Is admitted that two-thirds majority to override the fOxecutive'a disapproval could be quickly mastered. But in the Senate a poll shows that Ihe opposing forces are more, closely balanced. I'ligbly-elglit Senators, a. survey shows, have, already committed themselves for and against the, bonus.

Of Ihesn are In fa.vor of and are' opposed to the present bill. Therft are eight, absent Senators who have not yet declared themselves. Jf all. 96 Senators were on the floor for a reconsideration of the bonus, following ii veto. members would he needed to sustain the President.

However, If only Ihe SS Senators already ac-counti'd for were again called upon for a bonus veto, it, would require 30 to block an overriding of the President's approval. This Is one less than the known number of Senators opposing the bill. The element of chance enters the speculation with the possibility of drawing this single extra vote from the list of eight Senators who have nade no bonus declaration. Likewise factors of absence on the day of the vote and possible shifts of certain Republicans who originally favoring the bonus would under veto conditions vote against It to uphold their President, would play Importantly in the final verdict on the measure. And in Ihe meantime the Democrats will maneuver in every possible way to keep Congress in session beyonl the 10-day period and force a direct vole.

In pressing open clash on the bonus between Mr. Harding and the legislative body 4hey visualize ci-eat political advantages. Such n. dhioord on the bonus issue thev would point to in their coming campaigns fis the final climax in a series of dls-pereemco's betwren the President, and his t'ongresA'. The next move In this intricalo bonus will be made at the White.

it be h. direct veto Or a vClr, a clnle- mate FOI ICE SEEK GIRL, 16, MISSJNG TWO YEARS A mystery which remains Jii'st aa dark and. unfathomable ns It did nearly two years; ago was revived yesterday when Mrs. n. Booth of 11' West 108th st Manhattan, asked the, po'ice to send out a.

general alarm for her da lighter, Georglana Alice, P.orth. missing since Nov. 26, A confidential alarm was sent out, for the girl after her disappearance and a long and exhaustive search waa. taken up by the police on the. one hand and by Mrs.

Booth and her sons. Harry, 20. and Raymond, 18, on the other, but the quest has been fruitless. The singular fact about the case is the length of time which has elapsed between the girl's disappearance and the sending out of the new alarm. Th girl was 14 hen she dropped out of sight, and since then no word from hfr has penetrated the dark veil which shrouds her whereabouts The day trace was lopt of her she left the home or Mrs.

dinning, 322 17th where she had been boarding, raying that she waa going to Prospect Park to take sonn pictures. Mrs. Booth was then in Detroit and arrangements had been made to have the girl go to the Michigan city to spend the Christmas holidays with her. At the time of her disappearance her parents, both con-nected with the stage, had been estranged. Mrs.

sajs t.iai sr. a is related by marriage to the famous theatrb Hi family of that pame. Mrs. Booth made it plain th-nt if the girl will at ence communicate with Mrs. Booth's fattier, it.

Bellmore, L. the family will be uverjnvfd lo get in touch and that hr long ab.vnee will in w.iv affect the welcome awaiting her. The girl was attractive. She hid blond hair, blue eyes and weighed, about 110 pounds when she Little Entente to Give Allies United Support in Barring Kemal's Advance. (By 'the Associated Press.) Paris, Sept.

16 Premier Poincare and King Alexander' of Jugoslavia conferred for two hours and half this afternoon, during which time the Greco-Turkish situation and the possibility of the Turkish Nationalists regaining a foothold in Europe were considered in great detail. The interview took place at the hotel where the King and the most important members of his Cabinet are staying incognito. The conference began at luncheon and lasted until 3 o'clock. The greatest importance is attached to it in view of the alarm displayed by the Balkan States over the Turkish design on what formerly was part of Turkey in Europe. The Jugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr.

Ninchltch, after the King's conference with M. Poincare, at which he. was present, said to the Associated Press that the crossing of Turkish Nationalist troops from the Asiatic, to the European side of the straits would be regarded as a most dangerous development. "Serbia is watching the situation closely," he went on, "and although'as yet we haven't taken any military measures we have 'informed France and England that. Serbia would be greatly alarmed by the reappearance of Turkish rule in Thrace.

We are on friendly terms with Turkey, but such a move would seriously disturb the situation in our part of Europe. "I am going to London Monday and will see Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Curzon and inform them of the attitude of my country. It is not yet determined whether Serbia is to be represented in the forthcoming near east peace c6nference, but it is not improbable." Shortly after M. Poincare's departure, Ahmed Ferid Bey, the Angora representative at Paris, called on Foreign Minister Ninchltch and the.

King and explained the position of the Nationalist Government. Ahmed Ferid is believed to have informed M. Ninchltch that the return of the Turks to Thrace would not in any way endanger the. Balkan country. M.

Ninchltch replied by stating that the country would look upon Turkish occupation at Thrace as a move of the. deepest concern to the Serbian Government. Lord Hardlnge, the British ambassador at Paris, was also in conference with the Jugoslav Foreign Minister and King Alexander and is reported to have informed them that Great Britain is keenly on the, alert to protect the interests of the Balkans, as well as its own, In the near east-King Alexander is planning to go to Rome for a few days to confer with the Italian officials on the Turkish crisis, but. will return to Paris officially at the end of the month for his bride, who is remaining here. QUEENS BUSSES DEFY COURT WRIT; WHALEN RIPS RIVAL TRACKS Whitestone Line Resumes Operations and City Orders Trolley Connection With Bridge Sev ered.

Although an injunction on Friday evening slopped the operation of busses in the Whitestone and College Point sections of Queens, the lines were in full operation again yesterday afternoon. No ono could be found to assume, authority for the order to resume operation, and no one had heard that the injunction had been lifted. The resumed operation after a numbor of indignant citizens had taken a vigorous appeal to City Hall and had protested angrily against the suspension of the. service. The first line to resume was between the Whitestone and the Alburtis ave elevated station of the Corona line.

This line had enjoyed the heavioft patronage and its suspension was loudly denounced as an outrage. It was pointed out that while the bus line enabled people of Whitestone to rofch Manhattan for a dime, a nickel 'in the bus and nickel on the road, cost of transportation became 47 cents because of the necessity of using the Long Island Railroad as thtre are no lines of the New York Q' eens Railway running to Whitestjno. Rips Up Tracks. About the time the busses started running, Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures, an nounced that he had ordered his men to rip up the -ails leading from 3d Manhattan, to the Queensboro Bridge, so the "traction ring" will no longer have the benefit of feeding the Queens lines with the equipment of the 3d ave.

railway system, of which S. Huff, one of the receivers the Queens lines, Is president. "The next step that will bo taken by me," said Mr. Whalen, "will be to compel the ''telnway Railway Company to pay a toll to the city for every car operated over the Queensboro Bridge. If this vesults in the withdrawal of the cars, we will at once supply busses.

"As the result of the separation of the New York and Queens County Railway Company and the Steinway Raffway Company, the operation of the (ar lines of the two companies had been put under separate management. The receivers of the Stein-way Railway Company of Long Islund City are. operating the Dutch Kills lines, the Steinway line to Riker ave. and the lines on Jackson, ave. to Woodside.

across the Queensboro Bridge and its approaches. A physical connection exists between the 5Sth st. approach to the bridge and the tracks of the 3d ave. railroad system on 69th St. This connection has enabled the Third Avenue Railroad Company to send its equipment over the bridge' and operate its cars in the place of the cars formerly used by the New York and Queens County Railway Company, I have ordered the connection ripped up so that the romrany will in no way receive any assistance from the city in their drive on the public for double and triple I fa res.

"This morning I inquired of the counsel of the railroad company what the reasons were for stopping the Corona-Flushing-Whitestone bus line. He very frankly responded that the New York and Queens County Railway Company wanted the additional nlekel that would be forthcoming from the pockets of the public as a direct result of Judge Callaghan's order stopping the five-cent bus service between Corona and Whitestone." Townsend Says Allies Must Leave Constantinople Or Precipitate Holy War N. Y. CENTRAL FAILS TO MEET TERMS OF SHOP STRIKERS (Continued From Page 1.) have with other employees had been Completed. Philadelphia, Sept.

1 6 Representatives of the firemen and enginemen of the Pennsylvania Railroad will meet with officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad here next JiVonday to resume conferences on a new working agreement begun in New "York this week, announcement was made today. Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 16 General chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors have signed working agreements with officials of the Lehigh Valley System and the Pennsylvania Lines, (5. Lee, president of the trainmen, announced here The agreement signed on the Pennsylvania by the conductors covers the entire system while that signed by the trainmen is for lines east of Pittsburg and Erie.

Toledo, 16 Agreement between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and its striking shopmen in Toledo has been reached md a large number of the 300 machinists, car repairmen, blacksmiths and other mechanics employed in the local shops will resume Tvprk Monday, it was announced at union headquarters here today. Louisville, Sept. 16 Efforts of officials of the Federated Shops Crafts and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to effect a settlement of the shopmen's strike at a conference here today failed when the road officials refused to accept the terms of the War-field-Wlllard-Jewel agreement. Baltimore, Sept. 16 Announcement was made today at the office of S.

Davies Warfield, president ef the Searboard Air Line, that the greement has been signed' by the railroad and the men for the spttle-ment of the strike, as adopted in Baltimore and approved by the policy committee of the railway employees department, American Federation of Labor. Norfolk. Sept. 16 Seaboard Air Line Railroad officials and sho-p crafts union representatives this afternoon adopted the Warfield-Willard-Jewell agreement rqr settlement or the shopmen's arrangements were begun for having the men return to work Monday morning. 1 Atlanta, Sept.

16 Notices were posted in the Southern Railway shops notifying the employees that the conference today between Southern officials and representatives of the Federated Shop had failed to result in an agreement, it. was learned here. Washington, Sept. 16 Demand by union leaders that all men taken on during the strike be dlscsif-rged immediately upon return of strikers to their Jobs was understood to have broken up a conference here today between Southern Railway officials and general shop craft chairmen. RUSTON AND POLICE PLAN CLEANUP OF POISON RUM PLACES Arrangements with the police for raids on places suspected of selling poisonous hooch in various sections of Brooklyn will be completed by District' Attorney Huston and Assistant District Attorney Marshal Snyder tomorrow.

Mr. Snyder will work In close co-operation with the police to make the. raids as thorough as possible. It was also learned that the police are glad that Ruston has taken the whip hand and decided on drastic measures. It was said yesterday that Mr.

Ruston intends "to strike while the iron is hot," and that the first series of raids will take place on Wednesday. That the distribution of poisonous liquor has become widespread was broughtout yesterday, when it lecame known that one of the leading attorneys of Brooklyn, with a suite of offices on Court fell a victim of "whisky." This attorney took two drinks of what he was told was liquor brought in from Canada. He became ill- and was taken to his home, and during the night his condition grew worse. The next day a physician was called and he told the attorney that he had been poisoned by the liquor. The lawyer was confined to his bed for three days.

JEWELER ATTACKED IN STORE BY GUNMEN Morris Greenberg, 50. jeweler at S614 20th was badly beaten over the head with a mandolin yesterday afternoon by two men who entered his store and asked to look at mandolins. While the musical- Instruments were being exhibited one of the men whipped out a gun and said: "Hold up your hands. If you move I'll Kill you!" The men then forced Greenberg into the back room and beat him over the head with the ma.ncenn until his screams ordugnt assistance. The men escaped in a large black touring car standing at a nearby corner.

They were described as foreigners, about 5 feet 4 inches and weighing about 140 pounds. Nothing was stolen from the shop and th police are of the opinion' that no holdup was attempted, the assault being merely the result of an altercation. Crreen'berg was so seriously beaten that was necessary for eight stitches to te taken in his scalp. (1) Miss tlran Christie, general secretary of tlio, M. A.

in poKrtPiI to bo sticking liy her wist, alrllns the refugees, in tlio midst of the flaiiiins town. (2) (irock troops, later driven from the blazing city hy the Turks, drawn up on the quay at Smyrna. The IJ. S. Destrovrr Simpson which took aboard and carried 130 Americans to Athens and safety.

(4) A V. M. C. A. typewrit Iii'k class, supervised by Miss hristie, ami sliow-InK the type of girls said to he have been carried off by the Turks.

(3) Tlic point at the Smyrna quay BRITAIN PREPARES FOR WAR ON TURKS; ALLIES RUSH FORCES (Continued From PuR'e 1.) hiediafe conference with the Turks. to effect peace The British Government's policy, as authoritatively outlined this afternoon is as follows: The British Government has adopted the attitude that the effective and permanent freedom of the Dardanelles is a vital necessity, for the sake of which it Is prepared to make, exertions, it was authoritatively stated this a ternoon. The British government insists that the Straits affect British interests. European interests and world Interests of the first order. Satisfaction is expressed that the British vleww are shared by France and Italy, whl'-h are the other two great Powers principally concerned.

The British and French governments have Instructed their high commissioners at Constantinople to notify Mustapha Kemal and the Angora Government that the neutral zones established the flags- of the three great Powers must be respected. Great Britain maintains, however, that it would be futile and dangerous In view Of the excited mood and extravagant claims of the Kemalists to trust simply to diplomatic action. To Use Force If IVccessary. It is further maintained that an adequate force must be available to guard the freedom of the Straits and to defend the deep-water line between Europe and Asia against, violent and hostile Turkish It is announced that Great Britain intends to reinforce, immediately, and if necessary to a considerable extent, the trooiis at the disposal of General Harrington, the, British commander at: Constantinople. Orders have been given to the British Fleet in me Mediterrean to oppose, by every means any infraction of the neutral zones by the Turks or any attempt by them to cross to the European shore.

The British Government is addressing itself to Rumania. Jugoslavia tnd Greece with a view to these Balkan Powers taking part in the effective defense of the neutral zone. Great Britain also has invited her dominions to be represented by contingents in the defense of the interests for which they have already made enormous sacrifices. The British Government holds that if the Allies were, driven from Constantinople by the forces of Mustapha Kemal Pasha it would be an event of the most disastrous character, producing far-reaching reactions not only tbroiiffhont all the Moslem countries. but throughout all the states defeated in the late war, wno wouia De profoundly encouraged by the spectacle of the undreamed-of successes which have attended the efforts of the comparatively weak Turkish forces.

Fears Result In Balkans. Moreover, the reappearance of the. victorious Turk on the European shore would, it. is held, provoke a situation of the gravest character throughout the Balkans and very likely lead to bloodshed ion a large scale in regions already cruelly devastated. The British Government maintains that it.

is the duty of the Allies of the late war to prevent this great danger and secure order and peaceful co'rfc, ditions in and around the Straits, thus allowing a conference to conduct its deliberations with dignity and efficiency and so reach a permanent settlement. It is pointed out as clear that the other Allied Powers of the Balkan Peninsula are also vitally artectect strnnzulRtion of the Straits. 1 lie union of Turkey and Bulgaria would be productive of deadly consequences to Serbia in particular and Jugoslavia as a whole, it is argued, while the whole trade of the Danube flowing into the Black Sea is likewise subject, to strangulation if the Straits are closed. The engagement of- Greek interests in these issues is also pointed to as self-evident. i British Forces Intrench.

Constantinople. Sept. 16. 3:30 p.m. fhy the Associated Pressl ish forces, with neavy artillery, have been lardorf at strategic points in the Dardanelles, prepared for any eventuality.

The British forces which landed are throwing up intrenchments. Further contingents are on the way. Confidence that they can check any Kemallst effort to seize the historic waterway was expressed In British quarters today. i Gen. Shuttleworth, who is in com- where hundreds of dead and dying Greek soldiers were swept Into the sea mand.

will soon be reinforced French and Italian battalions. The British officials 'are confident the Allied fleet and land forces ran hold Constantinople all odds. Briton Confers With Kcnial Sir Harry Lamb, the British High Commissioner at Smyrna, is conferring with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish Nationalist chief, at Cordelio, where King Constantine. of Greece made his home while on the Smyrna front. The conference, was over the political, military and refugees situations.

M. Sterghladis, who was Greek High Commissioner in Smyrna before that, city fell before the. Turks, arrived in Constantinople today. He was met by a. hostile crowd of Greeks, who shouted: "Traitor! You disarmed the Greeks and supplier! the Turks with ammunition." M.

Sterghlndis was guarded by Allied po(ice and hurriedly took passage on 'a. Itumaniiin steamer, which Is proceeding to Constunaa. Smyrna Wiped Out. Smyrna, Sept. Hi (By the Associated Press) Smyrna no longer exists.

The tire, which has been raging for three days with unabated fury has swept the city and is extending to the suburbs. Only blackening masonry and a small vestige of the Turkish quarter remain. Death and indescribable misery permeate among in the crazed population. Six lone American relief workers are attempting the superhuman task of ministering to the dead and dying. No other country has yet coniP forward to relieve the suffering.

All lie patients crowded in hospitals, numbering not less than a thousand, have been burned to death. All relief cupplies sent, from Constantinople by the American relief nr-eanizntions were destroyed by the fire. MaJ. Ciaflin Davis of the American Red Cross and H. C.

Jaquith of the Near East relief are bending ajl their ef forts to evacuate the Christians as the only means of saving them, but are handicapped by lack of vessels Bands of Turks are heartlessly killing the helpless Christians and the whole city is in the throes of terror. Rescue work among the ruins is proceeding slowly, the Kemalists leaving the fire to their fate. Bluejackets Rescue Huvdreils. The catastrophe is so vast that only the collective efforts of the Allied nations can cope with it. When the tiro was at its worst, the American destroy-' ers Lawrence and Litchfield were almost swamped by thousands of maddened survivors who plunged into the water in the darkness of night nnd swam out to the vessels, imploring piteously to be saved.

The American bluejackets rescued hundreds from drowning. The American sailors ashore were obliged to hold off great crowds at the point of bayonets in order to keep thetn from the frail destroyers. The flag was hoisted on the quay' and the bluejackets went among the panic, stricken people picking out those with American citizenship papers. The American flag was like, a 'beacon of hope; hundreds that could speak only a few words of 'English claimed to have been in the United States, hut could show no satisfactory proof. Others said they had relatives in New York, Chicago.

San Francisco and other American cities. The Americans, were forced to turn a deaf ear to these appeals. The big-hearted bluejackets were overcome with emo t.ion at the distressing scenes and did their best to comfort the terrorized women and children, even giving up their own bed rolls, clothing and rations. Commander Merrill of New York, aid to Rear Admiral Bristol, is hailed as a hero, men, women and children falling on their knees and kissing his Invitatlon Surprises Canada. Sept.

16 News of Great Britain's Invitation to her Dominions to send a contingent of troops to the Near East came as a surprise to Canadian Government officials here, today- ii iv. vnnlt ii ai ui i I also at. the Department of Militia and Defense it w-as stated that such an Invitation had not yet been received or communicated to the department. Premier W. L.

MacKenzie King, when informed ef the announcement that Great Britain intended to Invite Canada to send a contingent of troops, to the Nfar East, replied: "It is entirely a matter for the Cab inet Council of Canada, and it is for them to take whatever action they deem necessary." BnlsMria Denies Move on Thrare. (By tti. Assoriited Press.) Sofia, Sept. 16- Bulgaria ha no thought of striking a blow In Thrace while the Greek army is helpless, M. iWTllt- mi.l.IAMS.

Paris. Sept. 16 Major General Sir Charles Townsend, hers of a hundred fights 'against Islam in Egypt, India and Arabia the last of which was the Siege of Kuf el Ainora granted an interview to the Public Ledger Ser-vlc? yesterday in which' he makes the sensaMonal declaration that the Allies must. givR up Constantinople in order to prevent, a Musselman uprising such as might engulf Europe in a Holy War. General Townshend has just returned from Angora and Is enrouie to London to see Premier Lloyd George in order to offer his services as a mediator with the Kemalists He has fought so long against the Mohammedans that he has won their respect.

In captivity at Brusa he negotiated a basis which got Turkey out of the great war. Defying pussport regulations he went to the Angora headquarters of the Nationalist Turks to see what could be done to end Ihe Greek-Turkish war. The Turks have done that, for themselves. Now he offers his services to the British Government to negotiate a Near Eastern settlement, convinced that' unless the Allies get out of Constantinople. Great Britain will be faced In Egypt.

Palestine. Mesopotamia and India with an uprising of all her JIo-hammendan subjects and find herself embarked upon a huge war against the green flag of Mohammed. It Is not difficult to show the wholly uneducated Turk that the present struggle over Asia Minor and Constantinople is one of religion, that the Christian Greeks are waging a secular conflict, upon the crescent, and that as Lloyd George is supported at the polling booths by a Nonconformist vote, therefore the British support to the Greeks and the occupation ol Constantinople, are but modern manifestations of the Crusaders spirit. General Townshend is convinced that unless Constantinople and Adrianople are restored to the Turks the whole of Asia will be aflame. When he recently went to Angora lie was convinced that by so doing he mitrht help on a Greek-Turkish pence.

rre bad long laiKw wuii inufiHpn.1 I nni him i i iTriiiifi nu.i laui without, a nne oi ivriiiai a niiu i to 1 wo to zn. ctt in his pocivci. -n iii.ii ii "uui- )ng me surrender of the Greek Ueet mation regarding the general temper I is m01-e, propaganda, and these two of Islam and the consequences of anv points of Kemal's latest peace terms mistake in the, British policy in raUse no trouble, ine with Constantinople. Since then Kemal suspects the Sultan of having pe has corresponded with Lloyd i rather too much under the iii-George and forwarded him a report fence of the Allies and will, hen en his visit, for which he received the out or are pushed out. see to Premier's thanks.

General Townshend removal. Although in the Kem.nl-is returning to London Tuesday to see j.st councils advanced political ideas j'oyd (leorge personally and to offer onaiiy ana to oner his services as a negotiator lor tne settlement of an extremely grave i the idea of personal power for any problem in the Near Kast. sttemp' to he made to deprive the "What is the basis of a durable set- Sultanate of outward trappings of tiement I asked. i pomp and power. What is more likely "We've got to get out of Constan- I Is that a member of the present Sul-tlnople get out, get out" was his tan's family would be chosen to suc-rtply.

"Allied occupation of Constan-i ceed him.".