KEMAL WON'T INSURE
AGAINST MASSACRES
His Message Disquiets League
Officials, Who Fear Turks Have
Begun the Slaughter.
The following is an excerpt of the news piece.
By Edwin L. James.
GENEVA, SEP 10 - The Secretary of
the League of Nations received today
from Mustapha Kemal Pasha a cryptic
telegram saying that on account of the
excited spirit of the Turkish population
the Angora Government would not be
responsible for massacres. This is taken
here to mean that massacres have
already begun.
It is not clear what the League
as such can do to prevent excesses by
the victorious Turks, but it is expected
that Lord Robert Cecil will bring the
matter before the Assembly tomorrow
and ask that the Governments of the
League possessing the force take action
to protect the Christian minorities in
Asia Minor.
Kemal's message was sent through the
Red Cross.
New York Times. 11 Sep 1922. Source
Further Reading:
The Great Fire | Smyrna September 1922
La Mort de Smyrne (The Death of Smyrna), René Puaux
16 Sep 1922: Turks Killed 120,000, East Oregonian
15 Sep 1922: Turks Kill Women and Babes, The Evening Star
18 Sep 1922: Smyrna Ablaze. Stories of Massacre
