MASSACRE ON
SATURDAY
At a conference in London Balfour
announced he had information that a
general massacre of Greeks and Ar-
menians in Smyrna was to occur on
next Saturday.
If the Turks carry out their plans of
annihilation of the helpless refugees
in the destroyed city, there should be
some concerted action by the powers
to inflict punishment on the butchers.
But the Turk has been committing
these outrages over a long period of
time and always he has escaped with-
out paying a penalty, except at the
end of the world war when he was
reduced in territorial rights. Now he
is about to recover his provinces and
that will encourage him to go on with
his massacres.
Long ago the Turk would have been
placed in a straightjacket had the Euro-
pean powers avoided quarrelling over
the division of Turkey. The present
aggressive move of the Turk has been
made possible by the greed of Great
Britain and France. Both countries
have been maneuvering to control
great areas of the dismembered em-
pire and disappointment has prompted
the French to attempt to check the
aggressions of Great Britain. Had
neither country sought to greatly prof-
it by the breaking up of the Sultan’s
domain, the Turks would have been
held in restraint and there would
have been no massacres.
The Ogden standard-examiner. (Ogden, Utah), 26 Sept. 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058393/1922-09-26/ed-1/seq-4/>
