31 Jul 1920: Turkish Atrocities, Maitland Daily Mercury

maitland mercury31july1920

TURKISH ATROCITIES
DILATORY BRITISH

The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW).
July 31, 1920. p.5.

(The "Times" Cables)
LONDON, July 28.
The correspondent of the "Times" at
Constantinople reports that the Nation-
alists have massacred hundreds of Greeks
and Armenian civilians at Geive, and
there have been numerous murders else-
where. These crimes were quite unpro-
voked.
The conduct of the Greek troops has
been exemplary, but they wil l be diff-
icult to restrain if they find more but-
chered Christians. The British Govern-
ment is blamed for dilatoriness in try-
ing the Turks interned at Malta who are
charged in connection with massacres.
These were invariably authorised from
above. So far only one man has been
hanged. If a few more of the more highly
placed Turks know they risked their own
necks the massacres would probably
cease.