GREEK LEGATION TELLS
OF TURKISH OUTRAGES
Charge d'Affaires Says Everything
Hellenic is Persecuted, Despite
Official Denials.
"Despite officials denials given to
the press by the Turkish embassy in
Washington, the war of extermina-
tion waged against the Greeks and
other Christians by the Turks is at
this moment incessant and relent-
less," is the charge contained in an
official statement issued last evening
by Alexander Vouros, charge d'af-
faires of the Greek legation.
"This statement sets forth the
facts which are made known by a
dispatch from a news agency in Ath-
ens and by a letter received in Wash-
ington by a prominent Greek from a
man who now suffers through the
Turkish persecutions of the Greeks.
"The dispatch from the Agence d'
Athenes says: 'In spite of the assur-
ances of the Turkish government, the
persecution of the Greeks in Thrace
in order to compel them to leave the
country has not diminished. A few
days ago the Greeks in Kalfakeuy
were obliged to repulse an attack
made by bands armed by the Turkish
authorities. These bands installed
themselves in the villages after hav-
ing driven out the Greek inhabitants.'
"The letter received by a Greek in
Washington and written from the
scene of the atrocities says, among
other things:
"'The boycott against the Chris-
tians in general and the Greeks in
particular continues more and more
severe. The fanaticism of the young
Turks (now the governors of Turkey)
has reached an incredibly high de-
gree.'"
Pioneer Press. (Martinsburg, WV), Jun. 6 1914. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83025146/1914-06-06/ed-1/.
