OUTRAGES BY GREEKS.

Mt Benger Mail, 4 June 1919, Page 3

OUTRAGES BY GREEKS.

TURKS MASSACRED.

A GRUESOME STORY.

HOUSES AND SHOPS RAIDED. London, May 31

The Daily Express Smyrna correspondent relates a tragic story regarding the Greek occupation of Smyrna. The Greek troops provoked the Turkish troops to fire a few shots, and then a horrible man-hunt followed, Greek civilians joining in with the troops.

The Turks who surrendered to the troops were bayoneted and clubbed and flung into the sea, even when they were unarmed and under escort. Turkish houses and shops were raided. When news of the happenings in Smyrna became known similar manhunts took place in the surrounding villages, the Greek troops handing rifles and bayonets to civilians, including boys from 12 to 16 years of age. The Turks appeal to Britain and France not to hand over Turkey to her enemies.