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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XX, Issue 6725, 26 September 1922, Page 3

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SMYRNA REFUGEES 200,000 STARRING APPEAL FOR SUCCOUR ' NEW ZEALAND TO ASSIST United Service Telegrams. (Received 2.30 p.m.) GENEVA, September 25. Fiirl Balfour appealed to the League of Nations to succour the starving Smyrna refugees. Britain is giving £50,000* Sir Jas. Allen (New Zealand) moved that the delogate 8 appeal to their respective Governments asking for replies to-morrow. New Zealand is giving £IOOO. (Applause). The motion was carried. It was announced that tho refugees numbered, 200,000. . M. Ador (Switzerland) announced that the international Red Cross Committee on Saturday sent delegates to Smyrna and Brusa to distribute relief. Another delegate had gone to Greece to investigate. Dr. Nansen said that the Russian relief organisation would do its utmost to | assist. It is announced that the Bulgarian Government is ready to undertake the transport of the refugees from Smyrna. 1 to a neighbouring island. The Assistant High Commissioner of j the Russian relief organisation is pro- , seeding to Smyrna to study the situation. KEMAL AND REFUGEES'. ! i I i i ORDERED TO QUIT’ BY SEPTEMBER 30. (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 25. , Intimation has been received in Lon- , don from Kemal Pasha that refugees must quit Smyrna by September 30th. ; Tho intimation was made before the joint note was despatched to 'Turkey, and it is therefore considered; possible that the Allied Note will induce the Turks to show more consideration m their treatment of the refugees. THE ALLIED NOTE, i JOY IN CONSTANTINOPLE. f (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. September 25. Constantinople received the Allies’ Paris decision with indescribable enthusiasm. It is generally helTcve’d tßeie that Kemal Pasha will accept the. con-ference-proposal. GREECE AND LOSS OF THRACE. KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT. (lleceived 2.30 p.m.) ATHENS, September 25. The French Minister landed over the ■Allies' note, which ! Cabinet lengthily discussed. The people are keenly disappointed at the prospect of posing Thraoo, which tho newspapers indignantly refuse to countenance, demanding that the army be immediately reconstructed, for th e . protection of Thrace. The National Assembly is summoned for October 2nd.