Greek Atrocities in Asia Minor

*The policy of extermination which Greece has consistently been pursuing, for a very long time, against Turkey, has been made evident first by the occurrences which happened during the last years, secondly by the consequences accruing from the policy, and thirdly by the events recorded in history. *Today there is scarcely anyone who has not acquired the conviction that ferocity is the outstanding feature of Greek policy towards Turkey. *Within the territories which had the misfortune to fall under Greek domination, one sees now nothing but ruins of former villages whose inhabitants fled, panic stricken, before the barbarous invader. The atrocities perpetrated by the Greeks, since they landed in Smyrna, exceed all similar crimes recorded up to now in the annals of history. The Greek soldiery have even violated little girls under eight and old women above seventy years of age. *Great is the number of villages which have been burnt down by them, without any military necessity. *All the sacred institutions and objects of worship which all nations, not excepting the most savages, are taught and wont to respect, have been polluted by them. The Koran, the sacred book of Mohammedans, has been torn to pieces and its leaves used for the filthiest and most disgusting purposes before the very eyes of Turkish peasants. *There is not the slightest doubt that the savageries committed by the Greeks of Greece and by that section of the indigenous Greeks, who sided with them, have been deliberately planned and carried out under orders proceeding from the Commanders of the various Greek military units. This fact is established beyond question first by the documents of which a photographic reproduction is published in books treating of Greek atrocities and secondly by the testimony of innumerable eye witnesses.