PERSECUTIONS OF THE GREEKS IN TURKEY SINCE THE ...

28 PERSECUTIONS OF THE GREEKS
lations by these gangs it is enough to say that it was
through their agency that the murders of the Greeks
were committed and that their members formed, so to
speak, the Executive Committee of the whole organization
which has been and is still active in the persecution
of the Greeks.
In order to prove specifically the Greek persecutions
mentioned in this chapter, according to their different
categories, a statistical table is given below, based on
the reports of our consular authorities in Turkey. This
only comprises a very small part of the Turkish outrages
which were committed during that time. It is
impossible to give a complete list of the names of the
Greek victims, because it was exceedingly difficult and
often impossible for our consular officials to get information
about things happening out in the country. Consequently
there came to their knowledge only the names
of those victims whose death, either by reason of their
prominence or by force of circumstances, could not be
concealed by the Turkish authorities, who showed a
special zeal in the concealment of crimes committed
against the Greeks. It is quite certain, furthermore,
that many reports of our consular officials, particularly
those of the year 1916, were never received either by our
Legation at Constantinople or the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs at Athens.
STATISTICAL TABLE OF THE CRIMES WHICH HAVE
BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST THE GREEKS
SMYRNA
July 1914