PERSECUTIONS OF THE GREEKS IN TURKEY SINCE THE ...

52 PERSECUTIONS OF THE GREEKS
ing many days, are scattered throughout the Turkish
villages of the Province of Angora, where, in the course
of time, they will perish."
" Already dreadful news is reaching us about the fate
of the deported people; the rich men of Paphra have been
sent to the Province of Castamone, while the merchants
of Samsoun and Tsarshamba have been distributed among
the villages of Tsoroum, Sounghourlou, Medjitouzou
and Inglibi."
" Those first deported from Cadikioi and Eliazkioi
reached the top of Mount Tsoumbouz without food on
the first night; the next day they arrived in Kavak, the
third day at Kara-Dag and on the fourth they came to
Kaphzan. During these four days they were without
food. On their arrival at Tsoroum, they were scattered
in various Turkish villages, where they are dying from
cold and hunger by hundreds. We do not know exactly
the number of the persons who have been deported, but
on a rough estimate they exceed 20,000, and the number
is increasing every day. Arson, plunderings and crimes
continue in a savage manner, and the deprivations and
hardships add new victims daily."
A third report states as follows:
" Vehaedin, a special official of the Ministry of the
Interior, came recently from Constantinople. He is in
harshness emulating Rafet Pasha, the special emissary
of the Ministry of War, for he prepares the lists of the
persons to be deported, and the latter carries out the
decisions which are reached. Thus, this week, another
group of Greeks has been deported to the interior and
Samsoun is in danger of being left without men."
" The whole male population of Paphra also, where
Vehaedin had gone, has been sent to Voivat, and the
Turkish Government has ordered the closing of the
tobacco warehouses and prohibited any sale of tobacco.
The said Vehaedin, after having finished his sinister
mission in Paphra, went the day before yesterday to