| Show RED CROSS ACTIVE t ON ISlANDS OF GREECE Condition of Some Ref Refugees gees Is Declared to Be Ber r Desperate 1 A THE ATHENS March 20 29 Correspondence of ot I the Associated Press Press-in In its already extensive ex- ex and nl f growing ro work In the tho Greek I islands Island the tho American Red fled Cross has tho rn cooperation of ot the United States navy i Six submarine Tiarno chasers have havo been pla placed cd at lot tho the disposal of or the lure Rod Red Cro Cross tt for transporting transporting trans- trans I portio porting personnel and supplies to tho the various arlous islands where refugees I are arc con con- I On tho iho island of ot tho the conditions I of tho ho Greek refugees elS who fled tied there from A Asia Allia ia Minor lnor five years ago ao has become desperate Red Pled Cross Crolls workers are arc regularly regu- regu I larl visiting all aU tho the towns on the tho I island Inland I and clothing has been given to about 25 25 I of tho the 5 refugees At the outbreak of ot nl time war In l 1911 I 1 tho the Gr Greeks Creeks ok were driven era out of or Asia Minor lInor There Thero were ere about of or them thorn before the war Moro Ioro than escaped to tho the Islands in tho the Aegean Thousands were The others driven out of oC their homes home home P. P oy the tho Turks and sent Inland In- In In-I In I land are arc now returning only to find their homes homeR cither de destroyed troyed or occupied by toy Turks who refuse to move Prior to tho the allied occupation armed bands or of Turks I roamed the count yelde plundering and murdering Greeks Creeks wherever cr found The Time refugees ces In the thet Aegean t enn islands Island In InI In- In intend I tend to return to Asia Minor as soon oon as conditions condition permit At present the Greek government Jo gives s1 each refugee r. r cents a rII day S EPIDEMIC The American Red fled Cross IB lIS devoting oUng much attention to tho the pr prevention of further fur fur- further ther epidemics epidemic such touch as aH tho the typhus tur-I tur scourge which took such n R heavy toll at Efforts are being made mado to ro- ro Hove lIeve overcrowding o and consequent unsanitary unsanitary un un- sanitary conditions whit which enable epidemics epidemics epi epi- to gain headway Food Is scant scanty and costly on tho the Islands and most of ot the refugees ees atc are underfed oven even In the large towns where conditions are L better than In the tho outlying villages The Tho clothing situation I Is tho worst wout for after atter buying bu food tood the purchase of oC clothes it in III out of or the tho question for or the refu refugees Nearly all of ot the these thelle persons arc aro in rn rags s. s The hospitals an are short hort of or medicines and other supplies N and havo have been crowded on account I of time tho prevalence pre of ot Influenza Clothing bL blanket and are needed on all ail the Islands Canned meat for COl broth is wanted In the hospitals The American Red fled Cross Cros is supplying clothing to the tho refugees AMERICAN WOMEN AID American women run the workshops where whre clothing is ms made nade up into garments on the three islands of or Chios and Samos 15 American Red ned Cross Crost mon men field wor workers often orten travel on up Into the villages es on the mountains and distribute food toad and clothing Amen Amerl- can call doctors and nurse nurses provide medicine and nut attend to th the theof sick Of Ot time the refugees es on ne am aro III In tho the town of or 1 and anti its tho others ar ara scattered about In two sixty t o villages Of Ot the refugees refugees refu refu- gees on Chios part are sheltered In old houses housea and tho the rest in wooden barracks divided with bagging and lI old carets carpets and I subdivided with carpets into nto rooms each ch accommodating a family of or from I five to ten persons The Tho Islands of or Lemnos Imbros and also are aro being a served with Red Cross supplies from 1 Is served nd from Chios and from Samos Semos When hen the American Red Cross officers of arrived at nt with Itil their cargo g of supplies scenes of ot the greatest enthusiasm n took look place The party was escorted to lo a d acan can carriage Inge the horses were unhitched and and tho the carriage drawn b by a cheering crowd to tho the residence of or the governor general I I who commandeered a n private home and placed it at of the disposal of or the arrivals All AU living expenses were wera la paid Id IJ by the Greek government |
