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Show TURKS DESTROY MANY VILLAGES Athens, Nov 13 An official dispatch dis-patch from Arta sas the conduct (if the Turkish In Eplrtis was like that of men anxious to destroy their possessions pos-sessions because they could not ic-taln ic-taln them Not only the Bashl-Ba zouks, hut the Turkish regulars engaged en-gaged In the work of destruction 0! all the territory ovacuated. One detachment pillaged and burn-1 ed thirtj-one -villages in the Janlna district In tho last few days In the Malakassi district eleven villages were destroyed and the Inhabitants took refuge in caves in tho mountains In the neighboihood of Janlna alone there are G.000 women and children dlug of hunger Eighteen hundred destitute Christians have succeeded In reaching Greek villages. In the villages of Gittstn and Don-all Don-all largo numbers of peasants have been massacred, after being tortured |