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Show RELIEF WORKER REEDTURKS Americans Will Not Risk Sacrifice Sac-rifice of Lives in War-Torn War-Torn Areas NEW Vi iRK. Nov 9 Conditions in I Asia Minor and Turkey -in-F.urope are; so serious that the Neai Fast relief not run the risk of sacrificing Am-! erlcan lives by sending further relief I Workers to the war-torn areas. I This announcement was made here; early todav by 8 national official of the Near Fast iniief following receipt of cables from Constantinople report-j ms that J P Coombs is being held! by Turkish Nationalists ,n Samson n , Coombs Is director of the relief's ac-! tlvlties In the Samson n region. WOMEN IN PARTI Fear for the safety of other mem-! hers of Coombs' detachment was also expressed by officers of the Near East ' ; relief Besides Melville Chater. a' writer, who ru . ompanle t'oombs on all his tours of Inspection through the war ureas the party Consists of five' Americans, three of whom are women. I Al last advlceS these were quartered il Snnioun imi i.-porii safe for t hi Immediate present The five Americans mentioned are Gertrude R Knox, of Providence. R. i i r George T Pomeroy, of Fur-bank, Fur-bank, Cal.; Harjorle D Pfeltter and Dr. and Mrs Robert n. McDowell of New York. I n , CAXCEL1JED n the strength of an alarming cable ca-ble received at the commission headquarters head-quarters here torlay the psage of . ivlief workers who were to have sail-e.l sail-e.l tor 'ointanl Inople on ihe Panouin tomorrow has been cancelled. The. ca'bls signed by the general director oi Neai Baal relief at Constantinople, read. Situation extremely serious , S-nd no more personnel." |