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Show AMERICANS IN TURKPRISONSi ; Fifty Claim Citizenship and Make Appeals for Rescue j Smyrna Oct- 6. (By th Associated As-sociated Press.) The exact status of! I tho American consulate general here I will come before the national as-j sexnbly at Angora this week for dls-1 cusslon. It ha.s been a matter of increasing Importance owing to the desire of the consular officers to visit the Turkish prison camps to ascertain whether any American citizens are among tho Jr-ck civilians rounded up In Fmyrnal and vlclrut ,1 l OlUl DEPORTATION. At least CO of such alleged cases i have been reported to the consulate 'or the relief committee and It Is lm-I lm-I portunt that the complainants be ! found before their deportation into I the territory where they would be difficult to trace The Question at Issue Is whether I th American runsulur officials pre-i pre-i viously accredited to the Greek ; regime shall automatically assume a : Blmllar relation to the new government govern-ment Vice Consul MenarJ P names ' conferred Informally with the Turk' , lsh nationalist pre-mler during the lat-I lat-I tcr's visit here, but the minister de-j de-j Cllned to make a ruling HeanwllUs the consulate general is condui tine Its ofClclal business with I the vali, or governor. through its dragoman. FOUGHT IX FRANC IL The 'I) Americans 6ald to le con-i con-i fined In Turkish prison rnni)is nrc Virtually all natuiullzed citizens whost 1 exact status In most cases will re-I re-I quire considerable in estlgatlon, both i here and In W'tuhink'ton as theit passports e.nd other papers are gone and the question Invariably arlso , whether they have forfeited their citizenship bj residence or more thnr : two years abroad. Most of these, applicants speak fluent English; they fought for a year or more in the American army In ! France and then obtained their d!a-I d!a-I charge for the purpose of visiting Grocce. "It seems a very unjust law which would take away their prl.ed cltlzfm-I cltlzfm-I 6hlp from men who have freely risked their lives in defense of the Arn'erlcir flag," declared Chairman fjrlswold 01 the relief committee. |