Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/16/1 - August - September 1915 - Part 5

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Mitzlene again we found there
is a bigger harbour 10 miles
further in – Callone.
Drove out to the hot
baths, Thermal, in / afternoon
& back to dinner w Heathcote
Smith who ws telling us abt /
refugees. The expulsion
began before / war-
really after / Balkan war, 
in May 1914. All / people
here put it down to / Germans.
The war After Levian von
Sanders arrived the word
went down / coast in / 
mysterious way in wh such
orders pass in Turkey, tt
/ Greeks were to be given such
a rough time tt they wd have
to clear out - & within a few
 

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Phockia
The town from wh The Greeks
colonised Marseilles.
Eliopoulos sd he ws near
Thoikia at / time o / massacre-/
object ws to terrify Smyrna. He & /
British consul at Smyrna when at
Mitylene had brought to them a Turkish
policeman who (like all / others) ws
dressed in civilian clothes when /
massacre occurred. They made him
undress - & there ws his uniform
under his ordinary clothes. “I was
ordered to do it,” he sd.
 

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months I tarks Ladcleare
cocandry of 1000 upon $1000
The lks wered coursevery
numerous all down thit
coast. The I5. didn't marde
so many of them-
except at
certain 1 plades (sone name
tibe Phockia near Smyria
as one), but they wal murder
one here & there & when
complaints were made to
wd
tkish governor he showl
cead to he woit in Eined
abb s toppy it
you can't think what it is
like? one of refupies told as
he waa young it who owned
afaime wort $00000, with
famelie working on it onlar
divaly & its a very fanny
 

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feeling - to lose confidens in Goot
you have tgo - its no good
one month - two months - you
cant stand it. There's nothing
to see - they used t hear
shots round their farm every
night of tarks ad tell
their work people
It will be
your turn some day? Societin
you cod gooat for a walk +
on way back pass 2o3
bodies t dead onroe & yo
knew 1 authorities weredai
nothing to stop it. If you comply
the governor wd say Oh but
it cant be true. If you
asked him to tome ittd be
a not today - I'm too besn
there was some
or
erhess
 

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small trouble
but you know
these people created a
disturbance & what can I do.
To keg all Aft - as may
& came to divaly. Mrs
Heleopulos - a young Smyrna
English gut ne La Fontaine
Ap ber home for Sonyrna one
night on a days visit- so
She thought - & never came
back. Early an Novmmber
Heliopoulos brought at his
35 families to Witzline?
found work formost of tem
He is now superintending
aousfo distributing
food to repyees - Thereare
70,000 known repycisin
Mitytene & at least wood
 

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more - They all ask anxiously
when they are to go back.
The Turkmakes war on a
population - noton an arn
& his good behaviour (To far
as we know it) towards as
is, ace to Heathete Smith, prob¬
doe to Austrations having ven
him a good fright to start off with.
I think this py be doubtful.
from four to last I ferar
TherGerman
have oever rained a fenger to
stop these proceedings, &
Sept 15. Wednesday
CApt. grant of the Canopus
dined w as tonight. He tells
me that the Canopus on
May 23() Saw 1 Albeon ws
 

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aground just at day light
abt 4am The Albrn
made a signal to her. They
steamed in & pasted a howser
but this broke. Then they trud
to set some destroyers to tow
her of but this failed. I hen then
anchored, passed another
hauses asaid & worked ap
to 10 knots. The Turks were
hitting the Canopus w shrapuel
at this time. He went up onto
bridge for a noment to
pumpship onto a bucket there
as he didn't like to do so below
& a shell burst right over him.
The Canopus ws plastering ap
and down whole lengt o
Olive hove searching for (suns
 

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but I gans wenton ferng
Itws a gt relief when the
got her off bec. they have
had togo one. They were lighter
the albion and getteng sid of all
confidential documents
lythlening her cheef by sumpiny
out water from Der Canks +
shifting weight.
The Treump - as she cont
get much way on a net out
had gone into shallowaster
before she ws toyedoed
Canopers once saw a
or
Submarnic De
paratel
her ouliese Madies - on
 

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Surfall. Submaries have
several times by really seen
by sippers of transports
etc & taken for ours & not
reported. When tramph
Sank ove trawler afterwar
sd to I submarine ws derectly
Underneeth her +f crew
were shooting at et w rifles!
fouly 1 ideots had reported
it
Sept. 16 Turadan
Thee or four days ago a
week was reported as incervoned
Diepani
on hisland in the gulf of
ryrna about 15 days before
 

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He was one of a party of S Gecks
who were determined to so back to
one of greek villaps + find a
treasure brove. His heart fail at
lastmngment & be weald to this
istand. The others landed & met
3 gendarmes. Theey killed them.
Then they iot to carriage to I men
& 3women - They killed the I men.
Then it struck them & if thiy lefe
women they wd be betrayed, so
they killed women too. Ivey kille
For 4 others & then got away.
MityCve. They told whole stor
themselves quite openly b
authoritie; & when I circum.
stances came to be considee
idis not beem put to doanyt
to them.
Sstuta
Sept. 1 Cenhapbill
behind town yesty 3s toden
 

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went first up to village
afterwards to Thermae
where we had hot baths +
denners
Englishpeople heres at home
seem to have very little idea
of the real situation in
Callepoti.
Sept. t8Solarda
Do
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ventured for first time in my
life into Irealm of piracy and
brzganday.
Besidis our own forces ber
in the sevant we have a queer
collection of Greek levies
rcised from the former sugle
& brigands of the Asian coast
with whom we prrisse Ismal
estand
Adramnylic Sul