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bridge, (says the n. Y. American) state
ment of the number of women and chill.
|dren, delivered over to slavery, and to all
the Infamous pollutions of Turkish mas
ters, from the ill-fated island of Scio.
Cambridge. (.Nass.) Dec. 9.


"Oflicial returns from the Turkish Gus
tom House at Scio, report .f0rty-one thou
sand women and children to have been
sold as slaves, and to have paid auction
duties at that office. in the months Of May
and June 1922. The fathers, brothers and
of these women and children,
met with a more enviable fate, and were
Ibutchered.


The fact of the number of slaves is Civ
en- on the authority of the French Histo-
|rical Annuaire for 1922, a very authentic


and respectable work-of which the chap


ters on Greece appear to be drawn up from


materials transmitted by the French Con-
lsuls.


My feelings have been much interested


the week past by having in my family a


sciote boy of l3 years old, who escaped


from the island the day the Turks landed


He had one uncle among the hostage.


murdered at Scio, and another among
those sent to Constantinople, and put tt


death there"


Mr.. Blaquiere concludes his facts sub


United to the Greek committee, thus
|" Touching the resources of the confede
ration, not less than 10 Goth of the terrific
tory now in the hands of the Greeks, be
Ionged to their Turkish masters. Whel
lit is added that little more was left to tn,
people, than the mountains and arid dis
ltricts some notion may be formed of thu
riches they will acquire, whenever dis
|trbutiOn of the national domains take
l|pace. These are, in the mean time re
served, by the government, as guarantee
fIfor any foreign loan it may be induced t
contract. Without entering into thes
,|establshed details, which more properl
/ belong to regular work, on the state q
!, Greece, it may be ofimportance to observ
that the staple productions, upon whic
: the Greeks may calculate upon becomin,
,lone of the most opuent nations of Europe
consist of corn, olive oil, wine, silk, WOO
| lvalonia and fruit. The other sources q
: national wealth in Greece, will spring fror
!, THE talents, industry and enterprise of he
5 sons. guided by liberal institutions and


united government"