SURRENDER OF THE ACROPOLIS
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San Eye Witness" of the siege and sur
render of the Acropolis of Athens, held by
the Turks in the years 1922, has publish
ed an account of those events, of which the
following extract is part.


"From day to day the distress in the A
cropolis increased, and despair began to
creep into the boldest heart. The lower
and poorer class of the Turks wished to Ca
pitulate; but the grandees rejected. with
proud perseverance, to the last, every sug-
gestion of surrender. They assured the peo-
pie, at one time, that Choursit Pacha was
approaching to their relief; at another time
that the Capudan Pacha had put to sea with
his fleet. to come to their assistance; some
proposed to kill all their women. and to
make sally into the town, and thus sell their
lives dearly. But one thing was to be tried.
A large sum of money was offered to any
one that would attempt to make his way
through the Greeks, in order to inferm
Choursit Pacha Of the dreadful situation Of
the Turks of Athens. Two offered them
selves for this hazardous enterprize; they
got as far as Cassia. but there they were ar
rested. One of them was Immediately kill
ed. his head sent to Athens. and shown up
N pole e the Turks the erhcr was