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The Blight of Asia
CHAPTER VI

"This extract is given from Monsieur Manciet’s description of the sack of Phocea in 1914, of which he was an eye-witness, for several reasons. It is necessary to the complete and substantiated picture the gradual ferocious extermination of the Christians which had been going on in Asia Minor and the Turkish Empire for the past several years, finally culminating in the horror of Smyrna;"

The Blight of Asia
CHAPTER XV

"Naval units of Great Britain, Italy, France and the United States were present at Smyrna, and anchored but a few hundred yards or nearer from the houses on the quay during the appalling, shameful and heartrending scenes which followed."

Photos - Christian Genocide  
The Turkish motto: "Kil all Christians" - "Turkey for the Turks"

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Buildings of the quay in flames.
The city, taken by the fire.
The city in flames and observers.
The quay on fire, from a distance.
Buildings on fire and people trying to enter boats.
The despair to escape makes a boat sink.
The despair to escape makes a boat sink. Another view.
The same boat, partially sunken.
The same boat, completely sunken. Only a part of its mast is visible, on the right.
People trapped between the fire and the sea.
Buildings on fire and people trapped between the fire and the sea.
Victims and Turkish soldiers, who attacked them even at the quay.

The Blight of Asia
CHAPTER XX

"This description of the condition of Asia Minor as the result of the capture of Constantinople continued down to the ultimate complete destruction of the Christians by the Turks. Nothing changed in the nearly five centuries that have passed. The Turk has not altered either in his character or his methods. The scenes described by Pears as following the taking of the Queen City, the massacres and violation of women, were duplicated at Smyrna, with the added horror of the sufferings of the Christians on the quay."
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