Lot 06348

Folio, 35x23cm, pp.4. News from Chios. The situation in the island is still harsh for the Greeks. An example: a Boulouk-bashi had 4 Greek local slaves (2 young ladies & 2 boys), forced to become Muslims. The Greeks have organized the escape and and the two ladies and one boy managed to escape to Samos. The Ottoman official was so furious that he gathered all the Turks, violently interrogated the remaining one boy, that confessed and finally named two other Greeks of Chios, as coordinators of the escape plan. The two Chiotes were immediately executed in public. Detailed presentation of this story. In Smyrna Turkish troops continue to gather around Scala Nova. This small place is transformed to a huge military camp. Obviously the fate of Samos will be decided during this year. For the Turks this island is in the same category like Chios and Psara and must be destroyed. The 3.000 soldiers that attacked Syros (a island full with Catholic people), can return at any moment. The French Navy which protected the island has now gone. The Catholics of Syros sent letters to the French consul in Smyrna to send again a supporting fleet. Several other news for the Levant.