_Simpson_ rdo 9-15-22 0800 Direct for Horton. 0114 ref my 0114 dash 1136 _Winona_ will have about 1000 refugees destroyer _Odsall_ left 7 A. M. for Salonica with 600 all she could carry. Please announce and assist evacuation if possible Hepburn 1900— * * * * * _Simpson_ rdo 9-15-22. 7 A. M. date _S. S. Winona_ 848 Consul-General Horton, _U. S. S. Simpson_—_Winona_ arrives 11 A. M. to-day with refugees. Please arrange to expedite debarkation. Short of provisions—Walter Master. * * * * * _Simpson_ rdo 9-15-22. Time 0850 Litchfield 848 _Simpson_ 1014 for Horton Am Consul September 14th, 5 P. M. Consulate completely destroyed by fire last night. Code funds and valuable documents saved. Three-fifths of city now burning and no apparent possibility of stopping fire. Your personal property including car lost Credit Lyonnais in midst of fire zone and manager and staff gone. Signed, Barnes. CHAPTER XXIII RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WESTERN WORLD Concerning the manner in which the Turk has always profited from the conflicting interests and jealousies of Christian powers, Lord Morley made the following shrewd remark years ago: “This peculiar strife between Ottoman and Christian gradually became a struggle among the Christian Powers of Northern and Western Europe to turn tormenting questions in the East to the advantage of private ambitions of their own.” This comment of the famous Englishman was voiced before the full dawn of the Petroleum Age, and while as yet America’s chief interest in Turkey was the protection of a few missionaries. A brief review of the political situation which afforded the Turks unbridled license to “raise the hand of violence,” is here necessary. It will be evident that they have again profited by their well-known policy of exploiting the dissensions and conflicting interest of Christian powers. They have been as sensitive as a barometer to the least sign of dissension among European governments or peoples, and have shown extraordinary shrewdness in provoking or augmenting it.