THE BLIGHT OF ASIA
An Account of the Systematic Extermination of
Christian
Populations by Mohammedans and of the
Culpability
of Certain Great Powers; with the True Story
of the Burning of Smyrna
By
GEORGE
HORTON
For Thirty Years Consul and Consul-General of the
United States in the Near East
With a
Foreword by
JAMES
W. GERARD
Former Ambassador to Germany
PUBLISHERS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS
COPYRIGHT 1926
BY
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
Printed In the
United States of America
PRINTED AND BOUNDBY BRAUNWORTH & CO. INC. BROOKLYN
N.Y.