Greece

The Greek Government issued a strong denunciation of the Turkish order prohibiting the American Near East Relief to move foodstuffs from warehouses without paying full customs duties, which have recently been raised 500%. It is stated that the cost of this tax would be $1,000 a day on the basis of 30,000 rations, which, in round figures, represents the number of Christian refugees requiring food in Constantinople.

The State Department announces that the Near East Relief will be withdrawn from Greece by June 30. This is not, however, due to the Turkish taxation, but to the fact that the

United States "cannot and should not" continue to feed great camps of refugees. The whole question will be left in the hands of nations holding mandates or possessions in the Near East.