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The Citizen
American Fork, Utah County, Utah
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Brigandage near Smyrna, Syria, has prompted repeated appeals by Americans to their consulate for protection in agricultural areas; foreigners are moving into the city fearing extension of attacks, with interior travel deemed unsafe.
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Washington.-Brigandage is so common near Smyrna, Syria, that Americans have appealed repeatedly to the American consulate there for protection in the licorice root fields and tobacco plantations adjoining the city, and the foreign population is moving into the city from the suburbs because of the fear that the brigandage which has been visited only upon Ottoman subjects so far will be extended to the foreign populations. Americans have been advised that travel in the interior is unsafe.
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Smyrna, Syria
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travel in the interior advised as unsafe; foreign population moving into the city from suburbs.
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Brigandage is common near Smyrna, Syria, leading Americans to appeal repeatedly to the American consulate for protection in licorice root fields and tobacco plantations adjoining the city. The foreign population is relocating into the city due to fears that brigandage, previously affecting only Ottoman subjects, will extend to foreigners.