THE DARDANELLES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2541, 16 August 1915, Page 2

THE DARDANELLES

' GENERAL HAMILTON'S PROCLAMATION. - ■The following is a translation of .the proclamation issued by General Six 1 ' Jan Hamilton at the end of May, assuring, the civilian inhabitants at the Dardan: elles that tho Allies "have come-to their country as the rescuers of a crushed people" :— . . ... Proclamation, 24.5.15; The military forces of the Allied Powers have been obliged to occupy some portions of. your country in order to save you from .the bands, of these persons ;iyho have attempted: to place you under 1 the dominion of a foreign Power, treading underfoot the honour of yojri- country. Your forces by land are crushed, your forces by sea are imprisoned in their harbours and- reduced to impotence,, your Treasury is empty, t and-<famiiier and destitution will roign -throughout your land, and reduce you all to misery. The Governments of England and France, under whose administration are millions of lives, have come to your assistance in order to assure to you tho prosperity and happiness which is enjoyed by your' ■coreligionists. There is no need to fear. Your honour, lives, and property are safe. - , With the last object in view, the following proclamation has been issued:— 1. The village administration will be. in tho hands of tho village as before. There will bo.no interference with your private affairs. 2. In order that your women may move freely about portion of the marketplace has been set aside for local inhabitants. ' • _. . , _ 3. In order to avoid regrettable incidents sentries will bo placed in the western quarters. -4. Women can go freely to the marketplace from to . _ 5. Nobody must leavo their House between sunsot and sunrise. 6. Those who wish to sell to soldierß must apply to , who will fix the price at which tho goods are to he sold. 7. Whoever has cause for complaint should state his caso to the mukhtar. 8. Any man who attempts to escape from the village or who perpetrates any act of'hostility against tho Allied forces, or who acts i in-a manner contrary to this proclamation, is warned that lie -will be dealt with-in a very sevcro manner.