TURKEY’S SORRY PLIGHT.
FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT REPORTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 12. A neutral resident from Constantinople states that the Russians’ bombardment of Tubul cut off the coal supply. The Turkish fleet has been destroyed and four merchantmen only remain in the Bosphorus, which is shut off. . ... Foreign trade is at a standstill. The Germans are unable to repair the Goeben, which is docked. The Breslau is afloat, also some torpedoers and submarines. Meat bread, and sugar cards have been introduced. The Turks resent this as a German innovation Swindlers are sending Government stores to Germany. No fish is procurable. 8u gar is 8s and tea 40s per lb, boots 60S a pair. , The feeling of the people is strongly anti-German, though they are afraic. to show it.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4474, 15 February 1917, Page 6
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