“PUSSYFOOT” JOHNSON
BACK IN AMERICA.
TURKEY AND PROHIBITION.
THE ADVOCATE EXPLAINS
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.
(Received Jan. 11, 10.40 a-m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. “Pussyfoot” Johnson has returned from a tour of Europe and has expressed satisfaction at the advancement of prohibition there, particularly in Turkey. He said, that a lot of nonsense had been printed in the newspapers about Turkey to the effect that the Turks had tried prohibition and that it was a failure. It was through political influences that the country had gone back to liquor, which was being heavily taxed. The rum trade was chiefly in the hands of foreigners in Constantinople, and 1 1100 licensed drinking shops out of 1400 were operated by Armenians, Greeks and other so-called Christians. One Turkish official said: “We let them drink all they like; we will make money from their funerals.’’—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 11 January 1926, Page 5
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