FORMER TO SERVE IN THE TURKISH ARMY.
[press association.] 1 (Received May 17} 9.30 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, May 17. Mahmud and Shevket Pashas have! informed the oecumenical patriarch! that one^fourth of the Ottoman army; will, henceforth' be composed ofi Christians. It is the best policy to accept the services of these volunteers without awaiting Parliament's adoption of the law of enlistment for non-: Moslems. " ~ The communication. adds that? Christian recruits will also be accepted for the police and gendarmerie.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 119, 18 May 1909, Page 4
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78FORMER TO SERVE IN THE TURKISH ARMY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 119, 18 May 1909, Page 4
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