LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
CONDITIONS IN TURKEY. “PUSSYFOOT” JOHNSON’S OPINION. Received January 11, 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. “Pussyfoot” Johnson has returned from a tour of Europe. Ho expresses satisfaction at tho advancement of prohibition there, particularly in Turkey. He said: “A lot of nonsense has been printed in tho newspapers about Turkey. Tho Turks tried prohibition and it was a failure through polities, and now tho country has gone back to liquor, which is heavily taxed. “Tho rum trade is chiefly in the hands of foreigners in Constantinople! and 1100 licensed drinking shops out of 1400 aro operated by Armenians, Greeks and other so called Christians. Ono Turkish official said: Wo let ’em drink all they like, we will make money from their funerals.” —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 35, 11 January 1926, Page 7
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