"FRIENDLY CALL" AT CONSTANTINOPLE EXPECTED.
TURKS PREPARED FOR FALL OF DARDANELLES. REPORT OF EXTRAORDINARY PROCLAMATIONS. By Telecrapb— Press Association—Copyright. (Received April 1. 12.30 a.m.) London*, March 31. A courier from Constantinople reports that the city is resigned to the inevitable. The Government is preparing the inhabitants for the arrival of the allies. Proclamations, which have been posted in the mosques, say that it is simply a quostion of opening a free pnssago through the Dardanelles for foreign warships, a privilege which the Sultan has hitherto refused. The opening of the Dardanelles has no political nor national significance. The population is urged not to resort to violence. After a few weeks the fleets will sail away, content with having made a simple demonstration. The phrasing of the proclamation seeks to show that the forthcoming visit is more in the' nature of a friendly call, which the Turkish Government is looking forward to with the keenest delight. The large Greek population in the Phanar district has become terrorised. The people are prisoners in their own houses.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5883, 1 April 1915, Page 7
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