DARDANELLES OPENED FOR COMMERCE
SHIPS FOR RELIEF WORK REQUIRED. Australian and JT.Z. Cable Association. (Received Fobruary 20, 10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, February 16. It is announced that the Dardanelles are opened to commerce for the first time since tho war. This does not diminish the blockade on the Central Powers, but will help tho relief work. Mr E. Hurley, Chairman of the Shipping Board, stated that half a million more tons of American shipping were needed for general trade. He will ask the War Department to release as many ships as possible immediately. England will also be asked to give ships for relief work.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10210, 21 February 1919, Page 5
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