KEMAL ATATURK
REMAINS TAKEN TO CAPITAL POPULACE FILES PAST LONDON, Nov. 20. The Angora correspondent of The Times says Kemal Ataturk’s remains returned to the capital, which he transformed from a village into a modern city, in the presence of General Ineunu and members of Cabinet and deputies. A gun carriage, escorted by six generals with bared swords on each side and drawn by six black horses, bore the coffin, which- was covered by a scarlet pall and the Turkish flag from the train to the catafalque. Members of Parliament followed through streets lined with troops with bowed heads. Four generals and two privates guard the catafalque at pight as a procession of the populace files past. SIR WILLIAM BIRD WOOD ARRIVAL FOR FUNERAL ANGORA, Nov. 21. (Received Nov. 21, at 11.45 p.m.) Field-marshal Sir William Birdwood has arrived from London. He is lame, having developed inflammation of the right foot, and lie will be obliged to attend the funeral in a motor car, leaving Sir Dudley Pound to lead the British delegation in the cortege. ~L —^
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23663, 22 November 1938, Page 11
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