HOW THE GOVERNMENT LIVES.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, 22 August 1923, Page 5

HOW THE GOVERNMENT LIVES.

A RAMSHACKLE VILLAGE. (Times.) LONDON. Aug. 21. The Times, in a special article eays that it is difficult to realise that Turkey is governed from the village of Angora. The Times says its correspondent, in describing the ramshackle administration states that the Premier occupies an unimposing structure near the school which is used as the House of Representatives.' Other ministries are housed in dilapidated, unsuitable buildings with the rough floors etrewn with rugs and .with the oddest and incongruous furniture. Oil lamps and candles are the sole illuminants. Water is drawn from a few standpipes in the streets. The single hostelry provides dation but no food and the rooms are devoid of conveniences and are filled with beds occupied by deputies and some of the officials. The passages are strewn with beds. The single sink is fed by a tin of water which is the only washing arrangement for guests. 'Privileged guests of the Government are offered accommodation in a railway coach at the station and a car attached is Equipped with a wash basin and a douche but is rendered almost uninhabitable by mosquitos and flies. There is a great scarcity of food and officials, deputies and visitors have their meals at a restaurant adjoining the Parliament Building.

Almost continuous wars have impoverished the country, yet the revenue and expenditure has not been debased by the printing press. The Turkish pound has only depreciated to one-seventh of its ■value.