Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-08
IN THE DAYS NEWS
MuDANIA.

"InconSpicuous as it is, Mundan mia, scene of the near east peace barley, was far fran being unfrequented before the world war began" says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of National Geographic Society.
 "In these days it's visitors went through Mudahia on the boat-and-rail trip from Constantinonle to Brusa. The Turks probably chose Brusa's port fer their conference with allied representa- ttVes because Mudania is the nearest town in the neutral zone of the straits territory, to their chief Asia Minor city, which lies just across the line where the Turk rule is absolute.
 'When the Marnora was yet an in- land Turkish sea the boat from Constan- tiFople to MudAnia was apt to be late and crowded, and many travellers com plained of petty exactions from porters and customs officials While the trip was wholly within Turkish waters the city of Constantincple long levied a tax on outgoing luggage, and it was saying
 that. at Mudanis, one had first to pa !
 to get on the pier and then pay again | to get of.
 Petty annoyances cannot wholly mar
 trip across the Marmora- and the west ern traveller who views the Asiatic coast [
 has sight of rare beauty and probably
 . surprise. Capes and islands. bays and forested shores. make the approach to al- most any point between Chanak and Isznid scene of beauty. And the mid. city of the south Marmora shore, Muda.na is no exception.
 Upon landing, the illusion of a quain
 and pretty town, nesting among hill
 side panels of olive groves, mulberry
 trees and vineyards, is dispeiled. Aftsl one look at the ditches that do for street: the passenger usually was willing to takt the earliest conveyance for Brusa, some fifteen miles to the southeast.
 '@rhis railway, built in the tarly nine ties used to be cited as an example of the Turks inaptitude for engineering pro, vaxant cost the Turkish government l bought locomotives not adapted to tht ! tracks and grades. and locked them pI l for some years while the new-laid raii: | rusted, and the wagon road to Bruss | was in almost impossible condition.
 Even the critical had to admit tha the road to Brusa, barring the bumps was a delightful experience, The hill side stretches of olives and grapes ana mulberry illustrated western Asi'
 Minors ma jor function of supplying lux lures to the Western World.
 I silks. tobacco, figs, olive oil and cere
 als constitute the normal exports c Ethe yilayet of Brusa wherein Mudania
 before the treaty of Sevres was effected i. occupied the northern corner.
 con top a ridge some eight miles fror ; Mudania. the traveller looks back upon tf'
 red tiles and white houses of the por! and forward toward Brusa. perched upol the rim of 8 ribbed valley, with snow crowned Mt. Olympus rising behind thi 1 gem city of Asia Minor
 "Rrusa, city of mosques and the tomb iof sultans, first capital of the Turk: where clear mountain streams trickl 3 through the streets atoRes for the tri : from Mudania- But Brusa is anothe : story.
 Fl 'sif the railroad ran beyond Brusa Mr 3 dania might enjoy greater prosperity, a 5 the port of one of the richest agricIsfurs g regions of Asia, Minor. Instead Pandel g ma, to the west. as the terminus Of tn 7 railroad to Smyrna, completely eclipse |. Mudania, with only it's short line | Q Brusa. Counting some 1000 Greeks. Mt t dania,s normal population was only 6 e GOO. The Greeks, of course, have d q parted but many Turks have clustere n there in recent months"