The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-16
kEMAL WILL PUT
STRICT BOOZE BAN
! UPON THRAC|ANS
Prohibition Will Prevail Under
Rule of the Turk
'DRY' CONsTANTINOPLE
Violations of the Mohammedan
Tenet Will Be Severely
Punished

Constantinople, Oct. 1G.-(By the
Associated Press)-The total prohl.
bition of alcoholic drinks, which IS
one Of the tenets of Mohammedan
religion, will be applied throughout
eastern Thrace as soon as the kemal'
lists authorities are installed, accord.
ing to dispatches from Angora, the
seat Of the Turkish nationalists gov
ernment.
The same rule will be applied in
Constantinople immediate y after the
Kemalist occupancy OF the capital, II
was said and those violating the law
will be liable to punishment consist
ing Of flogging, line, and imprison'
ment.
Constantinople, Oct. l6 ASSOCIATED
Press) THE Turkish newspaper lleri
says Mustapha Kemal Pasha VIII
make four important new demands al
the coming peace conference. These
will be, first, the suppression of the
Greek navy; second, the exchange OF
all persons of the civilian minorities,
meaning the return to Turkey Of all
Moslems In Greek territory and the
repatriation of all Greeks in Turkish
territory; third the naturalization OF
the Aegean Islands, and fourth that
the nationality of western Thrace be
decided by a plebiscite.
Angora, Oct. 16 ASSOCIATED Pressl
The Nationalist Government has Of
ficially declined to accept the allied
suggestion that the peace conference
be held at Scutari 1t still prefers
Smyrna as the seat OF the conference,
that Mustapha Kemal may attend.
Yussuf Kemal, the Foreign Minis
ter, said II would be difficult for ke-
NAL to leave Turkish soil. He added
that II the Powers insisted upon ,.ali-
same or another European city the
Nationalist Government probably
accept, In which case the delegates
would accept, In which case delegates
would be the Ministers at London,
Paris and Rome, headed by himsef..
Yussuf declared the conference
should be held Immediately. as delay
impaired Turkeys strategical position
and strengthened the Allies hand.
Athens, Oct. Is tAssociated Press
The Government has adopted meas
ures for the orderly evacuation OF
Eastern Thrace by the Greek army
and civilians, which begins tomorrow
to prevent acts OF violence against
the Turkish population. 1t has re
QUESTIONED all steamers at the
Piraes and ordered them to Ledeag
hatch and Rodosto. Mr.. Marcilly
the French Minister, has \'ormed
the Greek Government that Il Allies
will do everything possible to facili
tate the evacuation without disorder
The inhabitants Of Adrianople con
tinue to leave that region, declaring
they fear massacre at the hands o'
the Turks.
The Government has officially in
formed the Allies that 1t desires
that the peace conference be heic
In the neutral or entente terri
tory, and not in the Near East as has
been proposed by Mustapha Kemal.
Rodosto. Thrace, Oct 10 tAssociat
cd Press) Only 400 freight cars are
available here for evacuation pur
poses. and all railway transport vii
he strictly reserved for the Greel
army during the next fortnight.
The Mudahia pact requires the mo-
ing out of tho whole army IN iifteei
days, which means that the 10000 so
diers must be evacuated at the rat
of 1000 daily. The movement o
refugees along the roads Is bound Il
hamper the army considerably.