The Archive · 1924

ANTIFOREIGN FEVER IN TURKEY

Short Sighted and Silly Regulations

Mr. Walter Runciman lately: went] for a tour of three-months through the southeast of Europe, and on hi return afforded the Press the follow-jing impressions that he had "Turkey is passing through a bad anti-foreign—I might almost say festern—phase," said Mr. Runciman.. "The Turks appear to be annoyed with the Italians, and irritated with the French because they tried to turn their popularity' unto a concession campaign. 'The' Turks have lost all faith in Germany, whom they blame for having brought upon them all their war calamities, jand they appear to have complete leon tempt for Greece, but they show, more respect for the British than 1 have noticed during the last 12 or: also stands well very day sees the issue of a new anti-foreign edict from Angor continued" Br, Runciman. "They won't have Welsh coal, for all coal must come from Heraklia, the Turkish mines on the shores of the Black Sea, 'They won't allow a tug to ply, on' the Golden Horn of the Bosphorus which is registered under fany flag but the Turkish. They leven go so far as to insist that a [business house which has its name! placarded in Roman characters shall Ihave it put three times the size in Turkish characters above it. 1 have no doubt that a great many. these shortsighted and rather silly edicts will expire in the course of me, but for the present they are ug Turkish business. ° Tt looks though the trade of Asia Mino bbe badly restricted for some years to come."

After referring to the conditions in Greece, Sicily, and Spain, Mr, "The impression I draw from all this is that, with the exception of the fruit trade, every! branch of trade and commerce in Southern Europe is stagnating bo-cause of Northern Europe being will be no return of prosperity to ito Southern and South-western So far as the Black' Sea was con-jeered, Mr. Ruticiman said he did not think the recognition of Russia would make much difference. "What traders and shipping people want jin the Black Sea is rapid shipments, Jo currency that is reliable, and honest treatment," said Mr. Runciman. "They require recognition of private contracts and the.establishment of courts in which such contracts can be enforced. Until they. get that, there will be no general desire to resume active trade in the Russian Black Sea ports."

Mr. Runciman went on to speak of ithe remarkable revival which he Inoticed in Italy. ""They"are doing now with less expenditure than at any time since the war. Their finances are getting on a much sounder basis, and their railways Ihave a staff nearly 60,000 less than two years ago. Nevertheless, the railways are doing much mor work and are more efficiently ron, The general activity, however, thas been so great that these 50,000 men have been more than swallowed tup in other industries, and their unemployed to-day is less than last There is no doubt that this i has synchronized with the regime of Signor Mussolini Funriten national honours, says the "Japan Times," are to be shown to the memory of the "Unknown Patriot," who sneriticed his life feeremonial havakivi lose. to. the grounds of the American Embassy Tokyo some months ago as. protest against the enactment of the American law excluding Japanese as immigrants, "The War Office has Just given its sanction to the burial of the remains of the Unknown Patriot in the Military Cemetery, Aoyama, wherein rest any of the bodies of Japan's great lead. The Unknown Patriot, whose identity has never beet learned, killed himself in accordance with the ancient rites in the grounds of Viscount Inouye, believing himself to be in the American Embassy The 4,785 commissioned offcers|{s* verses' AreeAaneti aver Pare! luuable to buy. Until Northern|addressed to the An He left letters explaining his deed, Amb: now in the Navy are barely suffd-trid Pusnesgen nen"

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