Istanbul, Oct. 31.
The Mediterranean anti-piracy contro! has been further strengthen ed by twenty gunboats, trawlers and squadrons of seaplanes armed with machine-guns, bombs and depth charges, under the Commander of the Turkish Fleet, for patrol in the Dardanelles and Marmora and Zzgean Seas by virtue of Turkey's pledges under the Nyon Agreement.
The Turkish Government has stridly ordered the sinking of any foreign submarine sighted.
The commercial maritime route has been sub-divided into ten zones, controlled by seaplanes in the daytime. At night, warships take positions at the entrance "to the Straits, were powerful projectors have been installed—Reuter.
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