Istanbul, Nov. 13.
Extensive preparations cre now being made at Ankara for the reception and quartering of the various foreign delegations which will attend the funeral of Kemal Ataturk and which will include troop detachments from the Balkan Entente powers, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Greece. The solidarity of the Balkam states will be demonstrated in this manner for the first time since the death of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934.
New messages of condolence from foreign potentates and governments have been received here practically without interruption.
The paper "La Republique," publishes on its front page amongst others a sympathy message from Chancellor Hitler and stresses that all official buildings in Berlin have been ordered to fly their 5 tags at helfmast for two days to express the German people's profound sympathy. The fact that the King of England will for the first time send a personal representative to the funeral of a president of a republic is also emphasized by the paper.
The body of. the late President is now lying state in the coronation room of the Dolma Bagdje palace and officers of the various services stand guard over it day and night.
Since the President's death all public cafes and restaurants have been closing at 10 p.m. and the sale of all alcoholic beverages has been prohibited.
The students of Istanbul University have asked the rector to allow all 5,000 students enrolled at the university to attend the funeral at Ankara. The university wi ill from now on bear the name of Ataturk Universit Trans-Ocean.
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