"BARBED WIRE DISEASE"
\ UNCONSCIOUS TURKISH JOKE IN 1 AVAR PRISONERS' AGREEMENT. 1 I«rd Newton, referring in the House ?l ill'H ."ce»«y > u Hie recognition ty the I urkisli Government of tho agreement regarding exchange of prisuneis, said that at first the Turks had ')o Ocsire to exchange any prisoners at all. Uno "battle" of exchange, had been fought round' the name of one man, a lurk. He was the one .prisoner tno J urks wero' most anxious to got hack, and ho was a, most valuable asset. One of the conditions inserted in the agreement, which was insisted upon by tho Turks, was that plain wiro should be substituted for barbed-wire round tho Turkish prisoner camps in Britisli territory. The Turks had read in the papers of what was called "harlied-viro s disease." Of. course, tho (description P was but a paraphrase of "nervous break- ( down," but the Turks were under the I impression that this was a communicable disease, oblained by persons coming s into contact with bnrbed-wire. (Tntign- '' tor.) t
Tho basis of exchange would be 1000 British for 1000 Turks.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 231, 18 June 1918, Page 6
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183"BARBED WIRE DISEASE" Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 231, 18 June 1918, Page 6
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