SYMPATHY FELT
TURKISH PEOPLE EARTHQUAKE HORROR BRITISH MESSAGES KING AND PREMIER DEEPLY DISTRESSED (Klee, Tel. Co,lyrifdit—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 12.30. p.m. .RUGBY, Dec. 29. Throughput, the entire British press the most profound sympathy is expressed with the Turkish. people in the terrible earthquake disaster whicii has overtaken . them. The Daily Herald says: "Sympathy will go out , from all over , the world to the Turkish people who suifered more casualties in a few initiates than have occurred in three months on the Western Front’’ The . Manchester Guardian, finds gome cpirjfort. in the .knowledge that, in the modern well-organised Turkey all possible help will be quickly brought to the sufferers. Messages of sympathy have been sent by the King and the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, iu Ankara.
A message sent to the President of the Turkish republic .by the King stated: “I was deeply shocked by the nqws of the calamitous earthquake which inflicted so much sorrow amsuffering upon the Turkish people and I would ask you to accept my assurance of the profound sympathy tnai is felt by my people at the widespread distress which this disaster has caused through so great a loss of life and property.” The following message was sent to the Turkish Prime Minister by Mr. Chamberlain: "The report of tire disastrous earthquake in Anatolia has filled me with horror and I have been much distressed to hear ol' the large death roll. I hasten to assure Y’our Excellency of my sympathy with the Turkish' people and .especially with those who are suffering personally as a result of this, tragedy.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20133, 30 December 1939, Page 6
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