TURKISH COMEDY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 126, 30 January 1915, Page 5

TURKISH COMEDY.

TALES OF BRAVERY. (Reed. 10.3 y a.m.) , SYDNEY, Jan. 30

Cables state that the attitude of Turkish officers, at coastal ports, visited by British ships, provide a continual comedy. A cruiser recently called at Sidon and landed a party of sailors, when the commander of the Turkish troops, pleading indisposition, retired to his private room until the British departed, after a thoroughly friendly visit Later the Governor, of Damascus officially published an account of how the Turkish troops heavily defended Sidon, and finally drove off the enemy's cruiser; also landed parties at Alexandretta without resistance. The general hospital established at Helipolia Palace Hotel is one of the most luxurious in the world.