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TURKS NOW DOMINANT IN ALEXANDRETTA CHRISTIAN SHOPS CLOSED. REPORTED GUARANTEE ■ ~.BY FRANCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright. LONDON, June 6. Turkish is now dominant in Alexandretta, says the Antioch correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” All Christian-owned shops are closed and the situation is tense, although the provisional Turkish administrator, Dr Melek, is preserving order. Meanwhile the League . Commission is resuming registration for the election to be held on June 15. It is, however, disclosed that France guaranteed Turkey a majority over the Syrian Nationalist Party before the commission. left Europe. In view of this guarantee, the election, in which free choice no longer exists, seems futile. It was reported yesterday that 20,000 French, troops ;and Moroccan levies were- patrolling the main centres of Alexandretta. Turkish troops had not crossed the frontier, where they were stilL-massed..

Tb. ease ; the_ tension; the French Government recalled: the Governor, M. Garreau, .who had adopted drastic measures against Turkish terrorism, and replaced him by Major Collett, commander of the armed forces, whom the Turks regard favourably. Martial law has been proclaimed in the Sanjak and thousands of Armenians are reported to be fleeing the territory in the fear of a general massacre if the Turks gain control.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19380607.2.38

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1938, Page 7

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ACUTE TENSION Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1938, Page 7

ACUTE TENSION Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1938, Page 7

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