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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 8 w1nnipeg.f11ee 194s today s history heavy secret fortifications Cuard to the Dardanelles tur innocent appearing strips of Only 17 and the other just 34 Miles Long among the most closely guarded areas in the world today. They Are the bosporus and the Asia s gateways pc or Man who loves by John a. Thale Dardanelles twin gateways to Asia and Waterways of destiny for years. With International tension today entering again on these Straits the turks reportedly have one whole army corps occupying positions along the Dardanelles. Movements of civilians and for eign visitors within the vital area Are strictly controlled by the tur Kish High command which has the Power to overrule even presi Dent Ismet Inonu As far As mat ters affecting the defence the Dardanelles Are concerned. The strict secrecy which veils the location of troops and the extent of fortifications around the Straits is in contrast today to the relaxed peacetime vigilance kept Over other International Waterways such As the Suez and Panama canals. The difference Here is that virtually there is never peace for the turkish Straits. The two passageways which to Gether make up the Straits Are like Short tubes stuck in opposite ends of a Watermelon. The water Melon is the sea of Marmora. From Istanbul the narrow bos porous stretches 17 Miles to tap give Bim this Stetson a miniature Bat in Box with gift certificate tie redeems for the Stetson be likes. What Man would t love a new Stetson for Christmas Here s a smart easy Way to give him one with no about size Shade or style i he just takes the Handy gift certificate to his Stetson dealer and chooses his Favourite Stetson. So. If you d like to rate applause from the Man in your life drop in. On a Stetson dealer for this handsome original gift real soon Stetson the world s most famous hat the Black sea. At the other end of the sea of Marmora the Dardanelles Straits Lead out in a 34 mile passageway to the Mediterranean. Small villages wharf piers dry docks warehouses and an occasional Swank Beach club line the bosporus thickly on the euro Pean Side. On the less settled Asia tic Side the Hills Are Bare and Brown. Ocean going vessels swing at Anchor in the Swift flowing cur rent while the curiously shaped High proved Caius Lucas and other Small fishing boats crowd the Bays and inlets along the Shoreline. At the Black sea Mouth of the bosporus a. Mine of the Straits few visible swings on Bobbing buoys. Dardanelles had they been a less strategically located along the world s sea lanes might have been just another major in land waterway. They look much like one. But even a Century is just yesterday in the history of these Straits and there s a blood spot on almost every Page. For most of their 34-mile length the Dardanelles Are from three to four Miles wide. At one Point they narrow Down to less than a mile. Mist shrouded Hills rising up to nearly feat High Roll Back from the Shore. The Hills hide the gun emplacements the fortresses and the airfields beyond from which defending planes could Rise in swarms to Shower destruction on any attacking Fleet trap Ped and unable to Man Euver in the narrow confines of the Dardanelles Channel. Russia s current Power drive for a share in the control of the strategic Straits is nothing new. Since its hold 200 years hat passage that blocks its out let to the Mediterranean russian leaders have been scheming and planning on How to get it Back. And to keep Russia from reach no the Dardanelles has been a Keystone of Anglo French policy or nearly a Century. Twice in the last 113 years Brit so intervention has saved Turkey torn its powerful Black sea neigh or. In 1833 Britain helped keep Turkey from becoming a russian Vassal state while in the Middle of the same Century British and French armies fought Side by Side Vith the turks in the or Sineun War against Russia. Large scale imports have temporarily starvation in Ruhr will tie no food crisis in the Ruhr Dur Manchester guardian special ing december. This summarises what i Learned from official sources in Hamburg and Bonn. Grain is the main consideration for it was a Grain Short age which caused the november Ruhr food crisis. Imports will bring total re sources of Grain for december up to tons. Consumption is Only and should All go Well there will be. A badly needed improvement in the Stock position at the end of the year. The Supply position of other food stuffs also requires reviewing. The Small cheese and fat rations will be maintained. There Are Good reserves of butter and Margarine but a Lack of Greaseproof paper. But perished butter can be re washed and re processed and losses through bad storage conditions should Only be slight. There were too Over a fortnight s reserves of salted fish and More than five weeks meat in cold storage at dec. 5. Lack of fodder Means a heavy Slaughter programme and so Many cattle were recently driven into Krefeld that Only a Small proportion of them could be slaughtered. Throughout the w Ter continuous reduction of live Stock in Germany will ensure enough meat to Supply the ration. There is actually a surplus of sugar and sugar issues will some times be made to Bridge gaps in bread distribution. The position Here is secure until next autumn. Vegetable requirements have been met so far and the ration has even been increased by 25 per cent but fresh vegetable supplies Are now expected to drop heavily. Black which marketing was very of vegetables serious three months ago has been checked and supplies from Holland have in creased but the German vegetable diet will be a Dull and a nutritious one mainly of swedes and turnips ruthenian now live reign of terror by William Mcgaffin Teague Czechoslovakia can Al is using greek Ortho Dox priests and . Agents in a Campaign to Bend once demo cratic Ruthenia to communist ways. A virtual reign of terror in which undesirables have been spirited away rules this former strategic Southeastern slice of czechoslovak a your correspondent learns from sources of the utmost reliability. Since shortly after it acquired Ruthenia last year Russia has at tempted to replace the roman Catholic Church by the greek or Hadox. Moscow s priests have been however much less successful than he . Quickly established a police state with All the customary terrors. The Kremlin is anxious to Stab ish the greek orthodox religion a Ruthenia for the obvious reason that greek orthodox priests Are controlled from Moscow. Catholic priests Are under the jurisdiction of Rome the most powerful enemy of communism in Europe. Catholic priests of Ruthenia incidentally be Ong to the unite Branch of the Church and Are unique in that they have special dispensation from Rome to marry. Catholic priests have become More or less prisoners with their wives and children in their churches. Almost All the Church land has been confiscated. Only Small Gar Dens Are left. Greek orthodox priests Are liberally supplied with Danes comp Lam they Are squeezed British Trade Deal by Edwin a. 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This seems like a silly Way of doing business but it is the Price that Denmark is paying for being in Britain s economic orbit. It is also part of the Price of its libera Tion by the allies. Britain drove a hard bargain when it negotiated the danish Trade agreement a year ago and made it Plain to the Danes that their Standard of living would have to come Down while Britain itself was living on an austerity basis. The actual loss suffered by the Danes in shipping foodstuffs to Britain is Only part of the Deal that Denmark finds unsatisfactory. It could sell butter at a profit in other countries. In Finland and Switzerland for example danish butter fetches s1.47 per kilo. But the British agreement ties up the bulk of danish production. Denmark is committed to deliver tons in 1946, plus 90 per. Cent of All danish butter production above tons. From Jan. 1 to sept. 30, 1947, Denmark is to deliver 62% per cent of its production to. Britain up to tons and 90 per cent of the butter produced in excess of that figure. Denmark also agreed in the British Trade treaty not to Send Russia More than tons of butter in Exchange for any. Feed stuffs it might receive from the soviet Union. The Danes knew they were be ing squeezed when they signed the British agreement but they accepted the terms As a temporary measure because Britain has always been the biggest buyer of its butter Bacon and eggs. Danes also hoped to get feed cheaper but prices have been mounting on the feedstuff they import from Argentina and other countries. The British agreement has a Price revision clause. It has been invoked once by the Danes Al though they still lost Money after the first adjustment in prices by the British in july and it is be ing invoked again in the Hope of cutting Down the loss of doing business with its biggest customer. Trade negotiations Are now under Way in Copenhagen for an in crease in the Price of butter. Money from Moscow. At the same time heavy taxes Are levied on the Catholic churches and the so Viet intention is to try to make it impossible for Catholic priests to live on what Little remains to them. To a Large Catholic Community has by no Means bowed to this oppression. It has been impossible for them to get War damaged churches repaired and rebuilt. But Catholic laymen Are helping to pay the heavy taxes and Are going to the Catholic churches in greater number that Ever be fore. On top of All their other troubles the ruthenian Are burdened with an excessively High Cost of living. Are Selling their clothes to get something to eat. Such cloth ing necessities As shoes Are even More expensive than food. A work Man who earns 900 rubles a month has to pay 1000 rubles on inc Black Market for a pair of shoes. Ruthenian have been allowed to retain their Homes in private ownership. But the stores have been confiscated by the state and now collective farms Are being organized. Passenger train service is practically nonexistent As a regular thing. Ruthenia is Laid with stand Ard gauge tracks and the russian wide gauge trains cannot run on them. At the same time the coun try is Cut off from the regular czechoslovak passenger trains which used to come when Ruthenia was part of Czechoslovakia in the cultural Field. Czecho slovakian is no longer taught in the schools. Only russian and Ukrain Ian Are allowed. The two most pressing problems of the food authorities Are those of cereals and potatoes. Retailers Are bound to sell cereals first to special consumer categories. Nor Mal Consumers in the Ruhr have received practically no cereals for eight weeks and the aggregated deficiency of this ration has now reached tons and is increasing by tons a week. The potato situation is the worst feature of All. Yields have not come up to. The original estimates the collaring programme is Only 60 per cent completed at a moment when the first frosts May Cut it Short and at least tons will need to be imported into the Rhineland Between now and a pril. Supplies from lower Saxony Are tons Short of promised Al locations and this deficiency will Only be partly made Good by expected imports of tons from Russia and Denmark and unspecified quantities from Holland. The potato shortage gives an idea of the dangers to food Supply to the Rhineland this Winter. A freeze up will Stop shipment of perishable foods. Last year bread was used to cover Lack of Pota toes to Day both these Staple foods Are in Short Supply. Turnips can not be used As an alternative for their tiny calorific value puts necessary mass transportation out of the question. . And German army stocks Are exhausted and the in flux of refugees has put the popu lation of the province up by 000 in four months. The highest possible targets Are being set for indigenous Supply and there is still no information or a january import programme. For the moment the germans will not starve and queues Are Shorter but starvation now has a Camp Stool seat just around the Corner. They Are going to be Short of bread Shorter of potatoes and of those calories of any Freedom in has been smothered guarantee private life by the reign of terror invoked by the efficient . These agents have set up a police state on the traditional. Russian Model. Persons suspected of being against Russia disappear overnight. Which they now Call de nazi fied vitamins. There has been a serious the Ruhr. If it is planning ahead ensure that it shall not re occur Calhoun gift certificate enclosed in miniature hat Box with tiny Stetson hat buy a Calhoun certificate for whatever you feel like for a Crean to for a Sovereign Stetson. The Lucky Man has a gift Cash into a Calhoun hat of his Choice. 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