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Show THRACE IS FREE : FROM OPERATION OF IRJEOLARS New Ciril Governor of District Dis-trict Makes Statement Declaring De-claring Turks Are Behaving Behav-ing Themselves yell CONSTANTINOPLE Oct 21 (By A. P.). Several regrettable Incident, hare occurred In eastern Thrace despite the I presence of allied military detachments, say. a statement of ghaklr Bey. the first made public sine hi. appointment appoint-ment aa civil governor of Thrace for the Turkish nationalist government. T-he-4-'icktel populatlona In tha prnr-lnc prnr-lnc are "behaving excellently," adds the statement, and It la untrue Uiat Turkish Irregulsrs are operating there. "If several Turkish villages hsve been forced to orgsnlse for defense against Incursions." Shaklr Bey declare., de-clare., "It I. certain they have maintained main-tained an admiral restraint In the face of provocation, wishing only to- protect their Uvea and honor. "The administration of the provrlnee will observe the e&me rule, toward the flreek. and Armenians a. In Asia Minor, namely,, that men of military as will be concentrated In prison camps, those who have been traltore will he punished, and all others. If peaceable and honest, will be permitted permit-ted to continue to live and work In absolute ab-solute safety. |