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Show WILL NOT PERMIT SELLING OF BIBLES CONSTANTINOPLE Jan. 3. The Porte has at length replied to the notes of the American legation and British embassy regarding the sales of Bibles and notwithstanding previous assurances assur-ances the Porte refuses to authorize street sales. The Porte's notes which are in identical iden-tical terms declare there Is no doubt that agents of the Bible societies indulge in-dulge In a propaganda In explaining the utility and use of the Scriptures and as all propaganda are forbidden by the laws of the empire the action of the colporteurs brings them under prohibition. pro-hibition. Consequently the Government can no longer consent to the system of peddling Bibles, but must Insist that the sales be confined exclusively to shops or the depots of the societies. |