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Show TURKS REDUCED TO STARVATION New York, an. 12. The closing of the Dardanelles and th cutting off of Turkey from outside commerce has resulted in the people of Constantinople Constanti-nople being reduced to the verge of starvation, according to George Tomayan of Chicago, for the last Bight months in charge of an Armenian Arme-nian Orphan asylum at Constantinople, Constantino-ple, who arrived here today on the Creek steamship Athinai from Piraeus Pi-raeus When I left Constantinople less than a month ago." he said, "that citv was reduced to sore straits for food, all available supplies having been confiscated by military authorities. authori-ties. Suffering among the people was intense and the struggle for food by the poor pitiful In the extreme. ' oo |