Turkey. Prisoners, including: Sinking of HM Yacht Zaida in the Gulf of Alexandretta,...

Turkey. Prisoners, including:

Sinking of HM Yacht Zaida in the Gulf of Alexandretta, including:

• Names of the officers and crew (in docket no.184201) interned at Adana.
• Mr E S Bellasis: enquiry about his son, Mr E M Bellasis, interned at Adana.
• Despatch of letters from the nineteen survivors from the ship to their relatives in the United Kingdom via the American Consulate at Mersina.
• Information on the treatment of four officers from the ship (names in docket no.227848) interned at Angora; subsequent transfer of three of the officers to Castamouni.

Major Kiamil Bey, reportedly interned at Katia: enquiries by the Turkish authorities about his welfare and whereabouts; information that he was interned at Sidi Bishr in Egypt.

Threat of reprisals by the Turkish Government for the alleged internment of Muslim women in camps in England and France; information from the War Office that no Muslim women were interned in the United Kingdom.

Madame Alfred Renouard in Constantinople: request for payment by Mr Walter Seager of Liverpool of debts owing to her.

Refusal by the British authorities of permission for payments to be made by Turkish prisoners in Rangoon to individuals in Constantinople.

Decision by the British Government not to agree to a proposal for Messrs Jacob Anzarut and Company to transfer money to the British Relief Fund at Constantinople.

Request by Australian prisoners interned at Bildemik for enquiries to be made by the Australian Government regarding stoppage of their pay.

Request by Mr Razuki, the Baghdad agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, for the remittance of funds for expenses; enquiry into the request by the society's agent in Tehran.

Request by the International Red Cross at Geneva for a list of camps in all countries where Turkish prisoners were interned.

Expression of thanks by the British Government to Demoiselles Bertha and Frieda de Villebois and three Franciscan Sisters of Mercy for the support which they provided to wounded British and French prisoners at Tash Kishla.

Request from Mr S Baliozian for payment of ground rent on the premises of the British Consulate General at Smyrna.

Report of the death of Second Lieutenant Arthur C Lock at Castamouni; enquiry from his father, Judge B Fossett Lock about the delay in receiving information about his son's death.

The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd: request for a revision of the terms of their insurance.

Miss Jessie A Geere: enquiry about luggage left by her at the International Home at Pera.

Demand from Mr Khouri for the payment by Mr Pietro Abela of rent owing on the British consular premises at Haifa; report of the execution of Mr Michel Abela by the Turkish authorities.

Miss M H Fraser and Miss E J Fowler of the British Hospital at Constantinople: annuity payments to the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses.

Permission for a remittance to be sent to Ruchdi Bey, interned at Sumerpur, India, from his brother, Arif Bey; transmission of a letter and a remittance from the Turkish authorities to Makboulé Hanum, the wife of Ruchdi Bey, at Amara.

Complaint by the Turkish Government about the use of invisible ink in letters sent to prisoners in Turkish camps.

Miss Frances Alltree in Constantinople: enquiries about her brother, Captain S Altree and her mother, Mrs E Alltree; provision by Mrs Alltree of financial support to Miss Alltree.

Mr D H Nevshehir: arrangements for the payment by him of the school fees of Kevork Bahdjedjian and Haig Bahdjedjian at Robert College, Constantinople.

Abdullah Rahmi Effendi, interned at Malta: instructions that he should be paid officer's expenses.

Camille and Jacob R Poppel, Galician nationals interned at Alexandria: advice from the War Office that their application for release should not be granted.

Withdrawal by the Turkish Government of permission for physicians from enemy countries to practise their profession in Turkey.

Mrs Emily Rossmore: enquiry about the capture of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp and officers and men of the 5th Norfolk Regiment.

Arrest of Robert and Percival Hadkinson, British subjects from Smyrna, on charges of spying: intervention by the Vatican.

Negotiations between the Turkish and French governments regarding the mutual exchange of sick and wounded prisoners.

Negotiations between the British and Turkish governments regarding the internment of sick and wounded prisoners in Switzerland.

Madame Sarafoglou, a British subject in Constantinople: request for a mesage to be passed to Mr I Agelato in London: arrangements by Mr Agelato for regular remittances to be sent to her.

Mr James Rawe, a British subject in Constantinople: request for a message to be passed to Mr A Brain in Kent regarding superannuation payments; confirmation by Mr A L Lane that the necessary arrangements had been made.

Revised policy on the transmission of letters and messages by the American Embassy in Constantinople to British prisoners in Turkey.

The Reverend Beril Rokeiach, a naturalised Canadian subject resident in America: request for assistance in obtaining the repatriation of his wife and children.

Offer by Gilchrist Walker and Co. Ltd. to place the funds of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society in Constantinople at the disposal of the British Government.

Mrs Behor Levy in Constantinople: request for a message to be passed to her husband in Shepherds Bush, West London.

Mr Alfred Castell, a British national in Constantinople: request for a message to be passed to Mr James Wright in London; confirmation by Mr Wright of his receipt of the message.

Mr John Mackay, a gunner in the Royal Navy, presumed interned at Yozgad: enquiry about his pay and expenses while interned, with reference to proposed payments to his wife by the Admiralty.

Petition from four Ottoman sanitary officials (names in docket no.241771) from Hejaz, interned at Malta, requesting their release.

Mrs Alexander van Millingen: donation of books from the Nelson Library and Tauschnitz collections for the benefit of British prisoners in Turkey.

Arrest of British and French nationals at Smyrna, as a reprisal for the Allied bombardment of the Turkish coast and alleged removal of Turkish subjects.

Mr Edward Price: donation to the Ottoman Red Crescent Society in recognition of the kindness shown to his son, Lieutenant E J Price.

Arrest of Turkish subjects travelling from Saida to Egypt.

Complaints by the Turkish Government about the treatment of Turkish officer prisoners interned at Sidi Bishr in Egypt and in Malta.

Transmission by the American Embassy in Constantinople of a letter and a sum of money from Ragib Raouf Bey to Mr and Mrs Savage in Worthing, Sussex.

Request by the Central Prisoners of War Committee for a complete list of British civilian prisoners interned in the Ottoman Empire.

Code 1244 Files 172940-264650.

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