WRONG FILM CHEERED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2722, 17 March 1916, Page 6

WRONG FILM CHEERED

MOVIE COMEDY IN DAMASCUS,

Ono of llio English hostages dotained in Syria by tho Turkish authorities who recontly snccooded in cscuping to Salonika, has roixirted to Router's correspondent thoro a sorio-coinin incident in Damascus, which is bolioved to lmvo led to tho adoption of inoro sovoro measures towardn tho enemy subjects interned in Damascus.

Tho Turks at llrsi behaved vory wol! U) tlioir unwilling jjuokls, who found recreation in visiting tlio loonl klnonm theatre. Tho pictures naturally coniprimid a In pro proportion of iWinan war. films, hut one oveniny, owing lo somn oversight, n film representing tlio landing of ilio Australian Iroops in Aloxauurin watt projected on to . tho swoon, Tlio Englishmen present. realised that Homo ono nnd blundered. nnd applauded t.lu> scene with great s-.es!., Tim rest of tlio audience, prohnhly not realising what it was all about., neverflioleiw joined in very heartily. Tlio mono was a amnions, and the l\osl umos enjoyed Uio jolto immonsoIV.

Unfortunately_ fov tltom, however, Mm fli'muiii Consul in Duimisoits called upQn Vuli and niiknfl Mm to exile nil who had iiartioipntoil in tho demo wit ration, Tho Vuli declined, hut the CttiiMil wived In (Wstiiuliiuiplo, and'tho Vuli. was ordor«l to deport I lio aliens to Ouvfn, where there ia now « iiolouy of noHvly 1)00 Allied (.übloots,