THE REDEMPTION OF MESOPOTAMIA
In the House of Commons on July--23 (says "Tlie Times") Lord R. Cecil, answering a request made by Sir J.. Jardine (Roxburghshire, L.) tor information as to military and political matters on the coast of the Red the Hejaz, and adjoining Sultanates, and in Mesopotamia, said: General Marshall's operations on the Euphrates in 1 March, and his subsequent operations in the neighbourhood of Kirkuk in April, resulted in inflicting on tho Turks casualties amounting to about 10,000 men, of whom 7600 are prison-' ers of war, the capture of 30 guns, and much other war material. As regards the operations .of. tie [ Mesopotamian Political Administration, very satisfactory progress is being made in redeeming the country from the state of ruin into which it had fallen under the Turks. Thirteen Government primary schools, four municipal Stateaided schools, a . teachers' trainiug school, and a survey school have l.cen opened; extension classes in agriculture have also been started. The local demand for' education is very insistent, 'and is being met as rapidly as the supply of teachers will permit. Large tracts of land hitherto untilled have been brought under the plough through the combined efforts of tho people and the Political Administration; use has beeii made of mechanical traotors and artillery., horses, which havo supplemented the ordinary means of cultivation. The opening up of the country, by road, rail, and improved water transport, and the establishment of security on the highways, have resulted in an increase of trade and a lowering of prices of commodities. The contrast between the improved condition of Mesopotamia and that of tho neighbouring country occupied by the Turks, where disorder and famine are chronic, has not failed to impress the popular, tion and its leaders, tho local notables,•' and tribal chiefs. ■ The relation's be-! tweon our troops and the people awl, excellent, and a. spirit of harmony and; co-operation prevails. The opinion _is frequently, expressed that tho British mean well by the Arab race. (Cheers.)
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 14, 11 October 1918, Page 5
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331THE REDEMPTION OF MESOPOTAMIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 14, 11 October 1918, Page 5
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