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MESOPOTAMIAN POLICY

LAME GARRISON NOT TO BE ' EMPLOYED.

London, August 26/ The "Daily Express" Btates that tb# > Government has decided that it will no longer employ a large garrison to hold 1 Mesopotamia. The Arabs will be given ' the right of self-government under their • own chiefs, assisted by British adminietrators if they so desiro. A mission, including Sir Percy Cox and Mr. Harry Philby is going to Bagdad to put the , new policy into • execution.—Aus.-N.Z. ■ *jable Assn.

FURTHER FIGHTING WITH HOSTILE TRIBES. j (Rec. August 30, 1 a.in.) London, August 28. X War Office Mesopotamia ■ communique staites: The trouble has spread to the Muntefik area. The situation in ...iatterhai is critical. The political : officer at Shatreh has been withdrawn by aeroplane to Nasiric. British troops ! encountered a stfrong hostile force south-" i east of Hillah and drove them acros4 ' tiu> Euphrates. Forty tribal banners ! were counted. _ The opposition in northeast Bagdad is still strong. The bei sieged garrison at Qaraohan, thirbf ; miles south of Kifri,, has been relieveoT

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 288, 30 August 1920, Page 5

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MESOPOTAMIAN POLICY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 288, 30 August 1920, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIAN POLICY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 288, 30 August 1920, Page 5

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