— Canon Barnes, preachin-r in Westminster Abbey on a recont Snnday said"Until three years ago practically the wholo world praised the beneficence of our rule. To-day Egypt was aflamo with revolt Most of our newspapers wero silent, but some told truths generally admitted in private conversation, that .British agents re sorted during the war to forced labour to build the lines of communication into Palestine. The compulsion was indirect, but natives were taken on an enormous scale Further, it was alleged that, as in Mesopotamia, the medical servieo proved inadequate and a heavy mortality resulted."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 6
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94Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 6
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