TROUBLE IN MESOPOTAMIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3547, 7 August 1920, Page 5

TROUBLE IN MESOPOTAMIA.

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The \\':u' I'..*l'h'C<+ announces that the tx;uop.~: \\‘no \‘\'oro :ItT"acl{or] by Arabs at H.il’:lh \\‘ex*<? the se(:.nd b:‘g,’Lt.:llic:ll nf‘thc _\la<-h(-:.~:l'e:'s. The casualties to 2112 Bri:.i,.sfi 1:1-~o0p.<"u‘0ra>:.‘t\\'elve }:idI(?rl. 26 \\'oumied_. and 208 unis.»-ing,»mld to‘ the lmlinn froCp.\‘, eiglgt kiiied, SH w(ulmi—ed and S] Inissing.

Si"CU.»\'I‘ION SERIOUS

REBELS 50 MILES I4‘R()M B;\(fl.H)Al_l

DRASTIC A CTION N ECESSARYA

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i The sii'1l:1Li0ll ian .\'l(‘.\',O}_)Ol2:l‘.llll is inlcreasingly serious. The rebels are {only 50 miles. from Bagdad. All railtxva)-‘ communication with Bars-a 1;-as Eceased. The tribesmen command the ‘river approaches to Bagclud by way of ,the Lower Euphrates. Communicaition with the city is diflicult. ;responSibl9 elements in the city unite in urging the Government to take drastic steps against.‘ the tribes,’ extremists leaders, to whose efforts alone, with the help of the St. Eritian‘ Government, the present. disturbances are due. The tribesmen are nervuos as to the result. of their intrigues. which they fear-"will prove the deathblow to the hopes of an Arab G«n'el_:ll— They fear that French arc-.tio‘h in Syria will be followed by similar action in Great Britain.

Troops and iranspolfts Iwavo left In dia. for Basra’.