CALM BEFORE STORM

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1943, Page 4

CALM BEFORE STORM

SEEN IN LEBANON APPEAL FOR BRITISH INTERVENTION. MADE BY ARAB NOTABLE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, November 18. Britain must step in soon in Lebanon or what has happened there will be child’s play compared with what will happen in the future, is the opinion expressed by an Arab notable who is well informed on the Lebanon situation, says a British United Press correspondent cabling from the Lebanon-Pales-tine border. The Arab notable added: “The present stage is the calm before the storm. The situation in Beirut is a sort of armed truce. Both sides are waiting To see the outcome of the Catroux negotiations, but it is clear that the Lebanese have no intention of accepting any new Government.”.. King Farouk in the Speech from the Throne, at the opening of the Egyptian Parliament, said he profoundly deplored the painful events in Lebanon, against which the Egyptian Government had immediately and strongly protested. “My Government,” King Farouk said, “will do everything possible to re-establish a normal situation and the triumph of right in this dear country.” King Farouk’s uncle, Prince Mohamed Ali, deputised for the King, who is convalescing after a car accident. King Farouk also declared that Egypt was determined to keep her integrity and independence. Syria is taking the necessary steps with the appropriate authorities in the Lebanese interests, a Government spokesman told the Syrian Parliament in Damascus yesterday. The Algiers radio stated that the French Committee of National Liberation and also the Consultative Assembly and Council of Resistance were all in session today.