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—■ ■■ ■ ■♦- ■ ELECTION RIOT AT ALEPPO. EIGHT DEMONSTRATORS SHOT. HEAVY HAND OF FRANCE. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyrisbt.) ( (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 13. Coinciding with the news that the Syrian rebels declined the amnesty i offered them, the Beirut correspondent 1 of the "Times" reports election disturb- ( ances in Aleppo, where the mob, after c storming the polling stations, peno- c trated the Government buildings, which < were partially wrecked. i Eight demonstrators were killed, and a ( French officer and a policeman wounded. A threatening situation is also develop- < ing in Horns and Hama, where the elec- c tions are being boycotted as a result of 1 terrorism by persons whose action M. de ( Jouvenal considers a criminal attempt { to deprive the electorate of the right of voting freely. M. de Jouvenal has decided to apply ( the severest measures against the , offenders, including hanging and confiscation of property. — ("Times.") l
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 14 January 1926, Page 7
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