IRAQ RAIDS.
DUE TO COMMUNIST AGITATORS. REPORT FROM RIGA. (BT cable— tress association— copyright.) (.AUSTBALIAX AND S.Z. AXD EUS CABLE.) LONDON, March 11. The "Daily Mail's" Riga correspondent states that the TVahabis' threatening attitude is due to Communist agitators, graduates from the Soviet's International Revolutionary University at Tiflis, who were sent to Arabia supplied with funds to start a rising last November.
The Communist International timed the Iraq crisis to coincide with King Amanulla's visit to London for the purpose of demonstrating for his benefit British Imperialistic policy, which Moscow alleges threatens Afghanistan. The Bolshevik plans in Iraq are due to years-long attempt to inveigle Great Britain into war with the Mohammedans, hoping to set India aflame.
IBN SAUD DEFENDED. (austbalian and n.z. and sun cable.) (Received March 12th, 5.5 p.m.) JERUSALEM, March 11. Sheik Harisa Abn Charisha, leader of the Bent-i-Sakhra tribe, does not believe that Ibn Saud is implicated in the attack on Transjordania. He says that Ibn Mashhur, who was responsible for last month's attack, was imprisoned at Haiel and forced to disgorge the booty and pay blood money to the injured tribes.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19258, 13 March 1928, Page 9
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