ULTIMATUM TO SYRIA

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 5

ULTIMATUM TO SYRIA

NO REPLY RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH FEISUL APPEALS TO LEAGUE TO INTERVENE By.Telsjraph-Presa Assoclation-Oopyriffht 1 Cairo, July 20. The French, not having received a. reply to thoir ultimatum, have begun a general advance in. the eastern rone of Syria. It is understood that Emir Feisul has appealed to the League of Nations to intervene.—'"The Times." [General Gouraud's terms demanding the recognition of France's mandate over all Syria, the unrestricted military use of the railways, the punishment of the Arab chiefs responsible for the recent outrages, and suppression of the anti-French movements on the frontiers.] HOSTILE POLICY DUE TO TURKISH NATIONALISTS. Paris, July 20. The "Temps" states that France, at various times sinoe December last, has tried to secure the friendly cooperation of the Syrian authorities, but the Emir Feisul and his colleagues, yielding to the incitement of the Turkish Nationalists, have deliberately started a hostile policy. They have broken off financial relations with the French zone, have tried to prevent food reaching the French tToops, have repeatedly attacked the French posts, and have replaced chiefs friendly to France by others who are hostile.— Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.