SYRIAN SETTLEMENT
ASSYRIAN PROBLEM
(British Official Wireless.) (Received July 29, 11.10 a.m.)
RUGBY, July 28. The Archbishop of Canterbury raised a debate in the House of Lords today on the settlement of Assyrians in Syria and the decision of the League Council that the scheme already approved must be abandoned.
Lord Stanhope, replying for the Government, explained the circumstances in which the Assyrian Committee, reached a decision to abandon the scheme for settlement in the Gab district in Syria following representations from the French Government The Council had requested the committee to continue its work with a view to securing the settlement of Assyrians, and his Majesty's Government would give the committee every support in its efforts.
Satisfaction was expressed at the evident determination of the League Council not to let the matter rest, and the Archbishop withdrew his motion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1936, Page 11
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