PALESTINE.
THE ITEDJA/ KAIIAVAY. ARABS ATTACK M.UN. Australian and K.Z. Cable Association and 1£ niter. 3.0 X 1)0 X, April 23. Palestine Hodja* ollitia) ; Arab fortes, under tiu> King of the iiedjnz, carried on s elective demolitions of the. Hcdjaz railway north and south of .Maan (70 miles S.E. of •tius Dead Seal. They successfully attacked the outer defence of .Maau and reached Maau station, but .subsequently withdrew to the outer di femes, which they still hold. Retween April 11 and April 17 they took 322 prisoners.
JAPAN’S TASK. WATCH INC THE EAST. SYDNEY, April 24. Speaking at the Sooiety of St. George dinner, the Japanese Coiisul-Gnnera.l said there were signs of a colossal German attempt to throw her forces through paralysed Russia and Siberia to the Sea of Japan. If that attempt weye made Japan , held herself ready to thwart it and keep the Ear- East and the Vacate f r-s* from German domination.
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Evening Star, Issue 16717, 25 April 1918, Page 3
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155PALESTINE. Evening Star, Issue 16717, 25 April 1918, Page 3
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