KURDISTAN REVOLT.
SHEIK SAID HAS AMBITIONS t & TURKISH ARMY ENGAGING THE' rebels. VILLAGE BOMBARDED AND DAMAGED. ‘ , ' ,i tr (By Electric Cable:— CoovrightA (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Sun Gable). (Received - Feb. 28, 9 a.m.) .Constantinople', Feb. 25. Owing to the rapid extension of the Kuitlistan revolt, .the Government has proclaimed martial law in 13 eastern provinces: Sheik “-Said’s rebels, numbering 7Q90, aim at forming''a separate Kurdish. state and restoring the Khalifat. Government troops have surrounded the rebels in North-east Diarbeker. The suddenness of the rising in the difficult regions is perplexing the Government. ' *
A Turkish flotilla bombarded the village of Halen, the -home of Sheik Said, resulting in indescribable panic and considerable- damage ’being done.
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Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 471, 26 February 1925, Page 4
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