FRANCE IN SYRIA.
DRUSES REFUSE TO GIVE IN TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM (Aust. and N.Z. Gable). Paris, Dec. 31. The Druses refuse 'to make formal submission, especially as it involves the laving down of * arms. They say that they never in history surrendered their weapons, which are a necessary protection against raiding Bedouins and the general lawlessness of Jebel. The French are endeavouring to find a formula to satisfy the chiefs. .MEN DETAILED TO BEHEAD DE JOUVENJa. Daniacsus, Dec. 31. The notorious rebel leader Massan Kharrat was killed in a light outside the city. His most recent effort was tlie announcement that he had detailed 40 men to decapitate M. Do Jouvenel, the French High Cominis- . ? • v <• • { } , sicmer.
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Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 672, 2 January 1926, Page 7
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