GROWING WORSE.
SITUATION IX SYIUA. by cable—press association— copy 111 cut. LONDON, Nov. 1(3. The Damascus correspondent of The Times .says the situation in Syria is ■steadily growing worse, and unless something is speedily done a wave ot rebellion will sweep the whole country. The banditry lias assumed an organiccharacter and is directed by Druses, who are daily gaining new adherents. The correspondent doubts whether the forty thousand troops which France proposers to send will ihe sufficient- to cope with the situation. He estimates that at least sixty thousand will be required to restore order, and adds - “The French Government must send a proper army to deal w’t-h the- situation or make peace witr. the Druses. There i«s no middle course.’*
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 November 1925, Page 5
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121GROWING WORSE. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 November 1925, Page 5
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