SYRIAN REVOLT
STILL IN ITS INFANCY. REBEL TROOPS TRAINING. MORE TROUBLE FOR FRANCE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGII l\ Received Jan. 2.1, 11.26 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 20. The Haifa correspondent of the Times says that the end of France’? Syrian troubles has not yet been sighted. Tlie widespread deep-root id character of the nationalist movement is evidenced by the successive failures of French efforts to separate the Druses from Moslems. The dominant military leaders of the revolt are now Yehya( Hayati, and Makomnied Ismail. The latter is a graduate of the military school in Germany and was chief of staff to Aliriza Pasha, who occupied Lebanon during the war. Hayati declares that the revolt is still in its infancy. He is now tra ning twelve thousand Druses and Hauranis, who will be read yto take the field in the spring.—Times.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 21 January 1926, Page 5
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