STATE OF ANARCHY
- CONDITIONS IN SYRIA. - FRENCH AT SUEIDA AG AIN BELEAGUERED. BY CABLE—PRES 3 ASSOCIATION -COPYRIGHT. Received 10.5 a.m. to-day. - - LONDON, Alay 19. The Jersalum correspondent of the Daily News stated that the . stories* off French successes in Syria-, where there are 50,000 troops, do hot accord with tlie facts. Several thousand poilus entered Sueida, which is no w beleaguered by hordes of rebels. The water supply is diminishing. ....... The French hold a portion of Damascus, and the remainder of the city is still open to continuous Arab- raids. There have been heavy losses on both sides. The Arabs declare that they can resist for a year. The country is in an anarchical state.’ The Druses would-welcome a British mandate, which is, however, impossible. —Sydney Sun Cable. • .
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 20 May 1926, Page 5
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