No Future for Arabs Under Nazi Rule

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 106, 6 May 1941, Page 5

No Future for Arabs Under Nazi Rule

WARNING TO IRAQ (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 4. < The following proclamation to the Iraqis has been issued in Palestine by bR.H. Abdul Hah, Regent of Iraq: “A group of military tyrants, aided and abetted by Rashid Ali and other illdisposed persons and by foreign gold, have by force thrust me from my sacred duties as guardian of my nephew, your beloved young king. Under their evil sway, the noble land of Iraq has been poisoned by falsehood and lies and brought from the blessings of peace to the horrors of a Venomous war. “My duty Is plain,” his Soya! Highness adds. “I am returning to restore the tarnished honour of our native land and lead It back again to peaceful prosperity under a law-fully-con'tituted Government. “I call upon all true sons of Iraq lo (drive out this band of traitors and restore to our beloved country true liberty and Independence. Recall your sons end brothers from this war brought upon your heads by the lies and intrigue of foreigners thinking of only their own selfish interests. Soldiers, go peacefully to your stations and there peaceably await my restoration of an independent Iraq constitutional Government "Long live King Feisal II!”