ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY
APPROVED BY IRAQ PAR
LTAMENT
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RAGHDAD. Jan. 18. The Traij Parliament approved of the new Anglo-Iraq treaty, which is "virtually an extension' of the former treaty, 50 voting in favour and 20 dissatisfied members declining to vole. BACH DAD. Jan. 19.
The Opposition left the Chamber, it is understood as a protest against the brief period permitted for the study of the terms of the treaty, which were only revealed the previous day. King Fcisul in a speech to the deputies said that although the treaty was nominally for 25 years many of its terms could be modified when Iraq was
member of the. League of Nations
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 20 January 1926, Page 5
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