THE DRUSES
"NO SITU PEOPLE AS SYRIANS" A wriler of a series of art ides j,, the "Petit Parisien" on Hie conditio,, „f Syria says in effect that there is no such country as Syria, and no such people as the Syrians. Krom the ethnical point of view you find a mixture of Lebanese Arabs and Druses, each one hating the oilier and always ready In light' him. I here is only one I rtle Syrian in Syria and (bit is the French 'high Commissioner himself. Syria is nothing but n gen-graphical expression. |. 10 ;-„ the religious point of view the confusion is eyen greater, ami the people can he divided into no fewer Mian 29 distinct sects, though the total population of the oui;try is not more than 2.5C0.000 I heir culture is as varied as their race and their religion. Every stage of civilisation can be seen except the highest. The Druses themselves are little more than savages.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 1
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159THE DRUSES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 1
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