FUTURE OF SYRIA.
BRITISH EVACUATION. OPPOSED BY EMIR. By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received October 22, 11.35 a.m.) r LONDON, October 21. Tho Emir Feisul has gone to Paris at M. Clemenceau’s invitation to discuss tho Syrian question. The AngloFrench agreement provides that the British shall withdraw from the Arab zone on November 1, when the country will be banded over to the Emir, but 1* rench garrisons will remain at Beyrcut and in the_ Lebanon and coast disThe Emir fears that the alterations -m the status quo inaugurated by v iscount Allenby will result in trouble, tie protests against tho evacuation by frhL? ntl * h r I Wl ° & re regarded as mends of Islam. Ho urges that the question of evacuation be submitted to an Allied Military Commission.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12777, 22 October 1919, Page 7
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