MESOPOTAMIA.
BRITISH OCCUPATION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian anri N.Z. 'Cable Association. LONDON. April 29. The "Sunday Express” says that Sir P. Cox, High Commissioner, during a farewell banquet at Bagdad, foreshadowed that the British occupation in Mesopotamia would last four years longer. lie declared that he could not speak for the Government, except to state that peace with Turkey was essential. He had no doubt that the Britis.li would staj* until Mesopotamia could stand alone, with ultimate independence, which would have been finally* achieved in foUr
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17028, 30 April 1923, Page 4
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