THE MIDDLE EAST.
FRENCH ENTER DAMASCUS. ■ (Reuter.) ■ Received 5.5 p.m.. July 29. PARIS. July 28. Advices from Beirut state the French occupied Aleppo on the 23rd and entered Damascus on the 25th. A new Sherifian Government has been formed, which accepted Gene■ral Gourand’s conditions, including immediate disarmament and the deposition of Emir Feisal, who has ibeen asked to leave the country. ) ——— I TURKISH GARRISON INTERNED IN BULGARIA. (Reuter.) I Received Julv 29, 9.20 p.m. LONDON, July 28. A large proportion of the Turkish garrison at Adrianople entered Bulgaria where they were disarmed and interned. RECALLED FROM PEACE CONFERENCE. (Reuter.) Received July 29, 8.20 p.m. LONDON, July 28. ; The King of Hedjaz recalled his representative from the Peace Conference in Paris owing to French action in Syria, against which the King protested to the League of Nations. THE FRENCH DEMANDS. Received July 29, 8.20 p.m. LONDON. July 28. Further advices from Beirut state i that the reparations demanded by > General Gourand are for demage ; done 6y guerillas, and the Syrian I army to be transformed into a police force.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17934, 30 July 1920, Page 5
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