Grim Battle
EXPECTED IN ARABIA IBN SAUD’S AMBITION (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright; CAIRO, May 8. Iraq forces are steadily advancing from Hodcida towards Sanaa, capihil of Yemen, where a grim battle is expected. Another Saudi army under Emir Ahmed el Showear is harassing the Yeminis, capturing a caravan and camels conveying ammunition, also two Italian gunnery instructors. Ibn Saud is described as an Arabian Bismarck, and is credited with an am bition to create a greater Arabia. He is claiming possession of Yemen, which is the richest territory in Arabia. It would give Ibn Saud control of ali the cultivated land on the Red Sea coast, besides the desert railways route from Mecca seaward.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 109, 10 May 1934, Page 5
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