الملف ٣٠١\١٩٢١ "بلاد الرافدين: تقارير استخباراتية" [و‎‎٥‎١] (٥٨٦/١١٢)

10 appoint more teachers.
promise that he will open a school for girls in Muadh-
had delayed so long that the townsfolk had subscribed to
.e to them, saying they were willing to help them and send
te Mudir to pay the salaries of the teachers and promised
(Sd.) N. Y.
Editor Hopes that the Auqaf will follow the good example of Education.
Where is the Orphanage ?
Sti yi n 8t that people talk ia great deal about schools and
Syria.
the enemy by trench Government to people sentenced to death for participation with
Not a true amnesty-merely a postponment of the sentence.
thC Pe ° ple Wh ° were sent enced to death when the French
entered Damascus. Most of them
escaped to Egypt.
Liscni al Arab No. 51, September 1.
The Arab delegation at Geneva.
xc vvrri me cuch ul xvi. oouue wnom we knew personally
m Damascus. He was deceived by those Syrians who wished to be a colony of France. The
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entertainments given him were not of free will. It will aid Mons, Bartaux and Cashan (?) and
Victor Berard and support the speeches which they delivered in Parliament.
„ . .^f 0 c | ou ^ delegation will also defend the unhappy and subjected Palestine and will aid
British - Liberals to cancel the declaration of Mr. Balfour, Further confidence is induced by the
fact that France wall benefit by the experience which Britain has gained in ‘Iraq and will leave
the Syrians free to establish an independent kingdom like ‘Iraq. This will prove the ancient
character of the French and show that France on the Seine is not different from France on the
banks of the Bardi.
Wealth of ‘Iraq.
2. i he late Naqib of Basrah left £ 100,000 in gold and a property valued at more than
million pounds.
Complaints of the Landlords of Muntafiq.
o. They submitted a complaint to the Cabinet asking for their legal rights which axe injured
by new regulations enforced in the Muntafiq. No doubt their case will be considered.
4. Committees are at work in Europe to facilitate the repatriation of Jews to Palestine.
5. The Lisan al Arab of Jerusalem says that the French High Commissioner in Beyrout
threatens anyone who wishes to participate in the delegation to Geneva. The Moslems of Beyrout
determined to send two Moslems, Dr. Bashir al Oassar and ‘Abdul Rahman Eff Baiham. Both
refused on account of the pressure of the Government. Ahmad Da'uq and Salah al Din Eff.
Baiham were then chosen. The Government refused them passports. They were also refused
passports to Paris. Gouraud told the Mayor that he would punish any Syrian who asked to go.
If Palestine allows a delegation to go why does Syria refuse ?
Editor comments that he cannot understand why France was angry with Turkey, when Turkey
forbade the Arab Congress in Paris. France then protested against Turkey and now does the
same thing itself.
Lisan al Arab, No. 53, September 7.
1. Our article on the employment of foreigners has received universal approval. Many
native officials have been to us and said that it would be far better to employ them than to leave
them sitting in the coffee-shops. What is the meaning of a Native Government while its officials
are full of Indians, Persians and others? They are not only clerks and technical men, but they
enter into the administration and justice. There may have been necessity for their employment
in the past, but what is now the reason ? We ask the new Cabinet to solve this question and give
‘Iraqis their rights. We are in need of the experience of the British, but we can dispense
with others.
2. We hear that the office of Minister without portfolio has been abolished for the sake
of economy.