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THE HONGKONG: DAIT PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1979.

OUTLOOK IN MESOPOTAMIA.

DODWELL & COMPANY.LD. SIE PERCY COX AND HIS TASK.

STEAMSHIP SERVICES,

Bagalur Skilings to

NEW YORK & BOSTON

via Stem or Panama Canala sḥ Owner's Option.

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about middle of November.

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about 4th Nov.

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PORTS.

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VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG & COLOMBO

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The

sailing about 7th November.

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WEATHER REPORT.

October 10th, at 18.05.Warning to Hong- 135 deg. E direction unknown, Long-A typhoon in Lat. 14 deg. N., Long."

kong:- Atyphoon within 190 miles of Lat lowober 11th, 11.37-Warning to Hong 14 deg. N Long, 131 deg. E, moving N.W Japan and Indo-China.

October 11th at 11.45-No returns from

0

Frosture has decreased slightly to moderately at all reporting stations,

The Government are sinking deeper into the morames" of Mesopotamia, says the Times. The news that the Mantik Araba have risen shows that the insurrection is spreading authward, and that the danger of a complete interruption of the co munications with Baghdad bas increased in Southern Kurdistan, where we should never have dreamed of intruding, the atuncion

DW graver. A pritish comunn bas recovered Abanikan, on the Persian frontier; but it seems to be entire ly isolated, for Bakubas, on the Shanikin railway, only thirty mics from Baghdad, is in hogiile arab hands. kiiri, un the road through the foot-bills to Alosul,ading at 10 am today, 0.00 Inch. Total has been seized, and the local political January 1st. 97.14 inches against ko

ut his age of 78.31 inches. officer captured, though the fate escort is not atated. North-west of Kifri

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at the garrison of Tuz-kburmatli, where one.

noon to-day fa su follows - of the biggest oilfields is situated, is re

DISTRICT ported to have been invested."..." Heavy nguting appears to continue in the Hilah Hongkong to Gap Nook

[region, near Babyloo and there seems në "prospect of the early relief of our besieged garrison at Kufab, once the greatest city of Lover Mesopotaasia. The War Office to be doing its utmost to hurry appears reinforcements to the disturbed province, though

its share is apparently confined to issuing orders, fur India is undertaking all the work. The best part of two Indian divisions is proceeding to Mesopotamia, and some of the troops have already land. ed. Our correspondent at Teheran has warned us that the Mesopotamian "Ex- peditionory Force requires greater stiffening of British battalions, but др steps in this direction appear to have been ordered, It is now clear that, if the pre- sent policy is continued, the task of the reconquest of Mesopotamia will be long and serious, and that it will completely apset the Budget Estimates of this year military expenditure. The most optimistic calculation is that order cannot be re stored in Mesopotamia before Christmas, and we should be inclined to way hat a much longer period will be required.

we suggested on

Meanwhile we are informed that £la scheme for holding Mesopotamia by a com bination of aeroplanes and light armoured cars, which Air-Marshal Salmond is now organizing on the spot, is not yet in operation, and, therefore, cannot band' to have proved unable to cope with the bostila populace," as August it. Our reply is that such ex- perience as has been gained in the use of these arms supports our contention that neither aeroplanes nor armoured cars are ut much use against roving bands of nomadic Arabs in a huge expanse of open country, where they can wander at will." Still less, we may add, are they likely to prove efficacious in the mountains of hurdistan, as was proved last year on the Indian frontier, and also in the action at the Tashhujah Pass, in Kurdistan, last year, when we lost four armoured cars, and nineteen vans carrying Lewis guy, and

"suffered severe casnarties "in a difficult

retreat. We are interested to learn that the reinforcements now reaching Mesopo tamia include two more squadrons of aero- planes and some armoured ears, and that A third aeroplane squadron is forming but we adhere strongly te our not yet; obsolete view that i

in mobile warfare in

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TOYAMA MARU

TOYOHASHI MARU

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Thursday, 14th Oct, ät 11 am Monday, 15th Nov, at 11

Friday, 28th Nov, at Tuesday,

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will be of much avail without a strong proportion of infantry. When science and invention have done their utmost, the in- fantry arm will still be the queen of the battlefeld, for the fundamental laws of war are unchanging,

LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez Siesopotamian problem is not one of war,

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Friday, 23th Oct a Moon. HAMBUBG, LONDON & BOTTERDAM, vis Buez.

--DAKAR MAFU sailing from Yokohamis

Saturday, 16th October:

A typhoon has formed in the Pacifio to the ease of Luzon; ita position at 8 am, this morning was very roughly Las 14 deg. A, Lang. 131 deg, E. probably moving N.W.

Hongkong rainfall for the

Formous Channel

bodri

FORECAST.

E and SE winds, moder Late; Fair.. (N.E. winds 1 moderate.

D

South coast of China between The

Hongkong and Lamocks Na 1. Santhcoast of Chins betweenƒThe same as

Hongkong and Hainan 1

HONGKONG METEORÜLOGICAL

REGISTER

No. 1.

Hongkong Observatory, October 11th.

at p.... 21.00.

Previous On Date Oc Date

Day at

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29.88* 29,81 ᏎᎷ .

77

83

Barometer Hamidity Temperare Wind Direction Esst Werther Rain

Force

04

calm

2.

0.09

0

Highest open-air Temperature on 10th...ng Lowest open-air Temperature on 11th...77

Date

Sunrise. Sunset October 11.8.13 m. 6.02 p.m. ·

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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE"

From 19th in Oercher, 18th, 1990

HIGH WATER.

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We do not desire, however, to say more about methods of warfare, because the

but of policy, and we hope to see the war- Iare eliminated as quickly as possible. Thes. 12 m 9 51 When every allowance has been made

27.0 for the external causes which have Wed 13 m 10.49 contributed to produce the rising, it re

5127.3 mains true that the principal factor has Thur. 14 mil been the lax and mistaken policy of the

10 Government. In a semi-official statement Fri. published on Thursday, it was claimed for ite Government that they had never Satur 16 Sunday,

wavered trom the policy laid down in the Anglo-French Declaration of November, Sun 47 Manila, Zamboanga, Thursday 1918, of setting up an independent Arah

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the permanent form of administration."of detting up "an independent State to We can only say that the nets done in be governed accordance with the wishes Mesopotamin in the name of the Govern of the people. The choice could not be ment have not squared with their pro bettered, because Sir Percy Cox appeara fessed intentions. The Anglo-French to be free from blame for the more recent Declaration solemnly undertook to en-mistakes, as he has been Minister in courage and assist the establishment of Teheran since the Armistice.

Sir Percy an indigennus Government and Admin Cox is an administrator of great experi istration, and said that far from wishes, and of unrivalled knowledge of the ing to impose any particular icatitation people of these regiona. He has acquired on these lands," the two Powers meant to a considerable influence over them, not by support the methods of control which the a show of power, but by virtue of that peoples shall have adopted. of their own high personal character which is still the free will" The policy pursued in the last best possession of an Englishman. .Ho twenty months has not accorded either with has no romantic dreams about the Arabs the Letter or the spirit of iba Declaration on the one hand, because he knows them Mesopotamia has beyn governed as though to well to be under any misconceptions we meant to make of it another Egypt, about their defects, while, on the other large numbers of military officers have been hand, he bas, no ambition to become a converted into civil oficials, an Admin-second Lord Cromer: He is a true bar- istration has been created vastly in excess binger of peace his word will be trusted" regnum, and Ear Curzon knocked the Arabs, and if anyone can form an Arab of local requirements during an inter- by the Government as well as by the bottom out of the alleged adherence of the Administration out of very unpromising Government to the Declaration when he materials, he will do so. The mutual said on June 25th that we have hardly jealousies of the principal tribes in Meso found a single Arab capable of holding potamin are so fierce as to jeopardize the Government office of any importance. Prospect of success. One thing is, how- The very fact that hundreds of British ever, quite certain. If the foundations of women and children, whose isolated pasi-the proposed Arab State are to be laid tion now causes anxiety, were allowed to amid repressive warfare, then neither Sir. settle in this turbulent country while it Percy Cox nor any other man can accom was still in military occupation, suggests plish the task. Could anything be more that the men on the spot, at any rate, paradoxical than the policy now proposed t desired that the existing conditions should The High Commissioner is to go to Baghdad become permanent. No step taken by the and say: I have corns to form an in- Baghdad Administration deserves Beverer dependent Arab State, but first we must condemnation than their admission of fight out this protracted war with you, to wiver and families. All the evidence tends whom I bring deliverance. The

garrisons the communications tamia that the military administration restored the

got would be regularized, that the spirit of the away, wanton outrages punished, and the Declaration might be fulfilled by the tres tribesmen must disperse to their homes; tion of some sort of Council of Notables; but the first clause of any aunouncement and that the Government allowed them made on behalf of the Government should selves to be dragged at the heels of imb that the military administration and petuous subordinates on the Tigrin

the military occupation, the principal It is evident now that a change of policy cause of the rising, are to cease at the is contemplated.

earliest possible moment, and that the The Government have. seat out Sir Percy Cox ns High Commis people are to manage their own affairs, sioner, and have charged him with the task however badly, with the aid of a few Bri

tish advisers. The military occupation is (Continued at foot of next qilumn.) " the crux of the whole question."

to show that it was assumed in Mesopa. should be reovn and children t

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