Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-12 | Page 5 | French Quell Syrian Revolt

FRENCH QUELL SYRIAO EVOLT BEIRUT. Syria, Aug. 12 (At French troops and airplanes moved into northeastern Syria today to quell a revolt of wild Kurdish tribes and to and the back-country warfare war-fare between Mohammedana and Christians. . Motorised Infantry, equipped with machine guns, swept Into tha village vil-lage of Amouda and found IS bodies under lh ruins of looted and burned houses. (Ip Jerusalem It wa reported that French airplanes had wrecked Amouda with bomb, ahead of the Infantry occupation.) Amouda is a village populated mainly by Christian. It waa attacked at-tacked August 10 by united force of Kurd and Moslem from the Interior, who pillaged 100 Christian-owned shops. Patience Ends (The Jerusalem report was that the French took military measures gainst Amouda because they were exasperated by lawlessness within the village.) The French authorities reported tha troop met "no serious resistance resist-ance today," adding that "tha Kurd elements and seditious Moslem" were quickly put down. Tha semiofficial version of the fighting in. northeastern Syria waa that violence began July when 100 natives occupied the government palace In upper Jezireh and took control of the towns of Hassetch and Kamechlie, demanding tha reinstatement re-instatement of local official ousted oust-ed by the government A policeman was killed and many persons were injured in fighting July 1. Police reinforcements which left Aleppo were halted by aa army of armed native before they reached tha scene and 60 of tha policemen po-licemen surrendered. They were later released. Three Killed Three more policemen were killed In additional disorder at Hassetch and fighting broke out gain July 9 between nationalist and autonomous Arabs. The central government at Damascus Da-mascus appointed a committee of Investigation, but the unrest and violence continued and IT police post were evacuated. The present rebellion flared with the attack on Amouda.