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b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May Sherman air
men who went belatedly to Iraq to
bolster the Axis-inspired war
against Britain were reported fleeing
the country tonight as 1raq resls-
lance collapsed.
Iraqi troops and a citizens COM
mittee which took charge in Bagh-
dad Joined in asking the British for
an armistice.
British imperial advance forces
entered the disorderly capital.
Negotiation of armistice terms for
the whole country is under way with
the Iraui commander, Gen. Mourad
Mahmoud. and the mayor OF Bagh-
dad. Arshad Ell Umari, British au-
thorities said.
LAS between ourselves and the
rebels the whole thing is over, they
added.
Desire Regents Return.
The mayor, who with a committee
of four sought to restore order IN
Baghdad and put down the wander
ing bands of hooters, announced the
people desired Regent Emir Abdul
Ilah to return and restore a con-
stitutional government for the peace
and independence of Iraq, The
Emir was last reported in 1raq,
closely following the British march
on Baghdad. and may already nave
returned to his capital,
The pro-German Premier Rashid
Ali Al Gallant. who seized power
for the Emir April 4 and started
fighting the British on May 2, had
made good his flight to Iran PERSIA.
He and a party of 80 crossed the
border at Qasr-I-Shirin yesterday.
Among them was his chief of staff,
Amin Zaki; the italian Minister to
Baehdad and his staff; that old foe
of Britain, the former Grand Multi
of Jerusalem, Hal Amin Husseini,
and Adolf Hitler's expert on Arabian
affairs, DR.. Fritz Grobba.
King Net Believed Taken.
Official quarters here chose to
regard as most unlikely" reports
that DR.. Grobba and Rashid Ali
had taken with them the 6-year-old
King Feisal II as possible hostage
for future bargaining with Britain.
However. a Havas. French news
agency, dispatch from Baghdad
quoted a communique issued by the
interior Security Commission in
Baghdad saying the boy king and
the self styled Regent Sharaf, named
by Rashid Ali to act for young
Feisal, were in Rashid Ais party
when it crossed the Iran frontier.
(The Havas dispatch said Yougs
Sebhoui, military governor OF
Baghdad who resigned after a
few hours in office, followed
Rashid Ali Saturday. Thus, in
the absence of responsible au-
thorities, the communique said,
the commission requested the
srmistice
The British radio broadcast
a report the armistice became
effective Saturday. that Baghdad
was quiet and the blackout had
been liftedJ
Cite Flight to Iran.
A reliable British source here
commented sarcastically that Rashid
Ais flight to Iran rather than to
the German base at Mosul shows
the faith he places in the protection
the Germans can give him.
This was followed quickly by re-
liable reports via Cairo that the
German planes were flying out also.
but it was not disclosed whittier
they were bound.
Although British sources said that,
"as far as Arab participation is
concerned, the situation has been
cleared up" all was not yet peace
able in Iraq.
British news dispatches said Arab
irregulars INDUCED in an orgy OF
footing and shooting in Baghdad
after the government heads fled.
Suburbs Occupied.
Dispatches by way of Lebanon
said the suburbs already were occu-
pied. and that Palestinian motor
lied force had driven into the city,
with full control expected to be eff
fected shortly. Iraq auxiliary troops
there were said to have surrendered.
Right up to the last. the Rashid
Ali government continued to issue
belligerent communicates, one this
morning claiming repulse of British
(See IRAQ, Page AS