The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-31
british CABINET
DISCUSSES SYRIA
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,.. ssid that the British cabinet
f0. nsidering action that may
was WI ,;red as consequence" of
ne new outbreaks :. INV,
ne ,. To- his statement in commons
Ai rareian Secretary rushed back
the aobinet meeting which lasted
.,ol into the night
wen .,s disclosure of gunplay
Ao sh+ o,ltbursts of protests from
Df0 u.hers of Parliament, who jump
nls'r n in rapid succession to critl-
Gu ~ VI French policy. in the Levant
ezs demand "stern steps" by
AT ana british government. 49,. ,;+ =
The s.I pl is time they were told quite
.. Ill 5f where to get off, angrily
stralsn,d R R. Stokes, laborite.
dsclal5F@ french are behaving as if
. "lns had won the war;
thS T.a s'% Syrian and Lebanese lega.
ln' in London said that the
t ions had bombarded Damascus
f # isst night. The intervention OF
al PR Bri+is,a minister stopped the
the Di rs,non4 statement said,
s po+''f firing continued.
Og Tbe paris radio asserted that the
,s i+e began after French barracks
' 0a,,' sttacked by Syrian gendarmes
anu The broadcast quoted reliable"
, lnc sources as confirming that
T Tlencf airplanes and artillery were
III rSe radio said that other clashes
49,, tI occurred all over Syria" Most
lla nav, nlace in Southern Syria where
u,Uo gi are said to have as
l aar1ted Freuch troops" the broad
cast said, ,
..oro NOT confined to Damascus
eorio,Is disorders, he said, had TAX
Nv nIace for several days at Aleppo
IN Northern Syria. and at HONS
nnd Hama, IS and 10 miles north
If the capital.
I'VE have been trying for months
mast to promote final settlement
If tbp situation. the dangers OF
which were apparent to us all. ="
Eden said. As result, ne said,
the chances of negotiation between
thp French and the Levant states
had been by no means unhopeful.
But in the last few days. he
added all this improvement has
been entirely swept away"
The foreign Secretary told COM
mons that British troops still were
in SYRIA. when he denied a state
ment by Maj. Gen. Sir Edward
sqpars. former British minister to
Leblanc and Syria, that British
troops had been withdrawn
The British, he said, were pre-
marco. however, ito withdraw all
our troops from Syria and Lebanon
as soon as an agreement was
reached between the French and
the Levant states"
Spears, a conservative member,
rose in commons and said:
Il am certain that the Govern
ment will have the full support OF
the whole house and of opinion
everywhere in taking strong steps
in bringing home to the French our
insistence that this bloodshed must
cease and that they must respect
the independence of the two re-
publics Syria and LabanonD which
they and we have guaranteed
Maj. W. W. Astor, conservative
urged that President Truman take
prominent part in the mediation
Of the dispute.
In Washington. the White House
said that the President had not been
asked to mediate the disputed
What does San Francisco mean
if Immediately there are two mem
berS Of the United Nations shooting
each other up?" Astor asked.
Eden made no reference to a re-
ported message which Prime Min
.Ster Churchill was said to have
sent Syria's acting Prime Minister,
Jamll Mardan Bey, counseling
Synans TO be calm.
Reuters reported from Damascus
that Churchill had asked the Syri-
ans to be tolerant until the situation
Was more settled.