Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-22

1911
BY a tank and several antitank
guns mounted on jeeps. sur
rounded the royal palace where
13-year-old King Faisal and
Crown Prince Abdul nah were
preparing 10 leave for q
Baghdad Pact meeting In Is
tanbul.
At the same time other army
units surrounded the home Of
Prime Minister Nuri said. long
the country's political strong
man. and the residences Of gov
eminent ministers. Centurion
tanks rumbled 70 strategic
places throughout Baghdad.
Gen. Rafiq Aref. commander OF
the army. was arrested. 81
The army says this ID what
happened at the palace: s'
4 A captain demanded that the
King come out and surrender.
Instead the King. the Crown
Prince and the Kings aide Dc
camp began firing from the
tecond floor windows. A SOL
der was wounded In the arm.
The army then brought up
an antitank gun and began
Smelling the stucco-covered
brick mansion, setting the in
terior afire.
Royal Family Flees
The royal family fed by a
back door in an attempt to set
10 a car and escape. What
prevented them from reaching
b car is not clear. but instead Z
they walked up a gravel path
toward the front of the house
and the troops.
Nor is there any explanation
Of why the troops started firing,
but the family was shot down
on the lawn about 20 feet from
. front corner Of the palace. N
$4,000 for Nuri Tip
Those killed we're the King.
the Crown Prince, the Crown
Princes mother and two sisters,
a woman servant and the Kings
aide. The Crown Prince's
wife was wounded and Is rel
ported recovering In q hospital. \
The Crown Princes body was
"given to the people" and
mutilated. The other royal
dead we're reported buried in
unmarked graves.
Premier Nuri escaped from
his house on the Tigris River
front as 1t was being sur
rpunded from three sides. The
army believes he crossed to the
other side Of the river in a
boat and took refuge in the
home of a friend.
A servant was paid q reward
Of 10000 dinars ($28,O00) for
telling the army the next day
Mr.. Nuri was hiding in the
home Of his master. All sources
report he was dressed as a
woman, with q pistol hidden
In the folds of the garment.
Some say he opened FIRE and
killed two persons when he
was arrested. others that he did
not try to shoot.
There Is no firm figure Of
the number killed in the revo-
luton. One official source said
mot more than So arlotheff
said about IA All but Mr.
Nuri are reported to have died.
on Monday. The dead included !
three Americans. q Briton and
q German who were killed by
a mob after the revolution had
been won. The Americans and
the German were taken from
the leading hotel by troops,
then abandoned to the mob.
The mob tore down a bronze
statue of 1t. Gen. Sir Fred
erick Stanley Maude. the Brit
ish commander who captured
Baghdad in World War I. The
crowd sacked the British EN-
bassy, and the British informa.
ton center and consulate. A
bullet whizzed past the ear Of
Sir Michael Wright, the Brit
ish Ambassador.
BritOn Reported Unarmed
The Briton, a retired army
colonel was killed on the en-
bassy steps. Fellow Britons say
he was unarmed. The Iraqis
say he fired into the crowd
that was tearing down the
statue.
The three American dead.
ereEueene Burns Of Sausalito,i
calf; George Colley of SAM