Ibn Saud’s operations against the rebels culminated on December 30 in a decisive victory near Shaibauja, not far from the Iraq-Koweit frontier, wires St. John Philby from Jeddah to the “Daily News.” Despite a British guarantee to prevent access to the Iraq-Koweit frontier, Ibn Mashud, with 600 followers, fled across the border, proceeding to Busiaya. The British authorities have disarmed the rebels, but Ibn Saud’s government is demanding their immediate extradition.
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