THE FUGITIVE MUFTI OF JERUSALEM WILL SHORTLY LEAVE BEIRUT, THE EVENING STANDARD REPORTED FROM THE SYRIAN CAPITAL TODAY, AND ESTABLISH RESIDENCE, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES, AT DJOUNICH, TEN MILES NORTH OF BEIRUT. HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY MOVED THERE, THE REPORT SAID.
(THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY, IN A BAGHDAD DISPATCH, QUOTED AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE IRAQ GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE MUFTI’S VISITING THERE.)
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