(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Syrian press displays much concern over reports recently published, according to which the petroleum pipe lines from Mosul will be directed to Haifa where the Palestine port will be built.
The press urges the French Government to intervene with Great Britain and to ask that the petroleum pipe line from Mosul be directed to Alexandretta instead of to Haifa. They argue that the distance from Mosul to Alexandretta is 150 miles shorter than to Haifa and is less mountainous.
The Syrian press also refers to a certain agreement of the Allied Powers concluded in 1916, according to which Alexandretta was to be the petroleum port.
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