Jerusalem, Dec. 15, Nearly the whole country east of the Jordan, inhabited for the greater part by nomadic tribes of roving Bedouin, has revolted against Turkish rale.
Twenty thousand horsemen are resisting the Government.
The outbreak made its start on December 6 when the Bedouin made sudden attack on the railway station at Katraneb, east of Kerak, killed the stationmaster snd officials, destroyed the line for about six miles, and cat the telegraph wires. They afterwards stopped the train which was coming northward from Medina with pilgrims, looting its occupants and planciering all None seed here later thatthe Be-doom had attacked the town of Kerak, massacred the Government officials and their families, and after pillaging the! town stores and Government baudings, set the place on fire.
The trouble has undoubtedly arisen in consequence of the decision of the Tar-Kish authorities to disarm the Bedouin
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