San Francisco, Aug. 31.
Two seaplanes, each having a span of 72 feet, weight 1,900 Ib, and each equipped with two 600 hip. engines and wifeless with which to communicate with Government every 200 miles along are starting on a 2,100 fight to Hawaii. If success-{al the fight may be a new distance Sept. 1.
The Jerusalem Seriously Alarmed:
Many Tribes Submit pes two seaplanes bound for left this afternoon, The conditions were almost per-
Paris, Aug. 29.
Later.
'The French' Premier to-day em- Though one of the seaplanes phatically denied rumours reporting signalled its position 500 knots that the situation in Syria was from here at 11.30 last night the \ggravated by incursions of Druses in Damascus. ther machine has of reported. for jours. searching for the plane.
General Sarrail, the Premier sai has telegraphed that nothing One Seaplane Broken Down but portant has occurred in Syria since Towed to Port the severe check suffered by the Druses south of Damascus—Havas.
Later, The destroyer William Joney Paris, Aug. 30. found one of the America An official statement claims that|naval which are fly nothing has happened in Syria since|ing The machine the rebel attack on Damascus was was forced to alight 300 miles from defeated on August 24. here, The mil pipes of both engines The rebels are retiring to Jabel, were broken, and the destroyer is adds General Sarrail in a despateh towing the machine from Beirut this morning. The back to port,
reverses. despatch denies reports of French One Missing Sept. 2, Capture of Sueida by Druses Five men in a disabled seaplane Now Contradicted and a rough sea, drenched in a tropical storm, is the picture evoked Avg. 31. by reports from warships searching A report from Jerusalem that! in mid-Pacific for the disabled seathe Jehol Druses have captured the: plane P59 No. 1, one of the two citadel of Sueida is discredited at which started to fly to Hawaii, the Quay D'Orsay. General Sarrail, She wirelessed to the effect that. telegraphing yesterday, says that as she would probably be forced to 'a reprisal for minor losses inflicted] descend at 145 p.m. yesterday, 150 on the French garrison by snipers, knots from the Island of Mani, 30 French aeroplanes bombed the owing to adverse winds and lack Druse quarters in Sueida. "His tele- of fuel. gram does not mention the fall of the citadel.
Later.
A telegram from Beyrout denies the reported fall of Sueida, and adds that all is quiet—Reuter.
Last Message Received it we come down. in this weather" was almost the last message received from the commander of the plane, Commander John Rogers—Reuter's American Service, Morocco Tribes Submitting Paris, Sept. 1.
Fez despatches state that_many tribes of Tsouls, Branes and Benize Rouals continue to offer their subsnission to the French, even offering troops to fight for" the French against Abd el Krim, The messages add that, taking advantage of their recent victories, the French have occupied the mountains near Dahar—Havas.
Jerusalem, Aug. 30.
It is learned that the population of Damascus are very excited owing to the political situation. French troops are patrolling the streets, and some public buildings are surrounded with barbed wire and defended by machine guns. The auth have arrested a number of leading Syrians in Damascus.
The Druse leader El Atrash has issued 2 second manifesto calling on all Syriane to unite and rise, putting aside all party and religious
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