No Incidents Follow Murder of Gen. Bekir Sidky Bagdad, Aug. 13, No incidents have testilied so far' following the murder by a soldier of Gen. Bekir Sidky Pasha and Col. Mohammed All Djewad at Mossout on We Staff of the Mesopotamian armies and twas on his way to witness "Turkish Army manceuvres when the assess! nation occurred, was something of national hero.' His fellow victim, commander-in-chief of military ayin tion, who was killed while rushing
im the task of modernizing the Bin chlor aig, nad been, engaged nation's alr force, Bekir Sldky Pasha was born in 9 Kurdistan village in 1690, the son of the governor of that province under the Ottoman regime. He took part in the Great War, fought at the Battle of Galiipoli_and- with the Syrian army in 1919. He was promoted a captain in the Iraq army in 1921, and subsequently went to England to study military science, Throughout his military career, he was noted for his high intelligence, his excellence at military tactics, his energy and decisiveness. tis political career began in 1983, when he won the confidence of King Ghazi, then [Crown Prince, by his successful, crushing of the Astyrian revolt. and of the insurrection on the Euphrates, In the coup d'etat of Ostober 29, 1936, he made himself indispensable 18 the government, although he held no ministerial portfolio, He organ ized the army on the model of Buro-can armies, with the most up-to-date equipment possible, Gen, Bekir Sidky is survived by his widow, a young German woman whom he married only recently, cal supplies, notably in Franco and Moly
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