London, Apr. 4.
IHE victim, according to official reports here, of agitators who worked up a crowd of mourners, Mr. G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason, the British Consul at Mosul, was assassinated today by revolver shots following the announcement' of news of the death of King Ghazi of Iraq.
The agitators, it is officially stated, worked up a crowd of mourners in the neighbourhood of the British Consulate into a passion, declaring that King Ghazi had been "murdered by the English." Four men, alleged to be responsible for Mr. Monck-Mason's death, have been arrested, and they will be tried by a special court.
A report from Cairo contradicts earlier reports stating that Mr. Monck-Mason met his death by revolver shots, This account declares that the murdered Briton was "stoned to death on the steps of the British Consulate at an angry mob."
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