The Archive · 1936

SLAYING OF GRAND IMAN OF ALGERIA SOLVED

Algiers, Aug. 8.

'Three natives arrested' following the slaying of the Grand Iman Algeria, the Mufti Ben Ah Mahmud, on August 2, confessed their part In the assassination yesterday, The men confessed that they "had wished to strike at the man who was in contradiction with the true Moslem religion."=Havas.

London, Aug. 7.

Several Japanese in plain clothes were discovered aboard the British warship Eagle yesterday at Devonport, the "Daily Express" reported today. Later, the paper said, the men were identified as Japanese officers, and While they were not asked to leave the vessel, they were ruefully searched. They had no cameras. The Admiralty is not particularly worried about the incident, the paper sald—Havas.

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