Crowd Inflamea by Rumours Runs Amok Iraq Pru ime Minister Expresses Regrets London, Apr. 4.
\HE 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."
'The Prime Minister of Iraq, General uri ¢s-Sald, today called on the Brit~ {sh Charge 4'Affaives in Baghdad, and expressed the Traq-Government's re-rote, He added that the Incident had teen' a "terrible shock" to him per-
The British Consulate was set fre following the murder of the British" Consul. Martial Taw. was oelared in Mosul, and order was restored a few hours later.
Mr. Monck-Mfason was appointed to the post of British Consul. in Mosul Jost "October, and was previously British Consul at "Tetuan, Mosul, where the murder occurred, is in the ilayet of Mosul and situated on the river Tigris, 220 miles north-west of Baghdad, the capital of Traq-—Reuter.
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