In the urban areas, the statement proceeds, the two principal rebel elements consist of the more educated effendi class and a lower class of terrorist thugs. The effendis, terrorized by the fear of being murder-led, give advice, but not orders which come direct to the gangs from the Mufti and his associates.
Dealing with the procedure. of combing areas with the object of rounding up known rebels, the statement declares that, inevitably, the process involves a certain amount of hardship as the innocent and the guilty are completely mixed......but, in the present conditions, no other course is possible.
Regarding the search for arms and ammunition, the War Office statement asserts that the inhabitants are warned to leave everything unlocked to avoid unnecessary damage.
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