Ankara. May 5.
The Turkish press indicates that the trend of opinion here is that Rashid Ah has betrayed Iraq.
No official announcement has been made concerning the Turkish attitude at present, but there is no doubt as to the general trend of thought.
The Yeni Sabah." for example, says that the "Iraqis should throw out their present leaders." while the "Vatan" declares: Men who today boast of being leaders of Iraq are responsible for present events. They have betrayed the cause of Iraq."
The Iraq petroleum company in London. which owns rights to work Iraqi oilfields, pointed out today that as half the hei army was habitually quartered in barracks adjoining the company's fields, it seemed more than probable that press reports that world in the fields had stopped and the flow of oil interrupted are true—Reuter.
The shelling of Habbaniysh aerodrome by Iraqi guns was resumed carly yesterday morning, causing some casualties to non-combatants, it was announced, In reply, British aircraft bombed and machine-gunned hostile mechanized troops and transports with the result that the shelling was reduced, Besides operations in Iraq, another communique issued by the Royal Air Force Middle East Command reports vigorous action by the Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean, Libya and Abyssinia, A convoy of enemy merchantships. escorted by destroyers, was attacked by R.A.F, bombers in the Mediterranean on May 2, the communique announces. Direct hits were scored on the destroyers, and on three of the merchant-ships, of 12,000, 8,000 and 4,000° tons respec-rivel
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