Word: damascus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...results of a recent plebiscite taken after the Damascus bombardment during which the French army drove out the Syrian government," continued Professor Earle, "showed that 85 percent of the people wished an independent government. Their second choice was for a United States mandate and the third choice was for the British. Almost to a man the population opposed the French mandate. The League, of course, having once established the mandate has no power to change it. The only remedy is the voluntary withdrawal of the nation or its forceful expulsion by the country occupied...
...treaty and partly by right of conquest. The conquest element was the less important of the two. The French have never kept a very large army in the Asia Minor country and most of that army was composed of natives. The conquest was involved in the bombardment of Damascus. The commander of the French army issued an ultimatum to the Syrian government which was answered and given to the French representative in Damascus, who delayed it until the time had expired and the army marched on the city...
Professor Earle in closing proposed two remedies for the present situation. The first is that the League send a Commission of Investigation to Syria to find out the complete details of the Damascus bombardment. Secondly, that a League Commissioner be placed in every mandate to see that the spirit as well as the letter of mandate be observed...
...also actuary of the matrimonial court of that archdiocese. These the Cardinal was obliged to leave outside as he proceeded to the Pope's library, a promenade interrupted by the greeting of the Swiss Guards and the gendarmes at the Vatican entrance, in the Court of St. Damascus, and in Clementine Hall. In the library the Cardinal started to fall on his knees at the Pope's feet to kiss the pontifical ring, but this the Pope prevented, embracing the Cardinal in fatherly affection...
...Literally "Mountain of the Druses:" a wild and inaccessible region some 60 miles southeast of Damascus...