Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1919 — HEDJAZ WANTS A GREATER ARABIA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HEDJAZ WANTS A GREATER ARABIA

The claims of the king' of Hedjaz. for the recognition of a greater Arabia presents another batch of conflicting interests for the consideration of the peace congress. included in this proposed new state is practically all, of the peninsula of Arabia. Linguistic: and racial lines form the basis for the Hedjaz claims, and to Emir Faysal, who was in Paris, representing his father, the king of Hedjaz, all \who speak Arabic are Arabs and should/comd under one government. At present the Hedjaz kingdom comprises that portion of the eastern Red

sea littoral from the Sinai peninsula to south of Mecca. The king and emir claim that parts or all of Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Arabia should become united into one great Arab speaking nation under the leadership of Hedjaz. The interior of the Arabian peninsula Is for the most parts barren- desert, but here and there there are Intermittent streams of sufficient volume to sustain the population. Since the collapse of Turkey, England has taken possession of the most important parts of what is geographically Arabia.