sentences:  The general Iraqi public opinion, promoted by newspapers, that the Assyrians were proxies used by the British to undermine the newly established kingdom, was also shared by some leading officials, including the prime minister.British and European protests following the massacre only confirmed to them that the "Assyrian rebellion" was the work of European imperialism.Both King George V of England and Cosmo Gordon Lang the Bishop of Canterbury took a personal interest in the Assyrian affair.