“A HEARTBREAKING SITUATION”

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21886, 12 September 1936, Page 15

“A HEARTBREAKING SITUATION”

JEWISH TRUST IN BRITAIN

LONDON, September 10

The Very Rev. Joseph Herman Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, in a message issued on the occasion of the Jewish New Year, says: “It is a heartbreaking situation that the old year is passing on to us. Russia and Germany are not the only lands of agony for contemporary Israel. Anti-Jewish propaganda is encircling the globe and everywhere Is poisoning opinion against the Jews. Grave uncertainty and perhaps sheer destruction faces the Jewries of Austria, Poland, and the Holy Land.” Referring to Palestine, the Chief Rabbi adds: “As loyal citizens of Britain, which is the earth’s nearest realisation of might coupled with justice and humanity, we deem her incapable of a breach of faith. As Jews we cling to the Divine promise of Israel’s resurrection in the Holy Land.”

MORE DISORDERS IN

PALESTINE

TWENTY-SEVEN ARABS KILLED IN CLASH

JERUSALEM, September 10. Following an ambush of troops and police at Acre, a seven hour skirmish .ip which troops and. aircraft co-operated, resulted in the killing of 27 Arabs. The British casualties were three dead.

It is officially stated that the Iraq pipe line has been damaged 26 times since the beginning o £ the disturbances, and the escaping oil has four times been ignited and has damaged the telephone wires. Prompt detection in every instance has prevented the interruption of the oil flow.