PENALTIES FOR TERRORISM

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21809, 15 June 1936, Page 11

PENALTIES FOR TERRORISM

British Measures In Palestine REWARDS FOR ARREST OF MURDERERS (united press association— copyright.' (Received June 14, 9.27 p.m.) JERUSALEM, June 13. The High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, has authorised regulations providing lor the death penalty or imprisonment for life for terrorism, including firing at troops, bombing, throwing with intent to cause death or injury, damage to property, and interference with railways, roads, telephones, and other communications; also empowering collective fines and confiscacation of property where persons have instigated such offences or have not assisted the authorities in discovering offenders. During a disturbance near the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem a native constable fired, killing an Arab.

The police have offered a total of £ 14,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest of the murderers of 23 Jews, three Arabs, the police constable. Bird, and an Austrian killed since the outbreak of the disturbances. The reward in each case is £SOO.

Several districts are having disturbed nights, rifles and machineguns being in action in Eastern Esdraelon for the third night in succession.

When marauders attacked several Jewish settlements troops replied with military aeroplanes which flew over, illuminating the district, The Arabs retreated, carrying off casualties.

Twenty Arabs at Nablus ambushed a patrol of the Seaforth Highlanders, who captured a wounded man.

ARABS GOING TO LONDON

EXPLANATION OF PRESENT I N R EST (Received June 14, 8.26 p.m.) LONDON, June 13. The Jerusalem correspondent of •‘The Times” says a deputation of the Higher Arab Committee is going to London immediately with the intention of explaining the grounds of the present Arab unrest to the British Government.

POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SHOT BY ARABS

ONE ASSAILANT KILLED JERUSALEM, June 12. Mr Alan Sigrist, Assistant Police Superintendent, was shot in the shoulder. He has been taken to hospital. The incident occurred near Herod’s Gates, on the Jericho road, close to Gethsemane. The police and troops pursued two of the assailants with the aid of police dogs, but a tannery obliterated the scent near the Mount of Olives. Mr Sigrist, a former Black and Tan officer, was returning from a tour of inspection with a British constable when Arabs, one of whom was a Government school teacher, emptied automatics into the car, which fell 30ft into a valley as Mr Sigrist lost control of the wheel. The constable, though injured, returned the fire and wounded one of the assailants, who died in hospital. The others fled. . A bomb, hurled at a tram at Kalkilieh, injured 18 Jews.