MARTIAL LAW

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12090, 1 November 1933, Page 5

MARTIAL LAW

PROCLAMATION IN PALESTINEPORTERS STRIKE AT HAIFA. BRITISH TROOPS DESPATCHED. (U.P.A. by Elec. Teh Copyright) (Rec. Oct. 31. 7 p.m.) JERUSALEAi, Oct. 30. Alartial law has been proclaimed in Palestine. Port Jaffa is idle. Porters struck ax Haifa whither British troops have been drafted. A Polish steamer carrying 500 Jewish immigrants was warned hack from Port Said, where permission to land was refused. Three Arabs wounded in the rioting have died. A deputation of veded Aloslem women waited on the High Commissioner demanding the release of Arab notables. CAUSE OF RIOTING. ARABS ANNOYED AT JEWISH Ail G RATION (British Official AA’ireless.) RUGBY. Oct. 30According to reports reaching London the situation in Palestine to-d a . v was quiet, though some tension still exists after the riots- of the weekend. This morning. the High Commissioner. Sir Arthur Wauehope. visited the Government hospital in Jerusalem to which those wounded in Sunday s disturbances were taken. The formal opening of Haifa harbour. to-morrow will take place, but the ceremony has been curtailed. It would appear that recent troubles largely -originated from a mistaken belief among the Arab population that events in Germany had led to the admission to Palestine of a number of Jewish emigrants. • The fact is that immigrants of all nationalities are controlled by the Palestine Government, particularly as regards those seeking employment, the numbers of whom are regulated by the capacity of Palestine profitably to absorb additional labour.