PALESTINE STRIKE

Grey River Argus, 13 October 1936, Page 8

PALESTINE STRIKE

NOT YET ENDED. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 11. The Palestine disturbances have not subsided. Terrorists, after the peace appeal, attacked British patrols at Nab’us. They also attacked the Jewish colony at. Kiryatanavim. and destroyed 3000 .Tewish-owned orange trees at Jaffa. The authorities fined Hebron £l,OOO, following attacks on an armoured car yesterday when three so'fliers and a constable we,re wounded. 'J’flie total cnmalt'.es during the strke exceed 2500. of which 29 were British, SO Jews, and 200 Arabs, killed.

Some Arabs, are.’ urging that Jewsh migration be suspended. They demand leniency for the: revolters, otherwise if will be dii’iieu.’t to restore order. The Arabs are determined to pursue the aims for wlrch the strike was begun. The, ‘‘Times’’ Jerusalem correspondent says, that Hie calling-oil’ of the strike has brought relief ,in all quarters—European, Jewish, and Arab. .Tov-be'f's tolled at Jerusalem to-day. Jewish feeling is nixed, but the average meinber of the community is graceful at tho prospect of the return of peace.

The leaders view w'th apprehension the as-iociation of the Arab leaders with the, problems of Palestine whie.li, tliev declare, is not an Arab country. RUGBY, October 8.

By an exchange of Notes the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia have agreed not to exercise for seven years the right to terminate the Treaty of Jedda, concluded in 1927, and at the same time to a modification of "crtain provisions of the Treaty and of letters exchanged at the time. The treaty of Jedda was signed between Ibn Saud and Great Britain on May 20. 1927, the year in which Ibn Saud became ruler of the united kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By the Treaty Britain recognised the complete independence of Ibn Saud’s dominions.

The most important, of these modifications agreed on relate to the right which His Majesty’s Government has hitherto exercised to manumit slaves taking refuge at the British Legation at Jedda.

A recent decree by the Saudi Arabian Government on slavery contains regulations by wliicn the importation of slaves from any country, whether by land or sea, unless they are recognised as slaves in their country of origin is forbidden. The decree also provides for greatly increased facilities for manumission in Saudi Arabia, and lays down provisions for bettor treatment of slaves.

These regulations are considered by his Majesty’s Government to lie satisfactory enough to warrant the abandonment of the right of manumission in pursuance of the undertaking given by it in 1927.