ARAB ATTACK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 11 June 1936, Page 8

ARAB ATTACK

ON JEWISH SETTLEMENTS TWO HOURS’ DETERMINED 1 FIGHTING ASSAILANTS DRIVEN OFF (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright; (Received 11th June, 9.20 a.m.) JERUSALEM, 10th June. Another battalion of British troops, bringing the strength up to eight, has arrived in Palestine. Bluejackets are guarding trains. The first determined Arab attack on Jewish settlements occurred near Armageddon. Firinglasted two hours, and the Arabs lied when British reinforcements arrived. RESISTANCE TO IMMIGRATION MORALLY SUPPORTED BY ARAB POPULATION GOVERNMENT’S DIFFICULT TASK LONDON, 10th June. “The Times” Jerusalem correspondent says that the arrival of military reinforcements suggests that the Government will no longer court the moderating influence of Arab leaders to restore order, but will depend primarily on forcible repression of violence. Nevertheless it is doubted whether military action alone is capable of producing conditions in which the establishment of a Jewish national home can be continued satisfactorily. There is ample evidence of genuine alarm created among- all classes of Arabs by the rapid increase of Jewish immigration in recent years, and, even admitting the effects of agitation and intimidation, there is not the slightest doubt that the present resistance of the movement is morally supported by the whole Arab population.