UNREST IN PALESTINE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 16 November 1937, Page 6

UNREST IN PALESTINE

ZIONIST LEADERS ARRESTED REPRISALS AGAINST ARABS (United Presfl Ansociation-B.y Electrio Telegraph—Copyright] (Received I(itli November, 9.0 a.m.) LONDON. 15th November. A message from Tel Aviv says Erl Jabotinsk.v, president of the Zionist youth organisation, and Dr. Yona FrcuIcich. former president, were arrested in connection with Jewish reprisals in which live Arabs, including two Christian women, are alleged to have been killed. Thirty or 40 other Zionists have been arrested and more arrests are expected. They will either be imprisoned at Acre or deported. A Jerusalem report says two Arabs were shot dead, one in the Jewish quarter, and three were seriously injured. Another was arrested in possession of a revolver, for which he is liable to the death penalty. Still another was arrested for throwing a bomb in the street. SUPPRESSION OF DISORDER FUNCTION OF THE AUTHORITIES (British Official Wireless] (Received 16th November, 10.38 a.m.) RUGBY. 15th November. The incidents in Jerusalem give the impression of being of the nature of reprisals undertaken by the more irresponsible elements with the idea of taking the law into their own hands. Such an interpretation is not discredited in some well-informed circles in Jersualem. It may be hoped that with the coming into force of the new regulation, all sections of the population will remember that the suppression cf disorder is the function of the authorities. ARAB REBELS BEING ROUND UP DISAPPROVAL OF RECENT VIOLENCE (Received 16th November, 1.40 p.m.) JERUSALEM, 15th November. Two companies of the Essex Regiment and one of the Hampshire Regiment, supported by planes and police, are rounding up a band of Arab rebels who are taking refuge in the hills around Safed. Heavy firing broke out when they were located, but nightfall hampered the action. Strong measures are being taken by the Palestine Government in Jewish quarters, where seven were killed yesterday. Forty Jews have been arrested and interned at Acre.

Two large punitive police posts, to be maintained at the inhabitants’ expense, have been established in the districts of Beitisrael and Mahneyehuda. A Jewish agency issued a manifesto calling on the Jewish population to refrain from all measures of reprisals against the Arabs, pointing out the futility and immorality of punishing the innocent, and declaring that the agency will actively combat any terrorist reprisals taken by the Jews. Delegations from the Arabs and Jews were received by the chief secretary of Palestine. Both expressed disapproval over the recent violence by the Arabs, and urged the strongest action against the responsible elements in both parties. The Jews offered to enlist a special police patrol in the Jewish quarters.