FIERCE RIOTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22399, 21 April 1936, Page 9

FIERCE RIOTS

ARABS AND JEWS PALESTINE CONFLICT NUMEROUS CASUALTIES TROOPS CALLED OUT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received April 20, 5.5 p.m.) JERUSALEM, April 19 Several persons were severely wounded in a conflict between Arabs and Jews at Jaffa. The police charged with batons and the troops were called out, shots being fired. The riots followed the funeral of two murdered Arabs, during which Jewish crowds demonstrated at Telaviv and attempted to force their way to Jaffa, where they were repulsed by the police. Further riots followed to-day, and reports announce that more Arabs were killed in retaliation for Jewish casualties. The official figures place the casualties at seven Jews and two Arabs killed, 11 Jews and one Arab seriously injured, and 28 Jews and 14 Arabs slightly injured. A communique states that three rounds were fired to stop the murderous attacks. The High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, who is proceeding to Jaffa, is empowered to institute emergency regulations. The curfew has been proclaimed at Jaffa and Tel-aviv. Arabs burned three Jewish buses and stoned five British subjects travelling in motor-cars, including the chief surveyor of Jerusalem and his wife and child, whom they mistook for Jews. Troops are patrolling the streets of Jaffa and shops are closed. The Government has taken over the telephone exchanges.