RULE OF THE GUN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23330, 23 October 1937, Page 13

RULE OF THE GUN

CONDITIONS IN PALESTINE ARAB TERRORISM CONTINUES JEWISH INSPECTOR SHOT (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) JERUSALEM, Oct. 21. An ordinance has been issued permitting 8000 Jewish immigrants to March 31, 1938. Avinoam Yellin, senior inspector of Jewish schools, was shot on his office doorstep. His condition is critical. Shots again punctured the Iraq pipeline at Beisan. It was repaired by a gang of welders who were rushed to the scene. A bus on the main road to Jaffa was fired on, and four Jews were slightly injured by glass splinters. Further shots were fired at the Lydda Aerodrome. SCHEME OF PARTITION BRITAIN'S INTENTION (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Oct. 21. (Received Oct. 22, at 5.5 p.m.) In answer to a question in the House of Commons on Palestine, the Colonial Secretary (Mr W. G. Ormsby-Gore) said that in the light of resolutions passed by the Council and the Assembly of the League the British Government regards itself free to undertake investigations for the purpose of working out a scheme of partition on the general lines recommended in the report of the Royal Commission. Accordingly, it is proposed to appoint a further special body to submit proposals after a local Jiquiry, which Parliament and the League Council would be invited to approve. The House would agree that the immediate primary duty of the British Government and the Palestine Administration was to take vigorous measures to combat terrorism, protect the lives of its officers, and restore the effective authority of the British Administration in Palestine. Asked if he was satisfied that the Grand Mufti had been operating against Britain during the whole of his period of office, Mr OrmsbyGore replied, " Yes." He announced the appointment of the present inspector-general of police in Nigeria to succeed the retiring inspector of police in Palestine, and stated that Sir Charles Tegart would visit Palestine on a temporary mission to advise on police organisation. Sir Charles Tegart's record in Bengal, where he dealt with conditions of acute difficulty, including terrorist activities, would be of immense value to the Palestine Administration. While disclaiming any approval of reprisals on innocent persons, the Colonial Secretary declared that the military authorities and the police in Palestine would have the British Government's full support in dealing with the campaign of murder and outrage.