TIGHTENING UP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 122, 25 May 1936, Page 7

TIGHTENING UP

MEASURES IN PALESTINE I 1 TROOP-CONTROLLED TRAFFIC Bcceivcd May 24, 7.40 p.m. JERUSALEM, May 24. The authorities are tightening i p measures dealing with the Arab-Jewish tension. They prohibited Arab strike leaders from Jeavig the towns in which they reside, interdicted a, conference of Arab mayors at Ramallah, and also prohibited motorists without pcrmitl from using the roads in order to prevent. terrorists from carrying out motoi iaids, in consequence of which all roai traffic is at present conveyed by troops Train services have been reduced an ! night trains cancelled. All trains carry a military escort. Alany shooting affrays are reported throughout the country. Incendiaries set fire to the police cricket pavilion at Nazareth. A bomb was thrown into an open-air cinema, injuring two of the audience nt Haifa, where the Arab boatmen struck. There are at present 5000 British troops in Palestine, including the Tank Corps. Following yesterday’s repelled Arab raid on a food convoy at Haifa, an attempt was made to set fire to the Levant Fair. It is understood that emergency measures arc being introduced to control all traffic. Seaforth Highlanders are guarding the main | points in the Holy ( ity. Police wearing steel helmets are patrolling the The Emir Abdullah rebuffed Arab overtures for his support. He deprecated violence and advised the accept-