PALESTINE UNREST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 252, 23 October 1937, Page 9

PALESTINE UNREST

MORE ACTS OF VIOLENCE PIPELINE DAMAGED JERUSALEM, Oct. 21. Shots again punctured the Iraq pipeline at Beisan. It was repaired by a gang of welders who rushed to the scene. A bus on the main road to Jaffa was fired on and stoned, four Jews being slightly injured by glass splinters. There were further shots at the Lydda aerodrome. PARTITION SCHEME BRITAIN GOING AHEAD [ British Official Wireless.] Received Oct. 22, 9.30 p.m. RUGBY, Oct. 21. In answer to a question in the House of Commons on Palestine the . Colonial Secretary said that in the light of resolutions passed by the Council and 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. The Royal Commission accordingly proposed to appoint a further special body to submit proposals after a local inquiry, 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 and 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 would be operating against Britain during the whole of her period of office, Mr Ormsby Gore replied: “Yes.” He announced the appointment of the present Inspector-General of rolice in Nigeria to succeed the retiring Inspector of Police in Palestine, and of Sir Charles Tegart to 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 the military authorities and police of Palestine would have the British Government’s full support in dealing with the campaign of murder and outrage.