JERUSALEM LIKE A GARRISON
THREAT OF SUDETEN ARAB'
ATTACK
SACRED PLACES INVOLVED IN OUTRAGES.
LONDON, October 1?
The old walled city of Jerusalem js like a- beleaguered garrison, in of the threat of a sudden Arab attack. All entrances are closed except the Jtrongly-guai-ded Jaffa Gate. Apart ,'roni heavily-armed police patrols the itreets are. deserted. The usually busy narkefc square is soundless; only small groups of furtive, whispering Arabs arc visible. '""'.' A curfew of 24 hours has been "imposed since a fresh series -\of outrages, making a total of 12 towns throughout Palestine under night restrictions. Th e Jerusalem correspondent of The Times-says the requires most careful liandling because the saored character of the places of several recent fatal bomb : outrages might arouse .eligious fanaticism. A heavy sense of anxiely hangs over the city. There are rumours that the Arabs plan to seize the old city because it contains Haram-esh-Sherif, tneir most sacred spot, from winch it .would oenlost difficult to dislodge them once i/hey were behind barricades.
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Western Star, 18 October 1938, Page 3
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