HELP FOR HOMELESS JEWS IN PALESTINE
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, May 18. His Excellency the Governor (the Earl of Liverpool) nas received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner! —"Egypt.—During the Passover, the entire Jewish population of Jaffa was expelled towards the north, their, houses and property were sacked, and the population in flight was robbed, with the connivance of tho Turkish authorities. The Jews who resisted were pillaged and hanged. Thousands are wandering helplessly on the roads, starving. The overcrowding of the colonies is increasing the misery and disease. Masses of young Jews in Jerusalem were deported northwards, but their destination is unknown. A forcible evacuation of the colonies is imminent. The British authorities "favour the constitution of a special local committee to obtain further funds for the relief of tho Jewish population, whose plight is lamentable. Remit funds immediately to Professor Weizmann, of Manchester, for the special committee, care of General Headnuarters, Cairo."
" A special meeting of the com'mitteo of the Auckland "Hebrew Congregation is to be held on Monday to raise hinds for relief.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 8
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177HELP FOR HOMELESS JEWS IN PALESTINE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 8
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