IN PALESTINE

Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1929, Page 5

IN PALESTINE

. w • m ARAB VILLAGE STORMED.

(United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

LONDON, August 30. The “Daily Express” special cor-

respondent at Jerusalem describes

the capture by British forces to-day, ■r qfi Calonw. He says: “The troops \ with fixed bayonets, surrounded the base of the hill on which Calonia ' stands. They were accompanied by

reinforcement of Palestine police, also \ by armoured cars' and by fighting aeroplanes. The village was stormed.

- “ In addition to inflicting casualties —the number •< which is not known—the forces captured one hundred prisoners and also large quantities of arms arid ammunition. For three days Arab sharpshooters had been daily sniping froiri roofs here, terrifying the countryside, ! while: they nightly made raids on Jewish ' colonies, burning and looting.”, 'V ’'j

PRESIDENT HOOVER. -

A MESSAGE TO THE JEWS

WASHINGTON, August 29.

President Hoover telegraphed to a Zionist mass meeting at New York as follows: :“,I know that the whole world acknowledges the fine spirit shown by 1 ’the' British Govemmerit in accepting - the;, over Palestine in order that there might, under this protection," be established a homeland, so long desired by the Jews. lam confident that, the outcome of the tragic events will be a greater security and a greater safeguard for the iqture, under yfhich a steady rehabilitation of Pales-, tine as a-true.homeland will‘,'be even more assured.”! • ' ■ , SENATOR BORAH. . , NEW YORK, August 29. I Senator Borah addressed a Zionist protest meeting. He counselled caution. He stressed the difficulties which must accompany the; (formation of p Jewish nation iin Palestine., He added: “It is very difficult ,to understand hoW all | this could have happened. If I knew where the blame rests. ‘i \ Twdiild riot hesitate to say so, but I dbn’t know.” r . ’ The implication'of Senator Borah’s speech- was, that the United States should take no, action which would possibly ” embarrass ■ Britain in the solution of the problem.