JEWS KILLED

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19889, 19 May 1936, Page 7

JEWS KILLED

CLASHES WITH ARABS. TENBE SITUATION IN JERUSALEM. ARSON, BOMBINGS, SHOOTINGS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright JERUSALEM, May 18. The tensity of thp situation in Jerusalem has not decreased since the recent conflicts between Arabs and Jews. The Cameron Highlanders, headed by pipes and drums playing alternately with a brass band, paraded the city today, and troops patrolled a wide area, following the killing last night of three Jews when an unidentified man fired into an audience leaving a cinema in the Jewish quarter. The funeral to-day attracted 6000 spectators, who were protected by steelhelmeted British police.

The Jews so far have shown the greatest restraint, in spite of constant provocation. Arson, bombings, shootings and other outrages are of daily occurrence.

Jewish speakers blamed the Government for the bloodshed, and declared that the day’s victims were the last they would give, adding: “We shall no longer permit them to kill us.’’ The Hebrew press accuses the administration of laxity in arresting Arab terrorists. The Arab strike leader, Hassan Sidty Dejani, suggested the conclusion of an equalitarian Anglo-Arabian treaty, and asserted that the strike would persist until the Arab demands were met in full. WAVE OF LAWLESSNESS. GRAVEST SINCE i'riS WAR. THE LEADERS LOSE CONTROL. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 18. The Daily Telegraph’s correspondent at Jerusalem says a wave of lawlessness is sweeping Palestine. The Arab leaders who encouraged the masses to defy authority have nowlost control of the situation, and the rank and file are defying their leaders’ appeal for peaceful resistance and the High Commissioner's stern warnings against violence. The disturbances are the gravest since the war, and special prayers are being offered in the Anglican churches. The question whether Jewish immi- , gratlon is excessive is now superseded by the more serious problem of maintaining order. It is learned that the Government does not intend to yield to the Arabs’ demand for the reduction of Jewish immigration, and the High Commissioner is expected to approve of a figure of 4000 a month. Affairs in Jerusalem are paralysed owing to the Mayor’s participation in the agitation, but attempts to call out Government servants were not unsuccessful. Nevertheless, the streets are so dangerous that it is necessary to have escorts and armed transport officers, and prominent citizejis and officials prefer not to keep engagements outside the city. Dally Stoning and Bhootlng. The Jerusalem correspondent of the Morning Post reports tbat the road from Jerusalem to Haifa is unsafe and is strewn with nails and glass and is subject to daily stoning and shooting, while strikers, waylaying peasant women bringing eggs and other produce to the towns, destroy their goods. The peasantry are resentful and are sending men armed with bludgeons to protect their womenfolk. The strike of dustmen is of grave menace to health, especially in the old city of Jerusalem, which Is most insanitary. The commendable restraint of the Jewish population cannot be too highly praised. It is reported that an additional battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders is arriving from Egypt. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF ORDER. GOVERNMENT TAKING STEPS. ROYAL COMMISSION INTENDED. United Prc.«« A«sn —Eire. Tel. Cnpvright. (Received May 19, 3 p.m.) LONDON, May 18. Questioned in the House of Commons on the disturbances in Palestine, the Colonial Secretary said the Government had been giving earnest consideration to the situation in Pal- . estine resulting from the continuing of a state of unrest. The first necessity was the re-establishment, of civil\ order, and tlie High Commissioner was taking all the necessary slops to that end. Subject to that the Government had decided that the suggested Arab deputation to London will no longer meet the conditions which have arisen, and that instead it is desirable that an enquiry on the spot should be undertaken. It has therefore decided, after order has been restored, to appoint a Royal Commission, which, without, bringing into the question the terms of the mandate, would investigate cases of unrest and alleged grievances either of Arabs or Jews.