THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 19, 1939
SCORES INJURED IN
PALESTINE
RIOTS
Jews Attempt To Storm Commissioner's Office
BATON CHARGE: ARABS TO-
TROOPS CALLED IN
Jerusalem, To-day.
REJECT
TO-
Beirut, To-day.
The Arab High Committee, meeting yesterday under the chairmanship, of the Grand Mufti, is believed to have decided to re- ject the White Paper proposals.
No answer is likely, however, for a few days.-Trans-Ocean.
After those taking part in processions yesterday morning had disbanded, irresponsible Jewish elements staged a hostile demonstration out-ment. side the offices of the District Commissioner. Police in full riot kit were ordered out.
EGYPT UNABLE
TO SUPPORT BRITISH PLAN
Cairo, To-day.
The Egyptian Government has officially informed the British Gov- ernment that it is unable to recom- The President of the Zionist
mend the Arabs in Palestine to Union, Kirschner, declared that The crowd South-African Jews would fight the accept the White Paper.
British proposals with all their
shook their fists and threw stones at the police, who were wearing steel helmets and carrying shields.
Three Jews were slightly injured by batons in the
ensuing scuffle.
might and said that this challenge
should resound in every land as the her disapproval of the British plan Egypt thus comes into line in
united answer of the Jewish people with Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
the
through the world, and reach
Jews of Palestine itself as an ex- An Arab newspaper here says A crowd of several
pression of the indissoluble solidar-that the British Government is not thousands, situation be created which might ity of the Jewish people. later gathered outside the offices of lead to recognition by all parties
clever in weaving its policy. The the District Commissioner
The assembly carried a motion and and factions concerned vainly tried to force an entry.
of their unanimously rejecting the proposals ultimate object seems to be the common responsibility to co-operate of the British "White Paper."
colonisation of Palestine with together and with the mandatory Trans-Ocean.
Jews. Reuter, power to bring back peace to the country and to make possible a constructive effort upon which the
After a number of windows had been broken, steel-helmet- ed police made a number of baton charges. Ten police and
85 demonstrators were injured. happiness and prosperity of both A man in the crowd fired an au- great peoples in Palestine depend. tomatic pistol, wounding two po-British Wireless. licemen, one very seriously.
BLACK WATCH OUT
ALL CINEMAS CLOSED
Jerusalem, To-day.
An official of the Czecho-Slovak
In Jerusalem, demonstrations by Consulate, who was driving a car, the Jews as a protest against the was attacked with sticks and British White Paper proposals, stones and severely injured.
continued until dusk and in some Reinforcements of police with places, were accompanied by scenes rifles hurried to the scene and men of disorder.
of the Black Watch were later call- In Haifa, shots were fired at a
ed out ready to meet any worsen-bus, wounding two Jewish occu- ing of the situation.--Reuter.
PROTESTS FORESEEN
There
Jerusalem, To-day. were Jewish
over
pants. All cinemas and places of entertainment throughout the coun- try have been closed. A 24-hour demon-protest. strike has been ordered by ⚫strations against the White the Jewish leaders.
Paper in Jerusalem yesterday, In the meanwhile, Arab spokes- but the Colonial Secretary was men are making no attempt to con- able to tell the Commons that ceal their disappointment he had heard from the High Com-what they deem to be the failure. -missioner that the situation of the British Government to find a throughout Palestine was generally practical solution particularly in .quiet.
the matter of land purchases. Protests which have occurred The White Paper is also attack- were fully foreseen by the Britished because it speaks of the creation Government.
of a Palestinian instead of an The White Paper contained the Arabian State. Trans-Ocean, remark "His Majesty's Government
.cannot hope to satisfy the partisans
of one party or the other in such a IN SOUTH
controversy as the mandate has
aroused." In these circumstances, and AFRICA ALSO
in view of the recent improvement of conditions in Palestine in re-
Capetown, To-day. "
spect of law and order, it would At a public meeting in Bloem- have been easier for the Govern-fontein yesterday, the Jews of ment to leave the questions in sus- South Africa announced that they pense.
would fight the new Palestine plan proposed by the British Govern-
CONSTRUCTIVE EFFORT The Government were convinced, however, that only by removal of the uncertainty which has contribut- ed in the past to unrest, could
TWO DAYS FOR DEBATE
London, To-day. The Government's new propos for Palestine' will be debated the Commons on Monday and. on Tuesday up to 7,80 p.m.
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