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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, ́ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
Britain's Anxious Problem
In Palestine
WHOLE COUNTRY IN A STATE OF REBELLION Troops' Difficult Task
PROBLEMS
EMPIRE NEWS
INDIAN PREMIER
RESIGNS
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Bombay. Dr. N. B. Khare, Prime Minister st Government of the as formidable as have ever engaged the Congress
Central Provinces, has resigned the bidding of the Parliamentary
diplomatic of the energies of British statesmanship are
renewal With him have resigned his colleagues to
Poland and between the relations now to be found in Palestine, where, as a result-committee of the party. With
Colonel Kusals Skirpa, Cabinet which he reformed un Lithuania, of the feud between Arabs and Jews, the whole whom he allotted portfolios in
Lithuanion delegate to the League of Wednesday.
been appointed has Nations,
lo Warsaw. Minister relinquished Lithuanian country is in a state of rebellion.
Poland recently demanded restoration of such relations.
Dr. Khare is also the leadership of the Congress party
There are at present eight battalions of British troops in Palestine, commanded by Lieut.-in the Legislative Assembly. General R. H. Haining. Their duty consists in maintaining the authority of the Mandatory
Power.
With rebels against that authority spread over every 'town and city in the country their task is one of extra- ordinary difficult.
The Governor, Mr. F. V. Wylie, has not accepted the resignations of
Dr. Khare's colleagues, and it is pre-
sumed that he is awaiting the elec- tion of a new leader by Congress, which commands a large majority in the Assembly.
The high command of Congress is angry with the Governor for having agreed to the Cabinet reshuflle on Wednesday, when Dr. Khare dis- pensed with the services of three Ministers.
19 stated It 125
Wylie had been asked to postpone his three days until the decision for Executive Commitice of Congress met at Wardha yesterday, Exist In
The authorities are well aware, that their "intelligence however,
service" is good.
It is the business of a soldier to night, but as conditions Palestine to-day the British soldier seldom sees his enemies.
In tracking down "traitors" the When one speaks of rebellion! against the Mandatory Power itArals have to work in the dark. has to be understood in the special sense which creates the Palestine problem; that is to say, Arabs and Jews are at one and their throats, another's grievance against Great Britain is that she stands between them to maintain civilised trying
special government, writes correspondent of the Neies of the World (London). JEWS' REPRISALS
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The embitterment which has taken by a new place of Inte is marked spirkt on the part of the Jews.
They have adopted a polley of re- prisals which the wiser heads among them deeply deplore and which in its operation tends to widen the gulf which divides Jew and Arab.
In the circunstances it can readily be understood that the task of en- denyouring to maintain law and ariler is not a popular one.
The Arabs believe, or profess to believe, that Great Britain is pursu
tle does his best to bring them to Arab bands are Palestine, but the
con in the hills and valleys of clusive; they melt away before a trmal attack.
There are those who profess to be Heve that in certain circumstances the neighbouring Arab States would support their destine kindred by force of arms.
Such circumstances will not, we Inay hope, arise.
The wisdom of British administra- tors will see to that. COMMISSIONER'S WORK
Meanwhile the Technieni Commis- sion presided over by Sir John Woodhead, which came here to study Com- the practical questions raised by the recommendations of the Feel
The Peel Commission recommend- mission, has mailed for England. resuit, they rique, in the destruction Paris, Arab, Jewish, British,
Mr.
3,000 MILES OF
NEW ROADS IN ABYSSINIA
WORK OF ITALIANS SINCE CONQUEST
Djibouti.
The road problem in Abyssinin is one of the must urgent and complex
th
rebels, except 10 ringleaders, have emplons of old bequeathed to
Leca pardoned,
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Killed-Flying Omeer Officer W. L. Rowbottom, No. 11 Bomber Squadron, was killed in dying accident at Mardan recently, BHUTAN'S FRONTIERS
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diflculties besetting the Italians al the beginning of their constructiva Sikar's Surrender-The Maharaja
activities.
primitive country, almost This
communications. which of Jalpur arrived by special train!
hose entirely devoid u
as early to be provided weeks been the scene of a rebellion had
Rav Roja of recently at Sikar,
possible with a network of reads. by followers of the
his feudal
In two years almost the entire Sikar. The Mahoraju in
a virtual overford. The visit was
road plan laid down by the Duco acceptance of the
city's surrenders been carried out, as a result of
uver and the
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technical competence of those and the means at their
Orchestra-Who Stole The Jom?- tribute received. All the p
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Nat Gonella and His Georgians Vocal-Old and their
refrain: vocal sound construction, of
Father Thames (Wallace, O'Hagan) their love of beautiful strong roads powers of construction in this do- with inoln, and in one or two others.
....Gracie Fields with Fred Hartley and His Orchestra; Plano and Vocal OPENING UP THE CAPITAL
Time (1-De Rose); road now-So Little Besides the excellent
Cheering')....Leslie Hutchinson at
Orchestra Paciencle The visit of two British officers to crossing the capital in every direc- My Heaven On Earth (From 'Sturt
to tion the important network of pro- Bhutan appears to have led
Included a total | Tango; El Adios Tango....Orquesta Francisco Canare with vocal I Love speculations as to the likelihood of vincial roads in existence on June the Piano;
miles before the in; Vocal-The One an extension of British influence in 39 of this year
(From 'Everybody Sing'); Cosi Casa that State. There are also rumours length of 2,052
Allan Sing FTOITS
Everybody, Orchestra ate of 2,137 miles.
Jones (Tenor)
Shilkret; clueled
Like To Love Orchestra-How'Dja Mc?-Fox-Trot (From Swing cher Swing'); Love Walked In- Fox-Trot (From 'Goldwyn Follies') Jack White and His Collegions from the Astoria Ballroom, London.
2.30 Close Down.
Calcutta.
ing an anti-Arab policy, which must/ed the partition of Palestine in three that a military base will be esablished rainy season-of the original estima-
East.
Woodhead
What the W
Commission of British influence in the Narwill-recommend is their own secret.
Partition will not, the Arabs say, British Influence in the Near Eastbring a settlement. It will, they as- rests on foundations which events in sert, excite increased resistance.
The Jewish minority would be to find a Palestine are not in the least likely
sufe
possible if it were to destroy.
arceptable to the Arabs, compromise These events, however, are care-
Great Britain, with her long and fully advertised by our enemies, prid who are not a persecuting people. create difficulties which could very varied experience in the handling of well be dispensed with at a time buffling Imperial problems, may yet when international affairs are fertile evolve such a cumpromise. in dangerous compllentions.
there.
ques-
The facts are that the offers are visiting the Tawang area to discuss with Bhutan representatives tions relating to portions of the! frontier. Bhutan is a foreign country, and the British authorities have
a military intention of establishing base in it.
no
European Association-Sir Edward and partner, Bird Benthal, senior
stone
Of this total there are 1,128 miles of turred roads;
647 miles of well-rolled rouds with stone foundations.
roads with 277 miles of
foundations. The principal roads are:
Mileage Mileage in Miles Tarred ballast. Messnous to Asmara 12 Asmara to Addis Ababa 142 Trofasit to Decanere.. Amab to Dessie...
Ca, Calcutta, and F. W. itcilgers and Ammara to condar Co., Culcutta, since 1929, has been
72
603 25
PLA 314
250
240
150
112
75
13 10
Addis Ababa to Dilema 220 Dessie to Magdalo.
The above detailed network characterised
All men of good will, Arab and elected president of the European Addis Ababa to Lekempt: 210 125 The neighbouring Arab countries Jewish, pray in their hearts I may
be expreted, whole- be so. are, as might heartedly in sympathy with their Itindred in Palestine.
The total population of the Arab world is approximately 12,000,000,
The Arabs of Palestine aumber only about 050,000.
They are thus only a small free- tion of the whole body.
The Jews of Palestine number about 400,000.
BALFOUR DECLARATION
Balfour
TOWN'S SCHOOLS HAVE NO BIBLES
Their numbers have been inul-
Boston. Lines, a town of 30,000 Uplied by Ave since the war under
Declaration, people, has only 300 complete Bibles the famous which pledged Britain to found in in all its schools, the council's educa- Palestine a unional home for the tlon committee was told recently,
In one school it was found there was not a Bible at all.
So the committee decidcil to buy 700 copies.
Jews.
to the mode Promises were also Arabs, the fulfilment of which was not altogether in the hands of Great Britain
"I should have thought it would As matters turned out after the have been one of the first books," kald The stories of the Bible are un- war, the Arabs had to suffer a meu-Councilor Reuben Salter. sure of disappointment.
Nevertheless, taking the race as surpassed, and they are far and away whole, and not merely regarding better than Mickey Mouse, Donald those dwelling within the 10,000 Duck and other fairy stories,"
Association. He was Director of the Reserve Bank of India, 1935-36. SOUTH AFRICA
GEN. SMUTS'S VIEWS ON PALESTINE
....
by.
Nathaniel
No
2
In
Tea-
6.0 Pro Arte Quartet.
D Major Quartet (Borodin); Orientale (No. 2 of Five Novelettes, Op. 15-Glazounov),
6.35 Elleen Joyce at the Plano.
D'Olaf (From "Deux La Danse isLunaires"-Riceardo Pick-Mangia- as follows, accordinggal): Si Oiseau J'Etals, A Tol Je of traffle and the Volerais (Bird Study A. Henselt); the volume
(Concert Study-Selim En Route speed of the vehicles:
Palmgren Width. 22.06ft, maximum gradient 7 per cent, radius of curves never less than 98.41. These figures apply to all roads for important traffic, presumably between the sea and the
to
interior.
road
Capclown. Gen. Smuts, Minister of Justice, addressing a Zlonist banquet here
FROM OCEAN TO INTERIOR referred to the partition of Palestine.
this principal "Whatever my private opluloa may
Apart from be," he said "and speak as a con-
of Zion and the system, a network of iess important vinced
friend
thoroughfares is being developed. National Home I range myself be- The list includes: hind Dr. Weizmann and those who know more about it,
I
6.45
The Court Of Frederick The Great L.M.C. Arntzenlus, trans- fated B.E. Reynolds-Monica Antiqua. Speakers: N. Dainton, C. Barrett, N. Angler, H. Sarton, Directed by Nicholas
Roth.
7.10 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.12 Josephine Baker, Max Miller, Orchestra. Eddie Peabody and Jack Jackson's
dala and Dessje, 344 mondary Lamy with Melodie Jazz Du
serd
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maximum
De Paris, Cond. by Edmond
Love's Just A Melody--Fox-Trol
'Stop-Go'); Valparaiso Addis Abbaba to Filche, Debre- Marcos, the western side of Lake Huba (From Dance Band) ... ... ... ... .... Jack Jackson and His Orchestra; Varna "If they tell me tha! the best way
(Koger, Tana, and Gondar, 375 miles;
Amoura Gondar
J'A! Deux to Debre-Tabor, Mag-PAL large scale immigration to foster
and Scotto) wit
....Josephine Baker and into Palestine at this moment is by
The
width of these partition, I bow to their judgment."
Gen. Smuts said that the Jewish roads is 19.88ft, with
lost. He had
The Day (Dubin and Burke) cause had been brought to the dust, gradient of 8 per cent, and a mial-Mahicux; Many Happy Returns Of but it could not be
mum radius of curves of 39.38.
re-Daoun to Assal rond, 18 Eddle Peabody playing his Banijo, The faith in humanity to be- suficient leve that the present state of miles in length, is now under con- Guitar Mundoline und Mando-Cello with Own Vocal Refrain and Piano;
With The Tide Home intolerance could not last. He agreed struction. This hitherto rough track
In A Little English Inn- be opened to im- millions of persecuted and will shortly be to absorb
Jack Jackson and His that Palestine was not large enough is now becoming a first-class road, Sailing Jews, but he looked forward to important traffic. It will include
vocul refrain; Down migration restrictions being relaxed branch road to Tendara from Dessie. Orchestra with
Finally, two important arteries In The Valley; Ophelia....Max in many countries, following the Con-
(From ference at Evian-les-Baines.
will be bult to complete the access Miller (Comedian) with Orchestra; to the interior from the ocean. These I'm Feelin' Like A Million
'Broadway Melody of 1930 CANADA
In the west: From the lakes and Message From The Man In The Moon be Races')...... from Neghell to Mogadisclo, gate- (From A Day at
with Orchestra: Josephine Baker way of the Empire on the Indian:
Jackson way of the Empire on the Indian Some Other Time-Fox-Trot; Gypsy
Violin--Fox-Trot.....Juck and Canadian Ratings
Djidjiga and In the east: From Hollywood. From the obligations of that title-
Mr. Maurice Hill, who married destroyer Fraser have joined the Ferfer to Assob, future gateway of frain:
1,000 lumbermen who are fighting| the Fin d'Orsay,
French- deed there is for Britain no escape. Miss
The Arabs, however, refuse thus
Vancouver Island. far to recognize our dimculty and to Canadian film actress, in December the worst forest fires in the history of the Empire on to the Red Sea, which All The
square
miles of Palestine, they have done pretty well as compared with
the
days when they were subjects the Turk.
of
FIFI D'ORSAY
TO SUE
FOR DIVORCE
Great Britain is eager to arrange settlement in which the Palestinian' Arabs will be masters of their own destiny, but the Balfour Declaration Ulla-deed under which remains a they must share their country with the Jews.
1933, sald that his wife intended to nieet us in a spirit of compromise.
Instead there is rebellion through-divorce him.
out the land.
BLUEJACKETS FIGHT FOREST FIRE
from
Vancouver.
the
•
ore:
Ocean;
"
FOX-1
A
His Orchestra with vocal re- I'll Bell You Tell That To Boys (Tobias - Stept); will be one of the best-equipped Nothing
Nothing's Blue But The Sky (New The flames are roaring through ports of Africa. the virgin timber-land on the cast north Miss d'Orsay, he said, was in Newcoast of the Island, 100 miles
shortly o and would York
of Victoria,
approaching Michigan to institute proceedings,
dangerously near a number of small Mies d'Orsay specialised in comedy
communities.
acres The neighbouring Arab States ure, vamp part; born Montreal, 1998, worked
It is estimated that 100,000
been Jaid timber-land have as has been said, in full sympathy as typist: blufted Hollywood, with a fake
of accent and photographs, to belleve she with them.
waste.. Syla, Irak, Trans-Jordan, Soudi wana Paris revue star. Arabla all are Arab countries; andson of a Chicago builder.
SECRET COURTS
I supporters of the war on the Jewa.
to
Mr. 1 the
all sup
The agitation which fosters the ro
great
energy and determination.
belilon la conducted with
anch
arc
£1,075-A-YEAR RECTOR RESIGNS
of the
KILLS LOVE
GERMS
the common
Engaged couples, he says, are not liable to colds to anything like the same extent as other people.
The excitement, he believes, builds up the resistance of the body to the attacks of germa.
.Len Bermon with man-Spina)
Kissed Maggie, He Orchestra; Maggie Kissed Him Back--Fax-Trot; Just As Long As The World Goca Round and Around-Fox-Trot.... with Jack Jackson, and His Orchestra vaca!
refrain. 0.0 Time, Weather and Announce- ments.
To
At
8.03 Irene Dunna (Soprano) and A French doctor living in Cologne, Germany, has discovered almost-a-Marek Weber's, Orchestra.
.cold--get Tiny Tot (Fisher, Lotter); Waltz cure for
(Durand)... Marek Weber and His
Look engaged.
Orchestra: Lovely (Soprano) with Orchestra Accom (From 'Roberta).....Irene Dunne You Have nt; Zigeuner, paniment:
To-Night Many Arabs would like to finish EXPENSE of keeping up his present the unhappy incumbent is
mansion-1ke rectory and compelled to live, is one
Stolen My Heart-Tango;
Tango....Marck Weber and His with disorder and come to terms
Orchestra with vocal refrain: Song Crockford's Clerical Directory gives grounds has caused the Rev. Greatest anage in the parish," he said,
(Reginald King).... with the Government.
Paradise
and His Orchestra; Men of that type have to tread Gordon Ince Rector of Long the gross income of the living as
Marck Weber £1,075 gross, or £766 net and house. yarlly,
The Rector's resignation was sent Arabs who give information to the Melford, Suffolk, to resign.
Mr. Ince, making the announcement
(From The Night Is Young').... Government are judged by courts
San Francisco. Irene Dunne (Soprano) with Orches- outside of Palestine to which details to his congregation, explained that it to Dr. W. G. Willingham, Bishop of Bad Luck Strikes Twice When I Grow Too Old To Dream
was impossible for one man, even in St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, to
Standchen (Heykens); are supplied.
Louis Canonica, 58, leaving the tral Accompaniment; Faithful Jump- Mr. Ince recently returned from a
recovered ing Jack If the accused person is con- good health, to serve the parish Lake effect from Sunray.
cruise. In hospital where he had demned to death, the sentence is put adequately, and the expense of the
Colombo he met a 20-year-old shop from a broken lag, stepped in front (Heykens)....Marek Weber and Illa into execution by local desperadoes.rectory made it impossible for him to six months health
(Continued on Page 15.) broken. The Arabs consider this procedure have a colleague.
"This huge expensive and unwant-girl, and there were reports of a of an automobile and had both legs Orchestra, simple, justice.ps, praeitied by al
ed mansion and grounds, in which at romance. inations: ogalniai aplent
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