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BUTTER

OF TERRORISM

GOES ON UNCHECKED Many Political Murders In Palestine Yesterday

WEST POINT

SING SONG GIRLS GO ON STRIKE

The services of over 100 “sing-

Sabotage Continues: CALM BEFORE

Emir Abbullah's Manifesto

Jerusalem, To-day.

song" girls of West Point will The wave of terrorism that set in several days ago continued yesterday, resulting in further fatalities.

not be available this evening to|

restaurant customers following a meeting of the girls held last At night near the Kam Ling Res-

taurant.

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The girls demand that that res- taurant proprietors deduct only

25 cents of each dollar they earn for entertaining parties of diners, and to abolish an additional 20

Tel Aviv, near Jewish orange orchards, three Arabs and one Jewish policeman were found shot dead.

Three other Arabs were reported killed, one Jaffa, one at Hebron and one at Lydda. Besides this, several Arabs and Jews and one

glishman were wounded.

At seven different places, acts of sabotage occurred, telephone wires

STORM

Hankow, To-day.

A calm prevails before the anti- cipated storm. Even in the Yang- tse zone near Kiukiang no fighting of a serious nature has taken place.

Both sides, Chinese and Japan- ese, are at present preparing for new and great battles that will, in the near future, burst into flame.

At present, there are 40 Japan- ese war vessels on the Yangtse

between Matang and Hukou.

Three gunboats and five trans- port steamers attempted to sail at from the Yangtse into the Lake of

Poyang, but were repulsed, En-Another Japanese flotilla, bomb-

cents levy which has up, to now being cut, railway property being LOCAL SHOWERS

destroyed and various buildings set on fire.

been deducted as Special Fees.

Private clubs in West Points only As the situation in Palestine be comes more and more critical, many deduct 25 cents from the girls of the higher British officials have earnings, and the girls who untilordered their families to remain in England beyond the duration of leave.

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recently willingly allowed the addi- tion 20 cents to be deducted by res- taurant keepers, have been refus- ing to pay the additional "fee",

owing to the increased cost of liv-

ing..

ALLEGED RETALIATION

It is alleged that the restaurants retaliated by only calling such girls

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The Emir Abbullah of Transjor- dan has issued a manifesto calling on the Arabs to cease the killing of At same time, innocent persons. he urges the British Government to comply with the minimum Arab demands in order to retain the prestige based. on the promises made in the World War, but which otherwise would be threatened.— Trans-Ocean.

to their restaurants who prepared GEN. BLUECHER

to pay the additional 20 cents and whenever a customer asked - for a girl who refused to pay, the reply was that she was not available.

This was discovered by the sing- gong girls and last night they held a meeting and decided to “strike” and "boycott" all, restaurants in the neighbourhood.

The restaurants

CALLED TO MOSCOW

Tokyo, To-day. “Stalin has ordered the Comman- der-in-Chief of the Far East army, Marshal Bluecher, to Moscow to re- 4 port on the flight of General Lush- now, enden- kow to Japan," announces the

but

"Asahi Shimbun."

vouring to settle this afternoon the girls' demands had not been satisfied.

To-night most robably, aing Bong iris will be seen in the..

Commission of Enquiry, under Vice Commissar Makhis, mean- while arrived in Habarovsk, it is 'said, and already have subjected many officers of the Far East army and the G. P. U. to severe cro examination. Trang,Ocean,

arded - Lion HillThe 3 Chinese batteries answered the fire. Land- ings were not attempted. **-Japanese naval aeroplanes bomb- ed Chinese positions near Kishui, 100%

kilometres north-west Kiukiang.

Trans-Ocean.

The Royal Observatory reports that a ridge of high pressure ex- tends from S.E. China to the Paci- fic to the southeast of Japan. A China Sea about 150 miles to the east-south-east of Tourane; it is trough of low pressure lies tween the Philippine and Caroline probably moving W.N.W forecast: East winds, moderate; fair gener- A typhoon has formed in the ally, some local showers.

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