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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938

HAIFA

"ARAB

Page S

BLACKED OUT UNDER

COMMAND" COMMAND" ORDERS

Palestine Situation Increasingly Serious

Arab Guerillas

Raid Police Stations

Jerusalem, To-day.

-MACHINE

PARTS BY AIR

An odd collection of freight arrived in the Imperial Air- ways' R.M.A. Delphinus on Tues- day. The list of articles included: -Films, Machine Parts, Stereo-

scope, Rice Sample, Carbons, In- Papers, Valves, Paint, Enamel

travenous Needles, Commercial

Varnish.

The renewed outbreak of disorders in Palestine as- sumed unprecedented proportions yesterday. Arab irregulars are now organised into fight- ing formations and are giving each day a new testimony to their growing strength. One of their latest coups was the blacking out of TOOL THEFT

the town of Haifa.

The "Arab Command" gave out the order on Tues- day and promptly at nine o'clock yesterday evening it was carried out by the population in all parts of the town.

A 30-year-old Chinese, Cheung

PROBLEM OF CONVICTS WHO WRITE

Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home. Secretary, and the Prison Com- missioners have been consider- ing the problem of authorship in prison.

Convicts may write in their cells, but cannot bring out their manuscripts when released, with- out the approval of the Home Office.

One standpoint is that the public might object if a convict,

Wing, who was born in Liverpool, supported out of public funds, and Lo Hung, aged 18, were re-used his time to write for profit manded for 24 hours by Mr. K. M. and competed with those earning A. Barnett at Kowloon this morn-their living by writing. It naturally facilitated the shoot-,Gaza.

There is, on the other hand, It is reported that in the ing when charged with stealing

much to be said in favour of ing down of any obstructionists. attack upon the police station at engineering tools from the P.W.D. allowing a man to cultivate his Jaffa likewise experienced yester-Ramallah two of the raiders were Det.-Sergeant Forest said defen-creative instincts., It is believed day a recrudescence of disorders shot dead by the police. Trans-dants were seen by the watchman that the regulations work well and shooting. Following a raid Ocean. upon the main police station in which Arab guerillas succeeded in getting possession of two cases of ammunition, a number of armed persons forced their way into the offices of the city council.

They ordered the officials to put up their hands, searched ail boards and drawers and then off with all money they had covered.

POLICE STATION RAID

Jerusalem, To-day. An armed gang raided the police of station. at Jaffa and a number. arms were stolen.

A number of armed men raided cup-the police station in a town in North made Jerusalem and two constables and dis- two of the rajders were killed in the subsequent exchange of shots.→→→ Reuter.

“PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT"

Leaflets purporing to emanate from **the Provisional National Government” and containing the exhortation to fight against the Mandate troops were distribut-

coming out of the P.W.D. garage on the whole and that few manu- at Tai Kok Tsui at 9.50 p.m. with scripts of worth fail to emerge the tools.

from prison.

THE

LOWEST PRICE RADIO WITH

ELECTRIC TUNING

PAA MAY USE

ed in Jaffa yesterday morning, CANTON ISLAND

Some of these leaflets were past-

ed up on the walls and doors of Mosques without the police succeed-

*

New York, Aug. 30.

Canton

is-

ing in finding out the perpetra- Pan American Airways officials tors. The authorities immediately said here to-day that placed the town once more under land,. in the southern Pacific ocean, martial law.

looks promising as a base for the projected air service between the All shops close down by six United States and New Zealand o'clock in the evening. No civilians but that final determination on its are allowed to appear on the streets use has not yet been made. The after eight o'clock and all lights decision is expected to be announced have to be put out by nine o'clock-by November 1, when PAA is after which it is a punishable scheduled to start regular service offence to turn on the wireless, or to to New Zealand with one of the put on gramophone records.

SHARP SKIRMISH

There was a sharp skirmish be- tween the Arab irregulars and Bri-

six new Boeing Clippers now being constructed at Seattle, Washington, for both transpacific and transat- lantic air lines.

...

"to

Canton island, as well as nearby tish troops near Acre yesterday. Enderbury island, are now populat- It was probably a sequel to the ed by groups of both American and explosion of landmine in the British nationals. The United neighbourhood of Telegamar result-States and Great Britain recently ing in the wrecking of a patrol lorry announced a working agreement" in which two British soldiers were had been reached under which the killed and four, others seriously two governments had decided wounded. British bombers have set up a regime, for use in com- been rushed to the scene of this mon, of both islets for purposes outrage.

connected with international avia- with Immense stocks of wooden rail-tion and communications way sleepers at the railway stocks equal facilities, for each party." of Lydda have been destroyed by a The question of sovereignty will be The station itself, - however, held in abeyance for the time being. was not fired by the irregularz. – At the time the agreement was an-

An

Arab policeman was shot dead nounced Secretary of State Cordell in the village of Dajat, said shợta Hull held it up as an example for were fired at a military, patrid é as the settlement of other international it was proceeding in the vicinity of territorial disputes.?^ (A.P.)

fire.

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