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Heavy British Losses In Palestine Reported

NAZI-

DISTURBANCES IN HUNGARY

Budapest, To-day.

The Hungarian police arrested 310 persons during demonstra- tions last night in the Great Ring thoroughfare and the neighbour. ing streets by Hungarian Nazis.

The Nazis shouted Nazi slogans and broke several shop windows.

-Reuter..

THIRTY-SEVEN 300 MORE JEWS KILLED AND 80

WOUNDED

Beirut, To-day.

ON WAY TO

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London, To-day. About 300 German Jewish re-

on board the Italian liner "Conte

Simultaneously with the demand for proclamation fugees are en route to the Far East

of a “holy war” against Britain comes an alle- gation that British troops in Palestine yester-Biancamano," according to the day suffered over 100 casualties in unsuccess- Aden correspondent of ful engagements with Arab rebels.

JAPANESE BEGIN The allegation, made by a local Arab newspaper and

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unconfirmed from other sources, adds that the rebels shot down three R.A.F. planes, and des- troyed a tank and four lorries. The demand for proclamation of a "holy war" by Islam was voiced by several deputies of the Syrian Parliament, when they urged con- tinuation of the Pan-Arabic Con- gress for this purpose.

LHASA PRAYERS

FOR CHINA'S VICTORY

Times."

The

when the liner passed through The correspondent reports that Aden, many of the refugees, who are absolutely destitute, landed for a short while and appealed for monetary help from the Jew- ish community. Reuter.

close interest is being taken in the Sino-Japanese War, and throughout Tibet prayers are be- ing offered for the success of the Chinese armies.

This sympathy with China has greatly relaxed the tension which two

Heavy fighting has been going| THE FIRST TIME on, meanwhile, in the Nablus hills, SINCE THE OCCUPATION THE and a "local Arab newspaper pub- JAPANESE THIS MORNING |lishes claims which appear to be FORBADE THE CITY TO FOR-rather far-fetched. EIGNERS OWING TO "ROUND- Saying that Arab women partici- ING UP OF LOOTERS AND pated in the fighting, the

The Delhi correspondent of formerly existed between the GANGSTERS."

alleges that British troops

"The Times" says that travellers" countries over issues affecting the ambushed by the inhabitants of reports from the Indian border eastern Tibetan boundary which villages in the Nablus area.

countries indicate that in Lhasa marches with China-Reuter.

Rifle and machine-gun fire is clearly audible on Shameen, while one foreigner caught in the city unaware of the Japanese order, stated that literally hundreds of Chinese had been arrested and tied up at street corners.

The foreigner was escorted back to Shameen by Japanese sentries. Reuter.

TOKYO'S SWOLLEN WAR BUDGET

Tokyo, To-day.

paper were

FIRE ON ALL SIDES

Taken by fire from all sides, the British troops, it is claimed, lost 37 killed and 80 severely wounded, while the Arabs captured large quantities of war material, includ- ing three machineguns, 150 rifles, 8,000 rounds of ammunition, three wireless sets and quantities of pro- visions,

In the course of the action, the paper alleys, three. R. A. F. planes were shot down and one tank and four lorries destroyed.

The Arab casualties, says the re- port, were only seven dead and 10 wounded!

Five thousand millions of yen will be the amount of the special JERUSALLEM ALSO military budget in the Sino-Jap- anese conflict for 1939, stated the Severe fighting also took Japanese Finance Minister near Jerusalem, the Arab version yesterday.

being that the British lost 80 men In the course of a seven-hour battle.

This supplementary budget ex- penditure is not to be included in the Estimates that the Japanese Cabinet will submit to the Diet to-day for approval.

The ordinary Budget for 1939 amounts to 8,694,000,000 yen, an increase of 180-mlilions over ex- penditure of the last financial year. "Trans-Océan,

Still another clash occurred, ac- curding to the paper; on the high- way between Jerusalem and Khalil,

British detachment having been attacked from * ambush, guerilla bandina elationer b

British casualties are waldsto have been 10 killed and 15 wounded,

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