The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-11-16
Jaffa Riots Last May Due
to Jewish c Communists
CHURCHILL APPROVES REPORT.
SAMUEL SENDS COVERING LET
TER. POLICE KILLED JEWS AND
COMMITTED OUTRAGES.


here by the Government yesterday. 1t
declares directly that the dcmonstrl
ton ON May LIST of Jewish Commune
lists was the cause of the Arab at
tlckS ON Jaffa and ON the Jewish coli
cnists and asserts that the policy of
establishing the Jewish National
Home in Palestine is in part the cause
of the discomfort prevailing among
Arabs. The Commission sat in Jaffa
for several months collecting and com
piling evidence. Hundreds OF wit
ncsses We're heard and investigators
were despatched to various parts of
the country to gather information. The
report is signed by Sir Thomas Hay
croft, the Chief Legal Adviser of the
Palestinian administration, Mr. Luke,
who was Assistant Governor of Jc-
IlIsalcm, and Captain Stubbs of the
Australian army. The report, when
forwarded TO the British Government
offices here. was accompanied by q
covering letter from Sir Herbert Sam
uel. who states that measures have
been taken to improve conditions in
rLc police force and that owing to the
Arab complaint that they have no
body corresponding to the Zionist
Commission. a Committee of Arab
notables has been formed. In publish
ing the report, Winston Churchill, the
British Colonial Secretary. adds thas
the report is ably compiled. lucid
and well reasoned, Lessons he says.
learned in the Jaffa disturbances,
will rule the action of the police and
military in handling future affairs of
n similar nature"
The report begins by describing the
new immigrants who have been arriv-
ing In Palestine, and asserts that these
ere affected by European labor politics
and habits .The Arab discomfort with
Zionism reached its climax during the
demonstration. when Bolshevik Jews
melted workers to civil war Here
follows detailed discussion of the
Jewish labor OrganiZatiOns-Achd
Haavodah and "Mops." the Jewish
Communist Party. 1t tells of II "Mops'
demonstration last November. when
Jewish workingmen who refused TO
strike. were attacked by the Commune
lists. ON that occasion, the police ar
rested several of the ''AIops' and two
were convicted The "Mops" head
quarters were raided and considerable
quantities of communist literature
seized.
The report now details the course nj
events. ON the eve of Mnyday . Jews
were arrested for distributing pro-
olamations which carried instructions
written in Hebrew. Iiddish and Ara
bic. some of which We're Long Live
the Civil War Long Live Soviet
Russia Long Live the Palestinian
Communist Party Down with the
British and French Bayonets." etc.
ON May LIST. n permitted demonstra-
tion of the Achdut Haavodah took
place in Tcl-Aviv. The "AIops" dem
onstration was prohibited. Nevcrthc-
less. it wds held. and collisions took
place between the adherents of both
parties.
The police lost control of the situa-
tion altogether Troops with armored
cars were called in to qucll the riot
ers. The police was inefficient. Either
il WAS unable to cope with the tumnlt,
or it had been infected with racial
passion and was unwilling to stem the
raid of its own people. The Gov
ernor of Jaffa, when informed that
there was trouble at the Immigrants
House which quartercd several nun
dred newly arrived Jewish immi-
grants. sent several officers to invest!-
yata 1t was established that the
police fred at the gate, likewise thar
two bombs were thrown from me
house and fell in che street. The Rev.
Martin an Englishman, states that the
police broke thru the door of the Chal-
utzim House and lead the mob into
the courtyard. Men seeking refuge
were beaten to death. while several
Others were killed by shots. One
woman was killed and many Others
roughly handled. An Arab policeman
attempted to violate women. He was
later convicted and sentenced TO thir-
teen years imprisonment.
Continuing with report of .even's
On Nav 2nd. we read instances OF
Jewish outragcs against Arabs. 1t Is
charged that Col. Margelin, formerly
Commander of one of the Jewish Bat
,alions, who on that day organized Il
Jewish Defence Corps of EX-Legion