Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-31
AMERICANS KILLED
IN ARAB ATTACK ON
OLD CITY Of SAFED
Rabbi Samuel Cohen and Wife
Among Victims of MosIems
Thursday Night.
GATHERING TRIBESMEM
MENACE JORDAN TOWNS
Jews Make Appeals for More Troops
for Defense and Money
for Refugees. ?

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| JERUSALEM, August 3l.-Rabb1
Samuel Cohen and his wife, believed
! to be Americans, were killed in the
attack by Arab Moslens Thursday night
on ancient Safed, Northern Gelilcear
| city.
| Arabs last night attacked the Jewish
| colony at Gederah and later burned
! the granary in the colony of Kfarba'
! ruch. Children of the colony Bethal'
phia we're moved to Tel-Aviv for safety
I The greatest fear was held generally
! of movment of tribes in Northern Syria
Airplanes patrolled the southern
/ colonies.
British military in Palestine, harasseo
bv disorders within the inundated ter.
ritory itself, moved today to check
full-f1edged although disorganized IN
; vasion by Syrian and Transjordanlar
Arabs.
Arabs Cross Border.
considerable forces" of the Mus
sulmans were said officially to be enter
ing Palestine from Syria and airplancs
and troops were dispatched to intercept
I and ascertain their strength. Incursions
OF Arabs from Transjordania have beer
checked so that they are not getting
across the border in great numbers s
but the infiltration has continued
nevertheless.
The Arab force. according to wo:d
received in Official quarters, was MOVING
south. party of Jewish high school
! students, including IA Americans. was
near the Syrian frontier on an outing
the
American consul for protection for them
in view of the Arab advance.
The position of isolated Jewish col
onies in the Jordan Valley greatly
alarmed authorities. The situation of
T:berias was regarded as particularly
dangerous and energetic measures wers
taken for its defense. The Arabs were
said to have boasted that the same
fate was in store for 1t as at Safed.
There were only four British soldiers
there.
, Excited by Reports.
The Jordan Valley Arabs were great
ly excited over reports that several of
their fellow tribesmen had been killed
by Jews in the neighboring colony OF
Kinereth. They were said to be gath
ering at Semakh from all surrounding
villages.
, Reports reaching here from Safed
indicated that city. which lies to the
, fered greatly at the hands of the
Arabs. Nine Jews were killed. 10
wounded and the city looted and al
most destroyed by fire. There were
renewed attacks at Haifa and Acre,
which were checked by the author
, tiles. =.
Thirty-five Jews were wounded in
, renewed street fighting in Jerusalem,
despite presence of British soldiers who
patrolled the city with fixed bayonets.
Telpioth, Jewish residential suburb of
Jerusalem, which previously had been
looted. was attacked again.
Arabs at Qulonia. paying no attention
to threats of reprisals by the British
deputy commissioner there, burned the
mill and other buildings yesterday. Five
days ago Jewish homesteads there were
burned and two girls tied together and
burned alive.
Druse Tribes Feared.
British military authorities pointed
out that only a considerable guard
could prevent the dangerous Druse
tribesrnen. who have caused the French
Syrian authorities so much trouble.
from crossing the long frontier. France
governs Syria under mandate similar
to that by which the British control
Palestine. ,
The British authorities have exerted
every means to nip invasion from both
SYRIA and Transjordania in the bud.
Mithcal Lei Faiz, first sheik Of the
powerful and dangerous Benz Sakh1
tribe in Transjordania, who slipped
through the frontier guards with three
companions and penetrated to Jeru-
salem, has been captured.
He came as far as the Jordan in
motor car and crossed the river. pro-
! ceeding afoot and leaving his car and
chauffeur on the other side. He was
7 discovered here in the ordinary attire
of the low class Arab and was detained.
In Jerusalem a representative of the
National Council of Palestine Jewry re-
uuested the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
on behalf of the council to broadcast
an appeal to Jewish communities
throughout the world, declaring that
the situation throughout the country
was one of great danger. with "acts OF
destruction and determination by Arabs
continuing"
Two Essentials.
The appeal added: 1.-TWO things are
essential, First to urge the govern
fucnt to take strong measures for ces-
setion of destruction and the safe.
guarding of the remaining life. and
property; second, urgent financial AID
to feed the thousands of refugees"
Information reaching here today from
Safed was that the Arabs burned and
looted that city for two hours Thurs
cav night until British troops arrived
ct 8:20 pm. The Moslems knitted many
Jews, killing and wounding seriously
TO-. Still others were sent to hospitals
from shock.
The troops evidently. were considered
insufficient for defense purposes. FOL
5000 Jewish residents were ordered tc
evacuate to police barracks, but wher
reinforcements arrived today they were
permitted to return to their homes.
Demonstration by British airplane;
over the Mosque Of Omar yesterday. the
Mohammedan sabbath, was believed TO-
day to have averted renewed clashes
between, Jews and Arab Moslems In
the city.
Arabs, their emotions keyed high by
the religious fervor of their days
worship, were just emerging from the
MOSQUE when IL British fighting planes
appeared overhead and circled low.
The Arabs scattered, relieving fears
Of the Jerusalem populace, which had
been filled with trepidation in antici-
ration of the end of the Sabbath day
ceremonies.
In the hour after the incident an ex-
,cursion about the city showed its streets
l almost deserted except for troops. There