Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
FREEDOM CLAIMED
By ARABIAN TRIBE
Flag of Turkey Is Raised by
MosIems in NabIus,
Palestine.
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neighborhood of Haifa, Ramleh, and In
the hills near Jerusalem.
The British repreSsive efforts were
not without casualties to the British
themselves Several soldiers were killed,
the correspondent OF the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency reported. when a convoy
proceeding toward the Jewish colony of
Kastinia was attacked. All members of
the Jewish party under convoy were
said to have been wounded and the
Arab village near Kastinia was burned
in reprisal.
Mai. Keith Roach, district commits
, sioner here, ordered both Jews and
British disarmed after a mass meeting
Of Arabs at the Mosque OF Omar. under
the auspices of the grand multi, at
| which the Arab leaders declared the
tribesmen could not be pacified, despite
counSels OF MODERATION, until all Jews
were disarmed.
Maj. Roach promised the Arabs the
entire population. including the British.
'ould be diSarmed, and these orders to-
day were being carried out. Disarming
of the Jewish defense corps. action
which met with intense opposition from
the members of the organization had
been begun previously.
OpTsSahB NucUCu.
The most serious disorder reported
Yesterday was at Haifa. where bluejacS-
els from the battleship Barham and
British airplanes pu; down an Arab up
rising. The Arabs entered Ardele VA
hud the Jewish quarter OF the city, as
saulting the Jews and rloting. The Sit
uation looked serious until the land
ing party appeared and opened fire.
Thirty Arabs were arrested and their
rifles conflscated.
Shortly afterUard there was a recru-
dPScenCe OF the disorder, several Jewish
homes being burned and looted and
farm run by Jewish girls destroyed Part
Of the Rumanian Jewish settlement on
the Plain of Acre was destroyed by Arab
incendiaries. Mizpah. near Liberals.
was attacked twice. Dilb. a Jewish set
Element. noted for its apiaries and their
honey, repealed an Arab attack.
Fort Used as Shelter.
The old fort at Acre, scene Of many
historical battles. has been used by the
Jews during the uprisings as a shelter
from Arab rioters British troops we're
placed about Athlip, an important salt
trade center.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency re-
ported that British police killed young
Jew in front of the headquarters of the
Jewish Communal Board here. They
we're said to have order"d him in Eng
lish to give up his ms. He did not
understand tn :, refused, and was
shot.
The t. u of a general Bedouin up
rising in consequence or the disorders
in Palestine was held to continue and
gave rise to considerable fear in many
sections. British airplaneS continually
secuted the hill country and dispersed
the Bedouin gatherings when they at
tanned too large proportions.
Several thousand Bedouins OF Trans
jordania crossed the River Jordan. and
encamped near Ramalah. The British
police arrested their chief sheik in an
effort to prevent further advance.
Out Of the chaos Of the Palestine dis
orders there was revealed today heroism
of little band of Jews from Hebron
which stood out like tale from the
Old Testament.
Sacred Scrolls Rescued.
After the massacre last Sabbath. IN
which Is Americans were among nearly
IN Jews killed. few survivors decided
to try to rescue the sacred scrolls. con-
tanning flve books of Moses written in
ancient Hebrew, from the Hebron Syna-
gogue.
for Jerusalem. They almost reached the
CITY when a band Of Arabs attacked
them. and in their attempt to keep the
holv scrolls OF Hebraic law from proia-
nation, Is more Hebron Jews were In
jured.
Two young Jews, who were under
TODD to be theological students at the
Hebron Talmudic. protected the Scrolls
with their bodies, receiving severe
wounds. Their flight was successInl
and the holy archives brought to sa1ety.
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