Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
ARABIC UPRISING
WORRIES BRITAIN
MacDonaId's Attitude in Dis
patching Ships to Iudea
Wins Support.
BY the Associated Press.

by inc ASSOCldteu FTeSS.
LONDON, August 26.-Danger of
spread Of Moslem anti Christian fervor
to other sections of the empire from
clash-torn Judea was accorded full rec
ognition here today, with the govern
ment promising necessary measures to
restore order and to protect life and
property of all inhabitants without dis
tinction."
The immediate action of the govern
ment Of Prime Minister Macdonald.
which objected SO strenuously two
years ago when 1t comprised the OPP
position to certain national defense
measures in China. in sending warships
and troops to Palestine was the subject
of nationwide comment, and apparently
received full-hearted support.
The prime minister spent nearly his
entire Sunday in conference with his
ministers, and at one period with Lord
Reading prominent British Jewish poll
tician principally considering the meas
ureS necessary to cope with the situar
ton in which, reports here say, as many
as 70 Jews have been killed and many
hundreds wounded.
Commission Returns Speedily.
1t was remarked officially that Sir
John Chancellor, high commissioner in
Palestine, the government of which
Great Britain administers under post
war League Of Nations mandate, was
hurrying back to his charge from Eng
land and soon should arrive there.
Lieut.. Comdr. J. M. Kenworthy, Labor
M. p, who two years ago visited Pales-
tine, told the Daily Herald: THE riot
ing in Jerusalem is really the outcome
of events at the Wailing Wall last year,
when on a very solemn day the Jewish
church worshipers at the wall were
interfered with by Arab police. The
Arab police undoubtedly exceeded their
duty. but were let off scot free.
I'm the controversy over religious
rites at the Wailing Wall our govern
ment did not make it quite clear We
intended to preserve Jewish rights
there Our policy in Jerusalem has
been weak and vacillating and We have
given way to agitators and Arabs are
taking advantage of that. We have
been far too timid until the present
government came into office"
Two or three London papers took the
Palestine government to task editorially
for not foreseeing the trouble in Jeru-
salem. but all give their whole hearted
approval to the government for it's
prompt firm steps.
Weakness Is Charged.
The conservative Daily Telegraph re-
marked: 1T is abundantly clear that
the authorities on the spotlight Com
missioner Sir John Chancellor, who is
not at present in Palestine-have not
fully realized the intense feeling that is
Immediately aroused over what may
seem the pettiest questions involving
religious rights, to have permitted the
Moslems to make a new entry from
their walls into the place of wailing
was a piece Of culpable weakness"
The Daily News and Westminster
Gazette, Liberal and Progressive, de-
clared: 1.-THE local authorities do not
appear to have foreseen the present
situation or to have dealt very eff
GENTLY with incipient signs of disturb
ance."
The Morning Post Conservative
warned, putting down the present dis
orders will not be the end of the
matter"
The Times explained "the dispatch
OF troops and warships to Palestine
might seem out of proportion to the
occasion II 1t were only a question OF
suppressing disorders in Jerusalem. but
it is clearly the purpose of these over
whelming forces to bring home to the
actual potential rioters that overwhelm-
ing force can keep the peace"