New Britain herald., 1929-09-04
48 ARAB LEADERS ORDERED ID MEET
Will Discuss Anti-JeWish Riots
 --Situation Is Quieter

Jerusalem, Sept tP) - Forty tight Arab leaders from all parts of Palestine, comprising the Pales- tine Arab executive, have been sum- moned to meet in extraordinary pri- vate session in Jerusalem tomorrow o consider recent developments in he Holy Land.
 Publicity regarding the meeting was suppressed but in some quar- CTS it was felt it would afford op- portunity for open airing by lndfg- nant Moslem chieftains of the re- sentiment aroused in them by certain recent events.
 News of the impending meeting came shortly after it was learned here that the British government had ordered special Palestine commission, headed by Sir Walter Shaw, former chief justice of the Straits settlements, to make an in quiry into Arab Jewish clashes, be- einning it's difficult task this month.
 The decision of the British gov crnment not to permit the scope of it's Palestine inquiry to extend to any question altering the Balfour declaration-thdt which fixed Brit Ish policy at establishing in Pales- line a national home for Jews--Was hailed with joy by the Jews but was resented openly by Arabs.
 Chancellor Pro-Jcwish
 Members of the executive have re- mained aloof from the British rep resentation in Palestine, no leader pr member having yet called upon Sir John Chancellor. the high com- missioner, since his return. Sir Johns proclamation, issued Sunday in discussing clashes of the last 10 days, was felt by the Arabs to be decidedly pro-Jewih and anti-Arab.
 The Arab executive yesterday made public vigorous reply to this proclamation, alleging that the Palestine government had caused trouble by arming Jews, denying that there had been mutilations among the Jewish casualties at He hron, asserting that Jewish mobs had killed isolated Arab women and children, and that even British troops had shot Arabs at Sour Bahcr and elsewhere.
 Arabs Demand Inquiry
 The Arab pronouncement stated that troubles in Palestine. past and present, had been caused by the British Zionist policy which aimed at "annihilating the Arab nation in itc Dtr.u n of rpNlNInC a existent nation"
 The Arabs demanded an impar- tial inquiry by ''outsiders whose sense of justice ws not curbed by Zionist influence" In conclusion the pronouncement demanded aboli- ton of the Balfour declaration, suspension of Jewish immigration, and establishment of a parliament tary government
 situation Is Quictcr
 Generally Palestine was quieter today although there still was some anxiety regarding the situation in Tibcrias, upper Galilee, with which city telephone communication failed after reports of scattering Moslem attacks which caused q few casual ties.
 Official information mentioned local incidents" in the north, stat ing: "An. attack on police bar racks at Hattin. eight miles west of TT 'Nerias, Sunday night, was re- pulsed successfully. Slight hand to hand fighting occurred at Yesod Ha' a'Maalah."
 The Jewish Photographic Agency reported that fl Arabs were killed by troops when they attacked Ycsod Ha Maalah and two others were said to have been killed similarly near the colony Nishmar Ha Warden, both in Galiloe.
 The same agency said that 200 Arabs were arrested at Ligta and