Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
JEWSLOOK TO
BRITISH POWER
Expect Moslem Horrors To
Continue Unless Eng
lish Interfere

JERUSALEM. Aug. 28.-LPl-MoS-
lem uprising Throughout Palestine,
Syria and Transjordonia. with at
tendant horrors of fire and sword
loomed today as q Possibility unless
British power in the Middle East
could crush quickly the rising spirit
Of unrest among fanatical tribesmen.
The situation already today SEEM
ed to have passed far beyond the
original dispute between Arabs and
Jews over use Of the Wailing Wall,
and observers generally here looked
to Ibn Saud, mighty king OF the
Hedjaz, whose ultimate attitude
could turn the scales one way or the
other.
The dead and wounded In the last
five days fighting between Jews
and Moslem Arabs were fixed al
l43 and 426.
Cross Despite Guards
Upheaval among the Transfer
DOMAIN Arabs growing out Of the
Palestine fighting has become SC
violent the government has found II
necessary to close the eastern Ju-
dean frontier against possible in
yasion by sympathetic nomads, but
armed Bedouins crossed the Jor-
dan despite guards placed on the
bridges. -,
The Beersheba tribes were said
the thousands for the northward
here to be arming and gathering by
march which gave rise to fear OF q
clash with British soldiery at Beb-
ron. scene Saturday Of a massacre
in which Arabs literally cut tc
pieces Jewish men, women and
children. Refugees arriving from
Transjordonia said situation there
was becoming worse.
Chancellor Arrives.
Haifa seems to have suffered
from considerable fighting, with
many deaths in the Sephardic quar-
ter ear the railway station. The
American consul here asked the
British authorities for immediate
help to prevent any trouble In the
chiidren's village there where many
refugee children from the Ukraine
are being cared for by the Near
East Relief.
CAIRO. Egypt. Aug. 28.-tPl--
Uncensored telephonic advices 70
the Jewish Telegraph agency at
a. m. today said fighting between
Jews and Arabs continued In much
Of Palestine with the smaller col
onies bearing the brunt OF Moslen
"A day OF heavy fighting with
many new casualties and one dead
passed In Haifa, northwestern Pal
estine. u
Jerusalem was described as II
grave danger, with 2000 armed men
including Druse tribesmen, marcn'
ing on the city.
Appeal TO Consul
A part Of the colony Tel Josepr
was burned down yesterday. Meiel
Shfeya. settlement maintained D!
the Junior Hadassah, American
young Women's Zionist organiza'
tion. sent an urgent. appeal TO th'
American consul for help. A mill
tary detachment was dispatched
htere shortly afterwards.
Isaac Ben Z~i. leader Of the jew
ish defense corps, In a telephone
message. said the defense corps wa!
being disarmed and arrested. HI
added refugees arriving from re
Aviv, all Jewish colony near Jaffa
reported a lack Of bread and othel
foodstuffs.
Government Charged
Ben wi expressed the emphati,
opinion the Palestine government
alone was responsible for the riots
OF the last five days HC declared
we are certain that II .i.e Pales-
tine government had sent 20 patro
the Arab demonstrations on Friday
at least the same number Of police
4. sent TO patrol the Jewish dem
onstration. on Thursday. 0rdel
would have been maintained In thu
| Holy City.