Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Fighting Between Jews and
Arabs Renewed Beyond
JeruSaIem'S Walls.
SOLDIERS DIE IN PLANE;
WARSHIPS ARE RUSHED
British Are Using Air Transports
to Send ReinforcementS Into
Palestine.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM. August PA state CT
emergency was proclaimed to exist over
all Palestine tonight with clashes be-
tween Arabs and Jews spreading from
the point Of the origin in Jerusalem and
with a death list OF more than so al
ready recorded. Word that British war
ships and troops were en- route to sup
plement the police forces was received
with great toy.
The calm restored in Jerusalem this
morning after two days rioting IN the
streets was only temporary and at 500
o'clock tonight the disorders were In
full blast again. Jewish sources esti-
mated the number OF Jewish dead at 80
with 35 others gravely wounded and
estimates Of the Arab losses much
earlier had been II killed with others
likely to die. The injured numbered
more than 200.
Fighting Spreads.
The fighting has spread from the
"old city, to the Jewish suburbs OF
Yemin Moshe, Gdud Saul, Gdud
Havoda and Sephardim.
A delegation representing a number
of American Jews living in Jerusalem
has requested Paul Qnabenshue. United
States consul. to ask that an American
warship be sent to Palestine. British
military authorities who are indirectly
responsible for order in the country
under the mandate of the League OF
Nations have taken active steps to re-
store quiet.
At Nadia. a 81. .000-ton battleship the
Barham. the aircraft carrier Courage
Gus ard the cruiser Susses. were stated
to be under orders to sail for Jana.
the port of Jerusalem. British troops
are being rushed by airplanes. In
Cairo. a giant British troop-carrying
plane. taking off for an army camp TO
pick up 25 soldiers for duty in Pales-
tine. crashed. killing three Of its crew
Of seven and badly injuring the other
four.
Armed Arabs Attack.
Centering on the ancient remnant OF
sacred Solomons temple which Is
known as the Wailing Wall, sacred
shrine to Jews all over the world.
trouble started In Jerusalem at noon
Yesterday. Crowds of armed Arabs at
tackled the Jews. who formed them
selves into defense units.
Rioting spread and soon got beyond
control. Hospitals were crowded with
the injured.
Authorities, who proclaimed martial
law, barred the populace from the streets
after o'clock tonight. The city was
comparatively quiet although clashes
occurred in the environs.
Twelve were killed and 110 injured
in the first phase of the fighting. Ar
mored cars were used by the police in
dashes through the streets In unsuccess-
full efforts to restore calm.
Establishment Of martial law carried
with 1t censorship on all news from
the disturbed area.
Arab bands attacked the Jewish
Village of Motza, near Jerusalem, this
afternoon. killing six persons. Riotlns
started again in Jerusalem later IN the
day and three more Arabs were reported
killed.
Troops Arrive By Air.
Fifty British soldiers arrived by aiI
from Egypt to re-enforce British police
and troops. A British battalion was
en- route tonight from Egypt to Palestine
by rail.
Repeated trouble over the Wailine
Wall has occurred in recent years, but
nothing on such a scale as the present
rioting. The shrine itself Is the las,
remaining fragment of the temple built
5000 years ago. 1t is situated close To
the Moslem Shrine of the Mosque OF
Omar and around these two symbols
of ancient religions deadly rioting RACES
The wall itself is a fine example Of
ancient Jewish architecture. 1t is still
intact to a height of 40 feet above the
ground and it goes down to depth
Of so to 65 feet into the ground. 1t Is
reached by many turnings of the street
Bah es Silseleh, at the wall Jewish
pilgrims gather three days a week to
pray and mourn.
Arabs own the ground upon which
the wall is built but they do not deny
Jews the right to worship there.
part of the Jewish ritual calls for a
screen to separate the sexes. Arabs
maintain this blocks the right-of-way
and the controversy results in trouble