Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
JEWISH-ARAB
FIGHTTOSTOP
SAY BRITISH
Energetic Steps To Be
Taken AL Once AS
Prolonged Conflict
Looms In Jerusalem

LONDON, Aug. 28. -tRl- The
British government today decided TO
take energetic measures TO prevent
the recurrence Of the Arab-Jewish
troubles which have torn Palestine
since Friday, IL was reliably report
cd here tonight. The decision was
taken after a conference between
Chayim Weizmann, president Of the
Zionist executive, and Lord Pass
field, formerly Sidney Webb, Sec
retary for the dominions.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 2S.-tPp-Mos-
lem uprising throughout Palestine,
Syria and ansjordonia, with at
tendant horrors of fire and sword,
loomed today as a possibility unless
British power III 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 at
lab and 426
Cross Despite Guards
Uphea-al among the Transjor-
donian Arabs growing out of the
Palestine fighting has become so
violent the government has found II
necessary Co close the eastern Ju-
dean frontier against possible in
vasion by sympathetic nomads, but
armed Bedouins crossed the Jor-
dan despite guards placed on the
bridges.
The Beersheba tribes were said
here to be arming and gathering by
the thousands for the northward
march which gave rise to fear OF a
clash with British soldiery at Beb-
ron, scene Saturday Of a massacre
in which Arabs literally cut to
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
children'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 telephone 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 Moslem
attacks.
A day OF heavy fighting with
many new casualties and one dead
passed in Haifa, northwestern Pal
eStine.
Jerusalem was described ms In
grave danger, with 1000 armed men.
including Druse tribesmen, march
ing on the city.
Appeal TO Consul
"A part Of the colony Tel Joseph
was burned down yesterday. Meier
Shfeya, settlement maintained by
the Junior Hadassah, American
Young Women's Zionist organiza-
| ton. sent an urgent appeal to the
American consul for help. A mill
tary detachment was dispatched
there shortly afterwards.
Isaac Ben wi. leader Of the Jew
ish defense corps, In a telephone
message. said the defense corps was
being disarmed and arrested. He
added refugees arriving from Tel
Aviv, all Jewish colony near Jaffa,
reported lack Of bread and other
foodstqffs.
Government Charged
Ben xvi expressed the emphatic
opinion the Palestine government
alone was responsible for the riots
of the last five days. He declared
I'VE are certain that II the Pales-
tine government had sent TO patrol
the Arab demonstrations on Friday
at least the same number of police
|. sent to patrol the Jewish dem
onstration, on Thursday. order
would have been maintained In the