Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
Total of 1856 Killed and 3O5
Wounded in Clashes
With Jews to Date.
BRITISH PLANES SENT
TO SCOUT TRIBESMEN
Moslems Assembling North of
Holy City Menacing Peace
of District.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, August 31.-The chief
anxiety of all circles in Jerusalem to-
night was the menace of an Arab
descent upon the country from Syria,
against which British airplanes have
been sent.
British troops seemed to have the
Palestine situation fairly well in hand
today after more than a week of fight
ing between Arabs and Jews over rights
of worship at the Wailing Wall, al
though there were sporadic Arab at
tacks on Jewish centers.
A bulletin issued by the Palestine
government today lists the total num-
ber of casualties In the rioting as Of
Saturday morning as:
Killed. Moslems, 83; Jews, 109; Chris
t;ans, 4.
Seriously wounder Moslems, 112;
Jews, 1873; Christians, 10.
Danger Lies i'm East.
The danger to peace lay in the north
where Palestine Arabs were reported
massing near Beisan. Nomad bands in
Syria were said to be moving southwark
JOWdTU EdICoO11lS bOl0Ci
Just how serious the threat from
the north may prove Is the question
of the hour in gauging the whole Arab
Jewish situation in Palestine.
British forces available at present in
Palestine are considered capable OF
meeting successfully any troubles aris-
ing In the Holy Land itself.
But the general situation facing
Great Britain in the Near East will
present a far more serious aspect If
sympathetic movement of Arabs from
the deserts and plains outside of Pales-
tine should gather force and become
general.
So far there is little public knowledge
as to how great the body of Syrian
Arabs is or what progress British air
planes sent to check them have made
The effectiveness of the Royal Air
Force in dealing with hostile move
ments elsewhere in Palestine. notably
in Jerusalem, has hitherto been ex-
cellent.
Air Patrols Effective.
Reports today indicated that con-
slant British air patrol over various
Palestine districts where trouble was
feared was having a remarkably pacify-
ing influence. The presence C strong
DO0y Va dtdAdblC dhSIalJ 1AGlS SO1IS1OC1-
ably altered the aspects of desert war
fare with nomad riders. In addition
to aircraft in Palestine itself and the
airplanes brought by the aircraft car
rier Courageous from Malta, there is a
strong air force in Transjordania
Crossing of the borders of the Holy
Land by isolated bodies of horsenen
would hardly result in more than To-
Called raids if aircraft could keep them
scattered, as superior speed mobility
and military effectiveness should enable
them to do.
From the city of Safed in Galilee
southwark, British troops today seemed
firmly seated in Palestine, despite Spo-
radio Arab attacks on isolated Jewish
centers.
Jerusalem itself presented a more
normal appearance today and the ar
rival of large military reinforcements
put an end to the trouble at Safed,
where Jewish refugees were permitted
to return to their homes.
More Shops Opened.
There were more people in Jerusalem
streets today and more shops were
opened, most Of them being MosleIns.
There was more confident atmosphere
prevailing. AirplaneS reconnoitered
overhead every hour.
Since many outlying villages are
known to harbor lawleSs characters
the government has decided to send
bodies of troops to comb the villages
Systematically, all suspected places will
be surrounded and searched and Sus-
picious persons taken into custody.
British troops now are fairly we'll
distributed over the main centers of
the Holy Land, large bodies operating
from Ell Afouleh as headquarters. From
FL Afouleh these troops could be dis
posed along either the Jordan River
frontier or the Syrian frontier near the
Lake of Tiberias.
The Sack of Safed, where an Arab
mob caused more than 70 Jewish cas-
ualties in killed and wounded. seems
to have been the worst outbreak since
the Hebron attack week ago. its
effect has been disquiting as pointing
to the danger Of sudden outbreaks ir
unlocked for quarters. The casualty
list is likely to be swelled later. as many
persons are believed to have perished III
burning buildings.
With Safed under control, the Brit
ish troops seemed well posted against
Syrian attacks in Northwestern Pales-
tine;
Attack Two Colonies.
Arabs Friday evening attacked Mach
naim and Roshpina both North Galilee
Jewish colonies. The inhabitants re-
pulsed the assailants without suffering
casualties. An attack on Jewish COL
ony near Jerusalem the same evening
was repulsed with the aid of soldiers.
the defenders suffering no loss. Several
of the attacking party were wounded.
The suburb of Rechavia, near Jeru-
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