New Britain herald., 1929-08-26

provement in conditions which had become worse steadily during the preceding 24 hours.
 Three British warships arrived rom Matta at Jaffa, principal Pal estlne port, to meet the emergency, immediately landing part of their forces, they were, the battleship barham, the cruiser Sussex, and the alrplane carrier Courageous.
 Arab Uprising Feared
 throughout the fighting, which has had its origin apparently in con- troVersles over Jewish use for wor- ship of the Mailing Wall, or what remains of the left wall of soIomon's temple. Obervers have noted the Well-armed Well-trained condition of the Arabs, and charges have been made their attacks have had jnspira- ton other than past racial animosi- ties.
 meeting of the Zionist executive. the agency of the world Zionist or ganlzation for the upbuilding of the Jewish national home in Palestine, was called for today to consider the serious situation which has arisen. The grand multi, head of the su- preme council, was warned by the Palestine government Saturday he would be held responsible for any further rioting.
 The bodies of 16 Jews, including that Of one woman, were buried in a common grave on the Mount of Olives Saturday night by government order. The trench is next to the grave of the noted Hebrew leader, Ben 1ehuda, whose son Ittimar was wounded earlier in the day.
 Tci-Ayiv Attacked
 The fighting, which had it's tncen- ton in the Jerusalem district, spread rapidly to the farthest suburbs and other cities of Judea. Tel-Aviv, the | first all-Jewish city of modern Pal Hstlne, was the center of an organ zed attack in which many persons were wounded The Jewish youth of he city armed andmet the assailants 9n the outskirts of the city with the . ocal police, all of them Jewish, [, Cading the defense.
 The Moslems also made an attack on the pioneer colony of Nahalal n lower Galilee, where there were 30 families and girls agricultural school Spirited fighting ensued but 10 estimate was available of casual ics
 British citizens arriving here by motor car from Nahalal said Arabs lad held them up on the road from hat colony and searched their auto mobiles to be sure that no Jews es- aped them
 Heavy Damage in Suburbs
 Much damage was caused by the 1oslem attacks in the several Jew sh suburbs of Jerusalem. Talpioth, vacuated by it's inha hitants. was ooted. The Georgian Jewish cuarte Tas partly burned. The settlement 'rud Avodah was burned.
 Attacks were made on the su- urbs Mekor Chayim. the colony Ke- india. Emck Arazim. near Mozza, 'aith N'gan, and Nachloh, near Iaifa. Most of the colonies were l bandoned by -combatants prior ) the fighting. Among the dead in Jerusalem was n English officer, F, T, Best of 1e Palestine immigration. who was filed in an attack on Gdud Sail, - ear Jerusalem. He was to have t zen married this week. An Oxford a diversity student named Wenny t as among those reported wounded. 2
 Airplanes Bomb Village
 British airplanes bombed the Arab q llage Lifta. near Jerusalem. said " be the nest of Arabs directing the A tack. Planes constantly flew over e city, while armored cars darted bout the streets. Much of Jerusa- m had every appearance of an D med camp. bristling with com st tive and defense arrangements. b Accounts of the fighting at He a on said that police there were un- O. le to cope with the situation. They a ere not prepared for the unexpect- ct attack. Aid asked from Jerusa- n could not be sent because of the ecarious situation here. B Most of the Jewish dead at He ty on were students at the college. al e student body numbered 1S0, with or fair percentage of Americans. It is fc Q of the most widely known rab- TO lical colleges in the world. W
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