The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

and Q narrow corridor which includ- Cd the holy places, giving access to tho sea under a new British man. date.
 Death KneIl oR Arab Hopes
 In that plan the Arabs hear the deatl. knell of their hopes for com- piete rule over territory tLey have inhabited for i3 centuries and for that reason the present outbreak is in many ways more critical than preceding disturbances. The ser- iousness with which Britain regards the present Arab resistance is indi- Cated by the fact that she has inc stituted more drastic oppressive measures than at any other time since the mandate was instituted. Here are c few of them;--
 The establishment of military courts--for the first time since the world war-with authority to im- pose death sentences for the possess sion of firearms.
 Many DepOrted
 The arrest and deportation to Seychelles islands of several mem- hers of the Arab higher committee and dissolution of this foremost DO. ntical organism of Arabs.
 Liquidation of the post of grand muftl chairman of Moslern supreme council, the principal organism of Arab nationalism, and appointment of Q British chairman of the Awqaf committee to govern Moslem relic gious foundation funds.
 Removal from political office of His Eminense Sal Amin El Husseini, grand mufti of Jerusalem and one of the foremost Arab religious lead. CTS. Formerly president Of the Mos- lem supreme council, he escaped ar- rest and now is Q refugee in Syria.
 S0ane New Factors
 This seventh phase of Arab rebel lion has been characterized by the enlergence or further development of . number of new and important factors which include:
 The royal commissions assertion that the British mandate In It's pres ent form is unavoidable and should be replaced by . partition scheme.
 It's conclusion that cooperation between Arabs and Jews is impos- sible.
 Apparent recognition by Britain that the policy of attempted concil- iation carried out by Sir Arthur Wauchope has broken down and been replaced by present policy Of repression.
 Sweeping changes in British ad- miniStration offices including the appointment of Sir Harold Mac- Michael as the new high commis- sioner to replace Mauchope who had been ia office seven years; the ap- pointment of General Raining to replace General Wavell as com- manding officer in Palestine; the in- portation from India of Sir Charles TVgart, famous for his repression Of Bengal terrorists, to act as police advisor.
 Arabs, Moslems More United
 4 most significant factor has been the intensified Inflammation of Arab nationalism in Palestine coupled with mounting evidence of the bonds between the outside Arab and Mos- lem world and the Palestine nation. alists, bonds that have been graph- ically Illustrated by frequent demon- stEationS of sympathy in Syria, 1raq, Hedjaz. Arabia, Egypt and India. This Inflammation has been further aggravated and given e touch of hit- terness by the realization that their racial brothers and co-religioniSts in Syria, Lebanon and territories man. dated by the league to France arc akout to achieve independence.
 Many Are Independent
 Nelghboring countries, including Iraq, Transjordania, HedjaS, Saundi, and Arabia--c considered by the Pal- estinc Arabs as less politically and