The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-07

q gu0Tllld War dSdlIlSC AIdU 1 have defied Britain's rule but ters of large areas of the Hol
 The Arab rebels are well equipped with arms smuggled into the coun- try despite every effort of the au- thorities to seal the frontiers.
 The present revolt is last des- perate fight by the Arab Nation alists against the policy of Jew ish National Home under which Great Britain has governed Pales- tine for the past 20 years.
 The National Home policy was laid down in the famous "Balfou Declaration" of Nov. 2, 1917, and recognized in the peace treaties at the end of the World War. The declaration was made in letter from the late Arthur James Bal four, at that time British foreign secretary, to Lord Rothschild. It stated:
 His Majesty's government view with favor the establishment ln Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done to prejudice the civil and religious rights ot existing non Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country"
 Mandate Dates From 1919
 The aims outlined in this decla- ration became basic part of Brit ish policy when Great Britain 1n 1919 was given a mandate by the League of Nations to govern Pales- tine. It further was endorsed when the United States, ill treaty signed Dec. 3, 1924, agreed to the terms of the British Holy Land mandate The existence of that treaty ex- plains why Great Britain must sesk authorization from the United States as well as from the League of Nations for any contemplated alteration in the form of Pales- tines administration.
 At the end of the World Wal Palestine still was an Arab coun' try. It contained only 55,000 Jews compared with about 600,000 Arabs
 The British government, work inR in close cooperation with th' Zionist organization known as th 'tJewish Agency" immediately SC to work to fulfill the pledge of Jewish National Home. Jewish i'm migrants, many of them trainet by the Jewish Agency, flooded int Palestine as agricultural and in dustrial workers. Elaborate scheme of land drainage and irrigation road building, public works, con struction of hospitals, schools clinics and railroads were hurried forward. In some areas entlrel, new cities with an aI-Jewish popu lation rose.
 Rioting Began in 1920
 The Arabs were incensed at tn influx of Jews and serious riotinl against the Jews broke out il Jaffa in April, 1920, and again il Jerusalem in May, 1921. These tw' outbreaks resulted in death-tol of nearly 100. At the same time tn Arabs refused to cooperate in tn setting up of legislative counci for Palestine.
 From 1926 to 1929 the flood o Jewish immigration abated owinI to economic depression and tn country was comparatively quiet Rioting and bloodshed flared u again, however, in August, 1928 in a dispute between Arabs an, Jews about the historic Wailin Wall in Jerusalem. In nearly week of rioting 133 Jews wer killed and 339 wounded. The Arab lost 116 killed and 232 wer wounded.
 During the next three years tn flow of Jewish immigrants becam a torrent swollen as a result o increased persecution of Jews il central and eastern Europe. Il 1883 alone 30,300 Jews entered tn Holy Land. It was estimated tha by the end of that year Jewisl capital invested in Palestine ha reached a total of $28 8,000, ,OOO. Tn SIIlOu1CCIlIlB WIdItl O1 b1lC Al Nationalists flamed into open re volt again and in March, 1883, tn Arab executive committee pub lished manifesto virtually de claring war on both Jews an British.
 General Strike Called
 The revolt eliminated in a gen eral strike of the Arabs and say age rioting at Jaffa, Nablus. Half and other cities in which 27 wer killed and 243 wounded. This tim the brunt of the Arab attacks wa directed at the British governmen rather than the Jews.
 A still more serious outbrea began in April, 1886. Under tn leadership of Syrian guerill