The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-17

Arab opposition, better known a "moderates," in all of the large towns of the country.
 One sensational explosion of tl1i kind occurred outside the Oriol Cinema, in the heart of the Jewisl section of Jerusalem.
 Police dogs, which proved inval uable during the first two years O the Palestine campaign, have beer useless in these bomb mysteries.
 Police in plain clothes who loung ed about unobtrusively on the watci for suspicious looking character, never found any, while Arab in. formers, often reliable in tracinl other forms of violence, were of at avail.
 To reveal, if possible, how Arab effected these bombings, and car. ried out other forms of violence, tn, writer went to Damascus. It is lit. orally true that Damascus is the place where one can really learn thu most about the Arab campaign ir Palestine.
 David's Offense Copied
 At the Syrian headquarters of the Palestine rebels I learned that Da. vid's offense against Goliath hae been adapted to the up-to-date re. quirements of the Arabs.
 The rebels have a special platoon of accomplished slingsmep, who are mostly shepherds in civil life.
 I was told that the best of them can sling a stone, or in the case oi violence, a small bomb, distance Of several hundred yards with re- markable accuracy.
 By using this method their bombs land and explode in places guarded by police, special constabies and troops. leaving everybody guessing.
 l was uncertain whether, if made disclosures of the Arabs metil- ods, might not harm ther cam paign. and feared I might bring reprlsals on my head by describing details of their operations.
 The rebel leader who imparted the information told me I had nothing to fear.
 No Cessation Feared
 "As for the government" my in- former said, let 1t know. In any case, it will be unable to stop us, be- cause our tactics are fool-proof and spy-proof."
 Other strategems of the Arabs also were revealed.
 Tn the early days of submarines It was the custom for them to carry white mice to give the occupants warning when the air became dan- gerous," an Arab rebel sub-leader told me.
 Our white mice are sheep.
 "T'he British patrols have adopted the unpleasant habit of planting ex- plosives near important points on the Iraq pipeline. which we often set afire. and near exposed pipes of the water systems supply military camps and Jewish colonies.
 "The British know these are the positions we are likely to blow up, so they leave mines in the hope of trapping us.
 For a few times we were caught but now whenever we go on a night expedition. we drive a sheep or a COW in front of us. If .here is a mine planted the animal will set it off before it hurts us.
 Explosives Are Recovered
 Furthermore, by examining such places carefully we are often able to recover explosives which have been left to trap us, which we can make good use of.
 We have perfected our technique for damaging sections of the Pales- tion electric grid system, which we use when we propose to attack a Jewish colony.
 Jewish colonies, as a rule, are linked by single line to the main system. When we prepare an attack, some of our men make for the place where the line branches off from the main and shoot through the trans- former, cutting of the colony'y Ilec- tricity and making searchlights use- less. Every colony now has one or more searchlights. We have been surprised occasionally when they op- crate their searchlights from storage batteries.
 Now that the military is comb- ing the countryside and is serious ly interfering with our lines of communication, we are concentrat- ing on the cities. We find our most useful allies to be boys between the ages of l3 and l8, who are too young to be brought before military courts even if they are arrested for carrying firearms.
 Blood Feuds Play Role
 We make full use of the spirit of the blood feud, which is still as vital a thing in Arab life now as ever.
 Such boys usually belong Co fam lilies of which one or more members have been killed or imprisoned. The boys burn to avenge the honor of the family. We give them every op- portunity to do so. We are Lrcud to say that these youngsters preve as brave and spirited as their noble Arab ancestors.
 This urban terrorism has an- other useful side. It paralyzes rlor- nal life, In Jerusalem, for instance, 1t has led virtually to the evseua- tion of the old city and of Arab quarters by Jewish inhabitants. This causes much burning of heart among the Jewish leaders who are against giving up any point where Jews reside. So every time Jew moves, we consider it a gain.''
 I asked my informant how much the rebellion was costing.
 He showed me copy of a balance sheet which lately ias been circulated to satisfy active Arab leaders and wealthy contributors to rebel funds.
 The document showed that nearly $2,5O0 900 has been expended in the cause of the Arab revolt.
 Those in the field require very little money" was told, except to pay the cost of billeting in villages.
 "In the few cases where persons have absconded with rebel funds they invariably have hee,, hunted