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passengers had slept in hunks on
deck throughout the voyage.
Both ships were well-stocked with
water and food, some of which bore
UNRRA labels. The refugees said
they sailed from French port on
June %, but refused to say where
they had obtained their supplies.
The Sold apparently was manned
by the refugees themselves, for nc
trace OF crew was found.
Arrival Causes Stir.
The appearance of the two ships
caused stir among the 1,400 men
and women still detained in the
harbor aboard the refugee ships
Hagana and Jewish warrior. When
dawn broke and they saw the Yagur
lying at anchor they began singing
"Hatikvah''-the Jewish national an
them. Loud cheers later greeted
the appearance of the Sold.
The refugees aboard the Yagur
an Bottom auxiliary schooner, said
they had asked the Turkish crew to
take them to Beyreuth BEIRUT
Lebanon, but when off the coast had
demanded that they be taken in
stead to Haifa. Most of the Yagur S
passengers-a third of whom were
women, came from Hungary, Po-
land, Yugoslayia or Germany.
The ship had been Swallowed by
the British destroyer Brissenden for
the last 100 miles of the journey
from Southern France. The Sold
was escorted by the destroyer
Venice.
All the new arrivals were tired
and dirty, but seemingly we'll fed
and physically fit
City Is Tense.
The situation in Haifa itself con-
tinued. meanwhile, to grow more
tense, with police and military au-
thorities maintaining rigid security
measures and allowing but few ci.
villains In the security area. Fou,
landing barges with barbed wire
cages appeared in the harbor last
night, but authorities declined te
say what their purpose was OF
whence they came.
"a dispatch from Nicosia. Cy-
prus, said British military au-
thorltles were rushing barbed
wire and building materials to
Famagusta on that British-con-
trolled island in reported prep
aration for the concentration of
illegal Jewish immigrants to Pal
estine.)
Elsewhere in Palestine there wa,
q general atmosphere of unrest, 81
acute that many observers-includ
ing soldiers and civilians. Jews ant
Arabs-expressed fear that 'the bal
loon is likely to burst at any time.
Jerusalem resembled an armet
camp. Additional military guard
were placed around government
buildings and new barbed wire bar
ricades were thrown up at strategi
points. Rumors of all kinds wer
rife.
Violence Flares in Jaffa.
Violence broke out in the por
city of Jaffa yesterday when fiv
men, offlcially identified as Jews
exchanged shots with guards durin
what was described as an apparen
attempt to free Jews detained a
the government hospital
The five men, disguised as order
lies, arrived at the hospital in al
ambulance and drew reyolyers afte
entering the gates, an official an
nouncement said. They were route,
after exchanging fire with tn
guards.
In Jerusalem, mysterious tele
phone call saying that bomb woul
be exploded In the Palestine broad
casting station caused police to or
der 100 persons from the building
The area was closed Off, but n
bomb was located.
On the political front, leadin
Jewish economist-who asked to re
main anonymous--said that federal
izarion of Palestine would be &C
copied by the Jews only If the pla;
guaranteed a highly industrialize
Jewish economy geared to expor
production.