750 THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE. October 8th, 1931 Blow to Arab Terrorists.

ARAB HIGHER COMMITTEE DECLARJip ILLEGAL.

LEADERS ARRESTED.

MUFTI DEPRIVED OF HIS OFFICE.

Drastic action has been taken in Palestine following the assassination of Mr. Lewis Y. Andrews, District Commissioner of Galilee, and a British constable by Arabs at Nazareth. The and all its constituent bodies have been declared illegal, an_d action has been instituted against certain persons whose "activities are prejudicial to the maintenance of public security and who must be regarded as morally responsible for these events." The Grand Mufti has been deprived of his office, and leading Arabs have been arrested.

Official Communique. Effendi Saba, Yacoub Effendi Hussein, Dr. walls of to demonstrate military preparedness. The following official communique was Hussein Fakhri Effendi al Khalidi. The removal of the Press censorship in issued in Jerusalem on Friday:- "Hajamin Effendi al Husseini has been "The l'alestme Government has been deprived of his office of President of the Jerusalem reflects improving conditions. gravely concerned by the existence of an Supreme Moslem Council and of member­ Legislation has been enacted dispensing with Lhe nece sity for corroborative evidence in organised campaign of terrorism and ship of the General Wakf Committee of murder charges. The new leglisation brings assassinations directed against individuals in which he was chairman." the law into close ap proxiroalion with the this country. Dming the last four months Arrest of Leading Arabs. English law on criminal procedure. the campaign has become intensified in its () a activities. The Mufti has issued a proclamation member of the Arab Higher Committee, and "Action now being taken is the direct re· urging the Arab strikers to return to work. Fuad Saba (Secretary of the Committee), sult of this murder campaign," continues the He is also reported lo have protested against were arrested. communique. "On June 13th an attempt the Arab arrests and deportations. The Pre ident of the Arab Party, Jamal was made lo assassinate Mr. R. G. B. Spicer, The report circulated on Monday that an I lusseini, was believed Lo have fled the In pector-Genera l of the Palestine Police attempt was made to blow up the British country, hut he has since been arrested at Force. pip.eline from l\lossul territory to Haifa in Beersheba. Trat~ordania has sinre been confirmed. "There followed a number of assassina­ The Mufti. t10ns of both Arabs and Jews, the campaign In the Mosque of Omar, in Jerusalem, the British Cabinet's Policy. culminating on September 26th in the das­ Grand Mufti wails, deprived of all his Lardl; murder of Mr. L. Y. Andrews, Dis­ It is understood that the situation in dignitie , and bitterly disappointed that the trict ommissioner of the Galilee district, Palestine following t11e murder of 1r British troops have made no allempl lo force and uf a Brili h rnn 'Lahle, P. R. l\IcE\\an. Andrews was considered al a Cabinet meet· the gale of bis mosque and thus arou~e "The Officer dminislering the Govern- iug on }i'riday and that the arrests wcrr indignation throughout Islam. carried out in pursuan e of the Cabinet~ ment has therefore found it necessary lo FiYe A rah leader on lhe way to exile on in Lilute action against certain persons whose )Jolie). but the queslion was kept secret the Srychelles 'verc Lransferrcd in mid-ocean until arrests had taken place. al:liYilies lul\e been prejudicial Lo the main­ from the cruiser Sussex to a destroyer. tenance of public security in Palestine and lt is understood that the Government, . ensational disclosures of more arrests al'e faced with the murder campaign in Paleslim. "ho must thus be regarded as morally re­ expected following a swoop by the police sponsible for the e events. intend lo do everything possible to restore on the headquarlers of the Arab Bank. the rule of law. It is pointed out that in "In \ irtue, therefore, of the powers taken Hilmi Pa ha, the President of the Bank dealing with the quesiion tJy, Palestin• by the officers administering the GoYernment and one of the five deportees, and his as o­ Government bas hitherto shown great by regulations made under the Palestine ciales used the bank for the distribution of patience and forbearanre and it is now felt Defence Order-in-Council of 1937, the Arab urns totalling £100,000 during last year's that the time has come lo show a firm hand. Higher Committee ancl all national com­ disturbances. The Government intends to establish an millees in Palestine have been declared to All Quiet. Arab Agency with fun Lions similar lo that be unlawful associations. All is quiet throughout the country and of the Jewish Agency. It is 1·eporled, how· ' Warrants of arrest have been issued in the strike of shopkeepers has terminated, ever, that the Arabs will not co-operate with respe t of the following persons, who will after the Government's warning that the strike the Palestine Government. be deported from Palestine: Jamal Effendi was unlawful. The first battalion of the It is believed that Ragheb Nashashibi will al Husseini, Ahmed Hilmi Pasha, Fuad Royal Sussex Regime11t marched round the be the future Arab spokesman.

J anavici us, addressing the Conference ol LATEST CABLES. Jewish War Veterans in Jurburg, emphasised the friendship and co-operation between Jew~ of the lecture rooms. As a protest they are and Lithuanians. Ghetto Benches in Polish High standing during lectures. The Jew;sh Deputies are intervening with the authorities Schools and Universities. and are calling a conference of Jewish Warsaw, Wednesday. Organisations to discuss the situation. The Polish Socialist Liberal students have issued The Minister of Education in Poland has Huberman in Air-Crash. a declaration that they will occupy Ghetto· given discretion lo the Director of the High benches together with their degraded Jewish Schools lo introduce separate benches for Sumatra, Wednesday. colleagues. Jewish student , who prntest and declare that Mr. Bronislaw Huberman, the famou · they i ill not ubmit to Gheuo benches. Lithuanian-Jewish violinist who established the Palestine Sym· The recloTs of the universities have ordered phony Orchestra, was slightly injured when Ghetto benches for Jewish students on Lbe de­ Co-operation. the Royal Dutch airliner Specht crashed near cree of the Minister of Education authorising Palembang, Sumatra. He was returning the measure at the discretion of the rectors. Kaunas, Wednesday. Jewish students have been officially ordered The Minister of the Interior, M. Caplikas, from a professional tour of Australia. Four to occupy marked benches on the left side and the leader of the Government Party, M. people were killed in the crash.