Nearly four hundred Zionists, of all parties were arrested this week and imprisoned in Odessa. A number of seventeen-year-old youths were among those arrested. They were members of Hashomer Hazayr (Zionist Youth Organization). Hachalutz (Palestine pioneers) were also included in the arrests which were made in the evening. It is understood that no one connected directly or indirectly with the Zionist movement now remains in Odessa.
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