A bomb was thrown in the Old City near the Wailing Wall today, but no casualties occurred.
Arab policemen were appointed to participate in the inquiry into the Safed massacre. The Jewish population of Safed will not submit evidence to those who were active in the pogrom on that city, the government was informed by the Jews of the city. Jewish or English investigators were demanded.
Sixty Arabs were arrested in the villages which participated in the attack on the colony Kastinia. Among the arrested are two sheiks.
Troops discovered the looters of the colony Kfar Tabor, who drove off the cattle of the colonists. Ten Bedouins were killed and a soldier wounded in the skirmish when the troops attempted to recapture the cattle.
All consuls are actively collecting material concerning their nationals who suffered in the outbreak. The French Consul visited the Tel Aviv municipality. He expressed his indignation at the outrages perpetrated by the Arabs.
Assaults on individual Jews are continuing at Haifa. Much to the surprise of the Jewish community, the Jewish engineer Miller, whose house was burned to the ground, was arrested. Miller was charged with firing (Continued on Page 2)
from his house. The arrest of 31 Jews at the Rothschild Grands Moulins also caused surprise. When their barracks were burned by the Arab marauders the 31 found refuge in the flour mill.
Among the wounded at Safed was Salin Cohen, Persian Vice-Consul.
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