Banishment for Arabs Suspected of Firing on Jewish Watchman in Palestine: Ten Communists Sent to Pri

Eight Arabs belonging to the village of Mahlul, including the Mukhtan or headman, have been banished for a year from the village from which the assailants who shot last week at Moses Palewitz the watchman of the Jewish colony of Nahalal, are believed to have come. Two have been banished to Safed; two to Acre; one to Tiberias; one to Beisan; one to Nablus; and one to Tulkaren. In addition they are each required to deposit a sum of £50 as guarantee of good behaviour. Eleven others suspected of being concerned in the raid on Nahalal have been allowed to remain in the village, after depositing a sum of £25 each as guarantee of good behaviour.

The District Officer, Mr. McLaren, in passing sentence of banishment at Nazareth on the Mukhtar and the other seven Arabs emphasised the bad reputation of the village, and the fact that the villagers had tried to conceal the facts from the police.

Palewitz, who is still in the Badassah Hospital in Jerusalem, is stated to be making satisfactory progress.

Mr. McLaren has also ordered a Poale Zionist, named Ezekiel Kleinborger to deposit a sum of £50 as guarantee of good behaviour, and to be under police surveillance for one year during which period he must not visit the Valley of Jezreel. Kleinberger came before Mr. McLaren on the charge of disturbing a number of public meetings, including a reception given at Haifa for M. Emil Vandervelde, the Belgian Socialist leader and one of the chief members of the Second (Socialist) International.

Of the twelve Jews who were put on trial at Tel Aviv for conducting Communist propaganda during the recent elections to the Palestine Jewish Assembly (Assefath Hanivcharim) ten have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from two to six months.