AT LEAST ONE ARAB WAS KILLED TODAY AND AN UNASCERTAINED NUMBER INJURED IN AN ALL-DAY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN A BAND OF TERRORISTS AND BRITISH TROOPS IN THE HILLS SURROUNDING ACRE IN NORTHERN PALESTINE.
HEAVY RAINS FAILED TO HALT THE FIGHTING. AFTER THE BATTLE WAS OVER THE BODY OF ONE BANDIT WAS FOUND. ARAB BANDS CUSTOMARILY REMOVE THEIR DEAD AND WOUNDED IN RETREATING FROM THE SCENE OF AN ENGAGEMENT.
OTHER INCIDENTS OF TERRORISM WERE REPORTED ELSEWHERE. TWENTY-ONE TELEPHONE LINES WERE CUT IN THE JEZREEL VALLEY. FOURTEEN ARABS WERE ARRESTED IN THE VILLAGE OF RAMLEH NEAR JERUSALEM ON SUSPICION OF BRIGANDAGE.
HIGH COMMISSIONER WAUCHOPE WAS BELIEVED PREPARED TODAY TO INSIST THAT JEWS ABANDON THEIR TRADITIONAL, AND NOW DANGEROUS, ROUTE TO THE WAILING WALL WHICH WINDS THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS OF THE ARAB QUARTER. UNLESS THEY USE THE NEW ROUTE, BUILT DURING LAST YEAR’S DISORDERS, IT IS UNDERSTOOD SIR ARTHUR WILL PROMULGATE AN ORDINANCE FORBIDDING USE OF THE OLD. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER VISITED THE WAILING WALL YESTERDAY.
IT IS RELIABLY LEARNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO DISSOLVE THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, COMPRISING JEWS AND ARABS IN EQUAL NUMBER, AND REPLACE IT WITH A COMMISSION OF THREE. SINCE DEPORTATION OF THE ARAB MAYOR AS A MEMBER OF THE OUTLAWED ARAB SUPREME COMMITTEE, DR. HUSSEIN KHALIDI, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN HEADED BY A JEW, DANIEL AUSTER, AS ACTING MAYOR.
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