Twenty-eight Jews were arrested last night and today in the latest of a series of sporadic raids by British troops on Jewish towns and settlements in various parts of the country.
A dawn raid on Petach Tikvah this morning by soldiers armed with magnetic mine detectors and accompanied by police dogs resulted in the arrest of 13 alleged members of the Irgun. Last night, ten young Jews were rounded up in Rehovoth after a search of orange groves and packing sheds. Five men were detained for questioning in Benjamina after house-to-house raids which followed the cutting of an army communications cable near Hadera last night.
Two army cars were stolen today from the Sarafand military camp and police are combing the country for the vehicles, fearing that they are to be used in a new extremist attack. A report from Rehovoth says that instruments valued at $800 were stolen during a mysterious raid on the Sieff Scientific Institute there.
ARAB ARMS AND AMMUNITION SEIZED; SHIP WITH “ILLEGAL” IMMIGRANTS ON HIGH SEAS
A police communique today revealed that a quantity of arms and communition was seized near the Egyptian border while being smuggled into the country by Arabs.
A large immigrant ship carrying an undisclosed number of passengers is somewhere on the high seas and is expected to enter Palestine territorial waters within the next few days, according to information received today.
Considerable concern regarding the vessel is felt here as the report says that it is encountering heavy weather and also because it is learned that the British will attempt to intercept it and divert the refugees to Cyprus.
Meanwhile, it was announced that about 400 women and children will be transferred from Cyprus to Palestine within a few days and will be held in clearance camps here until permitted to enter the country officially on visas to be issued under the monthly immigration quota, it was learned today.
JEWISH CHILDREN BORN IN CYPRUS CAMPS GET BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
There are now 8,300 refugees in Cyprus, of whom 600 are pregnant women and 90 children. Children born on the island are given certificates of British citizenship.
About 2,000 of the interness are in winter quarters, while the bulk of them are living in tents which give little protection from the elements. There are no kitchens and washing and sanitary facilities are primitive and inadequate.
The greatest hardship is the shortage of food. This has been relieved ## what by supplementary rations made available by the J.D.C. Pregnant women, children and persons who are ill get extra bread rations, while all men interness are given additional potatoes.
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