End of Arab Revolt Seen Still Far off

With an official communique admitting that Palestine Friday night went through one of the worst periods since the disturbances began, it became apparent today that the end of the Arab revolt was not yet in sight.

An Arab was killed by police during an Arab raid on the Jewish settlement of Kvutzat Hamishmar, near Herzlia. A Jew was wounded in the attack.

Patrols escorting lorries owned by the Palestine Potash Company were attacked by a band of Arab rebels on the Jericho road as they were nearing Jerusalem. An Arab was wounded in the resulting skirmish.

Arabs attacked an armored car on the Jericho road and another near Hebron.

With big fires still burning in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv area, three others were reported in the southern district of Palestine, destroying considerable Jewish property. A big lumber yard and a group of Jewish cooperative dwellings in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv border district were still burning Saturday.

Telephone wires were out in several parts of the south. Bombs were thrown into District Commissioners’ homes and into the post office at Ramleh.

Armed Arab bands raided a Jewish quarry at Majdalyaba and wrecked the plant. Mach corn was destroyed by fires at Jewish colonies hear Kear Mains and at Migdal, Kfar Hassidim and Hedere.

Bomb outrages and shootings were reported at Safed and other places.

Owners of cinema theatres in Jerusalem appealed to the authorities to change the curfew to start at eight o’clock instead of at seven, claiming their business was being paralyzed by the present regulations. The authorities refused, stating the situation did not permit of such a change.

Arab leaders who have been exiled to the Sinai desert are being forced to maintain themselves, it was learned today. The Government is reported to have granted concessions to Egyptians to open stores near the camp of the exiled leaders.

The authorities have taken steps to prevent relatives from communicating with the exiles.