Four Jews were arrested yesterday during an attempted demonstration against Dr. Drummond Shiels, British under-secretary for the Colonies, who is here for a ten-day visit. The demonstration took place in front of the Palatin Hotel. A great crowd surrounded the building shouting “shame” and hissing and booing as the Shiels party emerged from the hotel. Shouts of “down with a parliament which does injustice to the Jews” were also heard. These latter cries were the result of reports from London that Dr. Shiels had promised the Arab Executive a parliament for Palestine.
Dr. Shiels had been conferring with the leaders of the General Federation of Jewish Labor at the hotel after a tea party which was arranged there. The police claim that the four arrested persons are Zionist Revisionists. Among those arrested is Akhi Mayer, a former member of the staff of the Doar Hayom.
URGE HARBOR FOR JAFFA
A harbor for Jaffa and the transfer of the railway junction at Ludd to Tel Aviv were among the measures urged upon Dr. Shiels in the course of his visit to the Tel Aviv municipality. Crowds lined the streets through which the Shiels party passed. Dr. Shiels enthused over the development and beauty of Tel Aviv. He lunched with the Jaffa municipal officials.
For more than an hour Dr. Shiels was closeted with six members of the executive of the General Federation of Jewish Labor. Chaim Arlosoroff stressed the fact that the Jewish people could only be summoned to sacrifice for Palestine if the structure was not subject to the approval of the majority. Ben Zwi deplored the lack of labor legislation. Dr. Shiels replied that the Labor government in the future would not lean to either side, and he emphasized that constant opposition to the government was not wise. A number of the Jewish labor leaders will accompany Dr. Shiels on a tour of the labor settlements in the Emek.
The version of the anti-Shiels demonstration as published in the Doar Hayom does not mention Revisionists and alleges police brutality in dispersing the crowd, a part of which sang Hatikvah. A juvenile organization, styling itself National Youth, yesterday distributed handbills urging a boycott of Dr. Shiels. The four persons arrested for participation in the demonstration are still not bailed.
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