The Canadian Jewish Legionnaires at a meeting held here sent a cablegram to Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies, declaring: “The Arabs are butchering the Jews with English rifles. Canadian Jewish war veterans who served under Allenby demand that the Jews there be not disarmed, but be enrolled in the police and British army to defend the (Continued on Page 8)
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