Several Baghdad Jews were assaulted during yesterday’s demonstrations by students protesting the recently signed Anglo-Iraqi treaty and three were arrested when they fired on the rioters in self-defense, according to a report reaching here today from the Iraqi capital.
Meanwhile, the Arab states surrounding Palestine are proceeding at full speed with their plans for aiding the Arab rioters in Palestine, reports from various capitals indicated. Fallowing the Palestine Government’s granting permission to the Syrian Red Crescent Society to send medical teams and supplies to the Arabs in Palestine, representatives of the Red Crescent organizations of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria met to prepare full-scale assistance to the Palestine Arab guerrillas.
The Syrian Government has turned over its allotted share of funds to the “Palestine Defense Fund,” which has turned over its allotted share of funds to the “Palestine Defense Fund,” which the Palestine Higher Executive is using to finance its war against the Jews. The Syrian Parliament has authorized the Issuance of a special “Palestine Stamp” to raise additional monies.
From Cairo, where it was announced that the next meeting of the Arab League Council will be held February 5, dispatches state that 24 Egyptian soldiers have left for Palestine to guard the Egyptian consulate in Jerusalem. The Syrian Government has handed the British a note requesting permission for Syria and Lebanon to send military units to guard their consulates.
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