As part of the agitation carried on in the Arab press and at Arab meetings for the past month and more against the alleged warming of the Jewish colonies by the Palestine Government (the so-called sealed armouries provided in the remote Jewish colonies for the purpose of defence in case of attack) the entire Arab press went out on strike today as a protest against the attitude of the Government, and none of the Arab papers will appear for the rest of this week, for which the strike has been proclaimed. The danger of the agitation was pointed out recently by Mr. Young, the Chief Secretary to the Palestine Government, when he warned the Grand Mufti’s organ, the “Jamea el Arabia” for publishing inflammatory articles on this subject, emphasising that newspaper incitement of this kind had been responsible for the serious outbreak in August 1929.
Despite the Government prohibition, the Arab leaders are proceeding with their arrangements for holding protest demonstrations in all parts of the country next Saturday, the 15th inst., against the “Government arming of the Jewish colonies”. Applications for permits for the demonstrations are to be poured in on the Government, in the belief that it will be impressed by the apparent weight of opinion behind the demand for the demonstrations.
The decision to hold the projected demonstrations on August 15th was adopted at a Conference held at the beginning of the month in Nablus, under the auspices of the Young Men’s Moslem Association, and the resolution in question included a threat to “take all necessary measures against the Government arming of the Jewish colonies,” and a Committee was appointed by the Conference to demand that the Government should arm the Arab tribes and villagers, and “to inform the whole Moslem world, including kings and princes, of the damage which the Palestine Government has done by arming the Jews”.
The second anniversary of the Palestine massacres of August 1929 occurred only a few days ago, services being held in the Palestine synagogues and wreaths being laid on the graves of the victims.
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