News Brief

Sixteen Jewish dead of the total of eighteen Jews who fell in Jerusalem Friday and Saturday in repelling the Moslem Arabs’ attack, were buried late Saturday night in one grave on the Mount of Olives, at the order of the government. The burial took place under the cloak of night. The grave was dug near that of Eliezar Ben Yahudah, father of the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. Those who were buried are:

Nachman Segal, student at the Hebrew University; Ciner Eliah Sasson of London; Joseph Rotenberg Yehudah Rotenberg, brother of Joseph Rotenberg; Moses Taburi; Shalom Shvili; Mordecai Ben-Menash; Hannah Soni Shvili; Moses Brandes Shalom Ben-Saleh; Meir Apelbaum; Sergeant Norka of the Jerusalem police force; Ben-Zion Demanstein; Mr. Wohlman; Ben-Shimon; and 1 unidentified man.

Two more are lying dead in the Jerusalem Hadassah hospital. There more wounded Jews died.

There were no Americans among those killed in Jerusalem. Among the wounded is an Oxford University student named Wenny, and another whose name could not be ascertained. They were touring in Palestine.

Among the dead in Jerusalem is an English officer, Mr. Best, of the Palestine Immigration Department, who was killed when he repelled the Arab assault on the Jewish suburb Givath Saul, near Jerusalem. He was to be married this week. Mr. Best was known for his friendship to Jews and Zionism. He was a Catholic.

British aeroplanes today bombed the Arab village Lifta, near Jerusalem, said to be the nest of the Moslem Arabs directing the attack. Six hundred British soldiers arrived from Egypt today.

The Grand Mufti, head of the Moslem Supreme Council, the body responsible for the agitation among the Moslems over the Wailing Wall controversy, was warned by the Palestine government yesterday that he will be held responsible for any further riots. Nevertheless, the outbreaks are spreading, and attempts at street demonstrations by Arabs were made at Jaffa, Nablus and Haifa. The attempts were suppressed.

FOREIGN CONSULS PROTEST; MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

The foreign consuls in Jerusalem protested to the government against the continuous riots and lack of safety. They urged that energetic measures be taken for the restoration of order.

Much damage was caused by the Arab attacks in the several Jewish suburbs of Jerusalem. The Jewish suburb Talpioth, now evacuated by its inhabitants, was looted. The Georgian Jewish quarter was partly burned, including the synagogue. The suburb Baith V’gan, built under the auspices of an American Jewish company, was attacked Saturday night by an Arab mob. In repelling the assault, a Jewish sergeant of the Jerusalem police was killed. The Arab attack on the colony Nachlah, near Haifa, was repelled.

The colony Emek Arazim, near Motza, was attacked by Arabs. One was seriously wounded. The colony Kelandia, north of Jerusalem, was attacked. Four Arabs were killed in the skirmish.

The libraries of Prof. Joseph Klausner, member of the faculty of the Hebrew University, at his home in Talpioth, was partly destroyed and looted. Rare books and manuscripts were destroyed. A similar attack was perpetrated on the library of Prof. Epstein of the Hebrew University, and of S. Agnon, Hebrew writer. Mr. Agnon informed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that all his library, containing three thousand rare documents relating to Palestine during the last three centuries, were destroyed. All his furniture was destroyed. Only half of his manuscripts were saved.

Fire was set by the Arabs to the settlement Bdud Avodah, near Jerusalem. An atack was also made on the suburb Meker Chayim, which was deserted by the inhabitants.

GOVERNMENT TAKING STEPS TO PREVENT FURTHER RIOTS

An official communique issued yesterday by the Palestine government declared that it was “taking measures to restore order.” The communique urged “all sections of the population to desist from acts of violence and return to their normal occupations. The government is always prepared to receive deputations representing the demands of the different communities.”

The government yesterday invited Musa Kazim Pasha, head of the Palestine Arab Executive, anti-Zionist Arab body, and other Arab leaders and the sheiks and muktars of the surrounding villages, warning them against further riots.

Rabbi A. J. Kook, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Palestine, requested the Jerusalem office of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to transmit the following cable message to Dr. Joseph H. (Continued on Page 8)

(This cable was despatched at 1:30 P. M. Friday but was retained by the Palestine censor for almost 20 hours.)

A representative of the National Council of Palestine Jewry requested the Acting High Commissioner, H. C. Luke, to permit the publication of the Palestine newspapers which were suspended Friday. The Acting High Commissioner promised to consider the request.