BRITISH TROOPS AND POLICE TODAY PATROLLED NORTHERN GALILEE ON GUARD AGAINST ARMS SMUGGLING FROM SYRIA ACROSS THE RIVER JORDAN FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION OF TWO HIGH ARAB DIGNITARIES IN NORTHERN PALESTINE, THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY REPORTED.
WITH POPULAR AGITATION RISING THROUGHOUT THE AREA, THE ARAB SUPREME COMMITTEE ISSUED AN URGENT APPEAL AT SAFED CALLING UPON THE ARABS OF GALILEE TO AVOID ALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
SAID AWAD KHDURY, SLAIN NEAR NAZARETH, WAS THE WEALTHIEST CHRISTIAN ARAB LANDHOLDER IN NORTHERN PALESTINE, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE UPON HIS LIFE. THE OTHER VICTIM, KILLED NEAR ACRE, WAS SHEIK MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, PROMINENT ARAB REAL ESTATE MAGNATE. IN BOTH CASES ARMED BANDS BROKE INTO THEIR HOMES WHILE THEY SLEPT.
THE ARAB SUPREME COMMITTEE CABLED PRESIDENT EAMON DE VALERA OF THE IRISH FREE STATE, FOREIGN MINISTER YVON DELBOS AND PAUL BONCOUR OF FRANCE, AND THE IRAQ DELEGATION AT GENEVA EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR WHAT IT CALLED DEFENCE OF THE ARAB CAUSE IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
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