Six hundred British soldiers have! arrived here from Egypt. A section of these came in aeroplanes and, while flying over Lifta, a small village near Jerusalem, are reported to have been fired on by the villagers, who have been prominent in the recent attacks against Jews.
It is now reported that 45 Jews have been killed and 47 wounded in the, disturbances at Hebron. It is rumoured that amongst those killed were many Americans, most of them students at the Jewish College there.
The Government of Palestine has invited the Arab leaders to confer with it and has warned the population to desist from violence and to return to their normal occupations.—Reuter.
Cairo, Aug. 25.
'The British troops' sent "for temporary duty in Palestine" consist} of two officers and 50 men of the South Wales Borderers, who have gone by air, and three companies of the South Wales Borderers, a company of the Green Howards and a section of sappers, who have proceeded by train—Reuter.
London, Aug. 25.
The War Office announces that, the. Governor and Commandertin-Chief, Malta, has been instructed to despatch the 2nd Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment to Palestine—Reuter.
Congressman Anxious
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