The town of Beersheba has been reoccupied by the military authorities, who can thus claim control of virtually the whole of Palestine. Sheikh Abdul Rahman el Khatib, an Arab moderate, who was wounded on Thursday, has since died—Reuter, against the projected solution of the Palestinian question, as. informations from London have ied the Arabs to leetieve that the British Government} might eventually consent to. the Grand Mufti's participation in the forthcoming round table conference {o be convened shortly in the British, capital.
According to other information, England would agree to alter. the Procedure of the negotiations so as not to place the delegates of the interested parties in the presence of leach other. Arab opposition, "how-lever, remains adamant against any scheme of excluding the Grand Mufti from the parleys—Havas, Grand Mufti's Cousi Wounded srretat 70 mB "we.0sK."
Jerusaler, Nov. 21.
British officer was seriously, wounded yesterday in an engagement with bandit Arab bands near [Tulkarem. A soldier and two Arabs were killed in the same engagement, According to Arab sources, Abdul Kader Hussein, a cousin of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was wounded in an engagement between an. Arab} band and British troops north Hebron on Thursday night.
The Acting Mayor of Lydda and a town councillor were murdered yesterday and today respectively. Both were members of the committee of the Arab national defence party, which opposes the policy of the former Mufti of Jerusalem.
British troops in Palestine spent a busy week combing villages for terrousts and illegal stocks of arms and ammunition, Altogether 30 villages were search-fed, and 800 Arabs detained and 32 rifles, five revolvers and a. large quantity of ammunition and. equip: ment seized. Some of the Arabs do-tained are known to be terrorists.
Three British soldiers were killed fand eight wounded in the course of several successful eld operations, i, which heavy casualties were inflicted jon Arabs—Reuter.
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