Paris, July 4.
Georges LeBeau, "Governor-General of Algeria, arrived-here by aeroplane to-day and urged the Premier, Df. Leon Blum; and the Minister' of Interior, Mf. Roger Salengro to take urgent measures to prevent civil war in North Africa.
The situation was brought to a head by yesterday's attempt to 25- sassinate M, Abbe Lambert, Mayor Oran. A leading French newspaper correspondent cabled from Algeria to-day that the country was a "powder keg" and that "the smallest spark may set eff an explosion." United Press, Paris, July 4.
Serious anti-Semitic rioting, during which one person was killed and two others were seriously injured, is re~ ported to have taken place in the town of Gafsa, in Tunis, yesterday.
The trouble started when" the police arrested a Moslem who had maltreated a Jew. A large mod immediately gathered and threw stones atthe police officers who were escorting the arrested man to the police station, In the police station, the arrested man attacked the police officers so violently that the latter were forced Use firearms in self-defence. One revolver shot hit the Moslem, injur-Ing him so badly that he died shortly 'Several thousand Moslems, who, in. the meantime, had gathered' in front of the police station, heard of the arrested man's death and marched in a body to the Jewish quarter where they smashed windows and demoished shops and restaurants.
The situation finally became 30 serious, especially after two Jews had fired a number of revolver shots at the mob, that a detachment Senegalese troops had to be called out to restore order. Quiet was de-Anitely restored, however, only. after further reinforcements had arrived fon the scene.
rhe authorities have ordered an Investigation as to whether the police officers who shot the Moslem actually acted in self-defence.—Trans-Ocea: Kuo Min,
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