The Archive · 1937

Arrests Continue

London, Oct. 2.

According to the British press in Jerusalem, the arrests throughout Palestine continued all day long.

The president of the Arab party, Jemal Hussein, who had succeeded in evading the police yesterday, was discovered and arrested to-day after rumours had begun to circulate tha! he had succeeded in escaping across the frontier In addition to five Arab leaders who have been deported, a considerable number of persons of secondary importance are also being held in custody and it is not known yet whether they will also be deported.—Trans-Ocean.

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