The Archive · 1938

Arab Chieftains to Resist

Jerusalem, Oct. 22.

Concluding their operations in cleaning out the old city of Jerusalem, British troops are now moving on to the Jaffa region in their drive upon terrorists.

Meanwhile, however; leaders of the insurrectionary movement proclaim. their intentions to continue -resisting the authorities until such time as "substantial satisfaction" is promised the Arab cause. Responsible chiettains refuse to give peace pledges as in 1936 so long as they do not obtain".concrete counterpart ptomises."

They "declare that they will order an immediate cessation of all troubles, however, when they obtain the abandonment of the partition plan, the cessation of Jewish immigration into Palestine, the prohibition of all estate deals, the formation of a constitutional native. Government and when they obtain Anglo-Palestinian alliance pects, The British Government, on the other hand, have made it known that they wish to return order to the Holy Land before settling in a definite manner the Arab-Jewish problem.—Havas.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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