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is THE MANCHESTER GTJARDIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1938 TIRESOME BUT NECESSARY Air-Raid Precautions REBELS CONTINUE AIR RAIDS ON CIVILIANS Numerous Attacks on Catalan Coast EIGHTEEN REPORTED DEAD AND SIXTY INJURED ATTACK DURING BLACK-OUT Singapore Tests PROGRESS OF JOINT MANOEUVRES HUNGARY AND RUMANIA New Polish Move EFFORT TO REMOVE ANTAGONISM From our Correspondt ATTEMPTED REVOLT IN CANTON apanese Suppoif Suspected Plot Leads to ftew GKihese Army "Purge" FOUR BRITISH GUNBOATS BOTTLED UP SIR THOMAS INSKIFS Tarragona Province, about sixty miles Soldiers are stopping and searching all In reply to the Spanish Govern ments offer to discontinue air raids civilians the rebels made four raids on Thursday. Eighteen people were killed and over sixty injured. according to the official communiques issued by the Spanish Government and quoted by Reuter. The most severe raid was on the Catalan town of Figueras, where there were nine deaths and fifty injured.

The raid was carried out by three 'planes, which dropped twenty bombs Nine house were destroyed, it is stated. After the raid the 'planes flew towards the sea, passing over French territory. Eight people were killed and several others injured by a single bomb dropped by a rebel 'plane on the village of Solana del Pino, in Ciudad Real Province, the communique states. Twenty-five bombs were dropped on the big industrial city of Reus, in Canton, the great industrial city and river port in South China, where hundreds of Britons and other foreigners" are trapped through the closing of the Canton (or Pearl) River, was the scene yesterday- of an attempted stroke against the Chinese Provincial Government. It was- nipped in the bud as a result of a which is expected to restrain the leaders.

Among the To Hankow 500mic -Canton arrested men are a number of junior army officers. Several persons suspected of spying for the Japanese have been shot. Chinese quarters in Shanghai1 suggest that the stroke was supported by Japan. It is supposed that the Japanese promised not to invade Kwangtung, the province in which Canton is situated, if the ringleaders once in power withdrew support from the Chinese National Government. Imports of munitions into South China, which mainly flow through Hong-Kong, would also have been required to be The Chinese in Canton ascribe the extraordinary measures taken there merely to a threatened increase ot Japanese air raids.

Reports of internal dissensions were denied to Reuter yesterday afternoon by the Governor of Kwangtung, Wu Teh-chen. FIFTY KILLED IN AIR RAIDS In spite of this denial strict martial law is still being enforced in Canton. GERMAN OPPOSITION TO LIMITING BOMBING Surprise at Unfavourable Reception From our Diplomatic Correspondent CENSORED SHANGHAI MESSAGE TO MANCHESTER GUARDIAN What the Japanese Struck Out From our Correspondent APPEAL Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, speaking of air-raid precautions at a meeting of his constituents at Emsworth (Hants) last night, urged the people of this country not -to get into the state of mind of a man would not make his -will because he thought it meant his -death. "The plan of the Government," he said, has been by recent legislation to put the responsibility on the local authorities of devising measures to be taken, subject to the Government's retaining the controlling, directing, and suggesting power and meeting the greater part of the cost. Expense need not stand in the way.

It does rest with the local authorities, in other words with the population themselves, to prepare the appropriate measures. I am afraid that so far not a great deal has been done in this part of the country," he said. "I am told that although Fareham joined in the exercises last July to the extent of turning out its lights it has not done very much more. We are not a dictator ship nation. Mr.

Lloyd has been Germany and seen the state their defences. I am afraid, though, tnat, with some other nations, they can get people to do things by methods which would not go. down very well in this country. We must be quite sure that the population is ready to do by its own consent that which otherwise has compulsion as an alternative. don't think compulsion is necessary, and I hope that volunteers will be forthcoming.

It is up to local authori ties to say what they want. It is one of those tiresome things which have to be prepared for, though we go on all the time hoping and believing that it will never be necessarv. Don ff- infn the-state of mind of the man who will not maKe a win because he thinks it means his decease. It won't hurt you, it won't bring war nearer, or make the danger more imminent if you prepare yourselves as far as possible for it if it snouia come. SUDDEN DEATH OF PEER'S BROTHER After Landing a Fish Palm Beach (Florida).

February 4. Mr. Michael Simon Scott, younger son of the late Lord Encombe and of Lady Encombe, of Morpeth Mansions, London, S.W., and younger brother of Lord Eidon, collapsed and died to-day after a 30-minute struggle with a fish" irf 'the Gulf Stream off Palm Beacn-? Mr. Scott, who succeeded in landing the fish a SDprips with a la-ran dorsal hn, died before the boat reacneo tne shore. Mr.

Scott, who left for the United States shortly before Christmas, is survived by a widow formerly Miss Ruth Brady, an American heiress and three children. He was 37 years of age. -Heuter. TEACHER WEAVERS Union's Proposals at Nelson The Nelson and Colne Weavers' Association yesterday issued its counter proposals to the employers' suggestion concerning the allowance for juvenile and teacher weavers. A few months ago the employers submitted their terms.

For learners 6s. a week for the first four weeks and 7s. a week for the next eight weeks for the teacher weavers .1 a week for twelve weeks or until the learner is put on looms, whichever is the shorter period. The weavers' proposals suggests that learners should be paid 6s. a week for the first four weeks, and 10s.

a week for the next four, or for whatever period is necessary for the learning. Their second proposal is a standing wage to the teacher weaver of his or her own average from the last month of full employment, plus 10 per cent for the period of teaching There is a third proposal that both should be members of their trade union. A fourth Suggests that permission to become a learner should be subject to an acceptance by both employers' and operatives associa tions, and that the scheme should be regarded as an experiment for two years, subject to revision after that time Dy nonce irom either side. It has been suggested tnat the matter should be a matter of county negotiations, but it is pointed out that condi tions vary so much that the situation is met better by local agreement. ELECTRICIAN RESCUED FROM LEDGE Slipping Ladder Eccles Fire Brigade yesterday after noon rescued two electricians who were in danger of crashing to the ground when the triple extension ladder cn which they were working on the lights outside the Crown Cinema began to give way.

Leslie Ainsworth (20), electrician, of Rochdale Road, was working on a window ledge about 23 feet from the ground and his workmate, Stanley Fish f28t. of Mav Grove. Levenshulme, was climbing the first of the three sections of the ladder when the top two extensions began to leave their fastenings. He clutched the lower part of the ladders, and at the same time Ainsworth caught hold of the swaying ladders. Fish bore the full weight and called for help.

John Fairbrother (16). of Warburton Street, Salford, whe was the ground level. got anotser laaaer, which ne propped under the1 extension, and Fish was also successful in lashing part of the extension together. Police officers were summoned and they called out the Are brigade. Chief Officer F.

Mullock ran up the fire escape and lashed the two extensions in 'order that they could be safely lowered- to the ground. Ainsworth was then released from his penlcus perch and climbed to safety. Fish said -after wards --that 'he -was holding the ladders of an hoorfrafd--thflt if he lost nis grasp they would aown. on from Barcelona. One person was killed and two injured.

Five warplanes bombed the town of Monzon. in Huesca Province, injuring a number of people. CATALAN PORT BOMBED Barchlona, February 4. Rebel 'planes attacked Tarragona, the Catalan port 60 miles south-east of Barcelona, twice this morning. In the first they dropped 20 bombs on the harbour.

One person was killed. The second raid the raiders being driven oft by anti-aircraft fire The bodies of James Walker, of-' London, and Claud 'Welsh, of Grimsby, members of the crew of -the British steamer Thorpeness, which was bombed by rebel 'planes in Tarragona Harbour on January 20, were recovered from the harbour to-day and buried' at Tarragona. Reuter. relations, and it was believed that an international agreement for limiting aerial warfare might be something, whereas the chances of a colonial settlement seem to be very remote. There has been no German omcial pronouncement with- regard to Mr.

Eden's statement on aerial warfare in the House of Commons, and it still hoped here that the German Government will not remain as unresponsive as the German press would seem to indicate. MR. CORDELL HULL-ON THE BOMBING New York, February 4. The United States Government's strong disapproval of the bombing of non-combatants by armed forces was stressed by Mr. Cordell Hull at Washington yesterday, according to the New York Herald Tribune." The cause of Mr.

Hull's remarks was the reported bombing of an American hospital train in Spain by Franco's forces, but Mr. Hull indicated that' what he had to say applied equally to both sides in Spain' and to the in the Far East. Occurrences of this kind, he said, were to be deplored by every civilised country. They were contrary to basic humanitarian considerations theory or military strategy. Reuter.

and were not to be justified under any MEASURES AGAINST PIRACY Italian Statement The following statement Issued, by the Italian Embassy in London last night The Italian Ambassador called on Mr. Eden this afternoon and handed him the Italian reply. The Italian Government concur with the measures which the British Government intend to adopt in the zone of the Western Mediterranean reserved to British naval patrol. At the same time the Italian Government propose to adopt similar measures in the zone entrusted to the Italian naval patrols. MYSTERY OF GERMAN BOAT BOUND FOR SPAIN Lloyd's agent at Hamburg telegraphing to-day says German steamer Richard Borchardt left Nordenham on January 28 for Spain.

Two of her lifeboats have been found near Heligoland. The searches are continuing. DEATH IN BURNING CAR Lorry-Driver Sentenced Albert William Butler, motor-lorry driver, of Wood Road. Tettenhall Wood. Wolverhampton, was charged at Sblfnal.

Shropshire, yesterday with driving to the danger of the public, with failure to stop after an accident, and with failing to be insured against third party risks. The case arose out of a collision at night between Butler's lorry and motor-car carrying a driver N'and 'four, passengers. The car overturned and burst into flames. The driver and three passengers were rescued, but, the fourth, passenger was pinned under the burn-'; ing car and fatally burned, only, the charred remains being recovered frota the wreck. 1 i Butter was sentenced to three rmopths imprisonment for dangerous drivings and- on the other charges tp a moatbi imprisonment, the sentences to 'xtm LBURentlv.

His Hmif nu' pended for twelve months. HEYWOOD SEEKING NEW INDUSTRIES An effort is being made fiieHey-wood Town Council to secure te introduction of new indnart lor. the town. Heywood is a cotton town, and has suffered severely in the depression' m. the cotton' trade.

A -number of mills have been demolished the others are standing Idle; and have-been emptied of miwdiinery. The town ctmncflliias decided to seek the aid of the Tjancasnire IndntXrial "Sites Com- February 4. An experimental black-out here early to-morrow the fourth, and-last day of combined sea, and air manceuvres may coincide- with a large-scale attack by" the forces of Bluelahd against' great naval base. Special police patrols are be on duty in 'the streets and will observe the extent to which the public, especially the closely packed population of Chinese quarter, co-' operates in 'the black-out, which will be the nrst ever held here. Blueland" is expected after its earlier failures to try to land troops in the Straits of Johore, west of the mile-long causeway which joins Singapore to the mainland.

The naval base and the main artillery and other defences pro tecting it are on tne eastern side of the causeway. The importance of Redland's air arm in the defence of Singapore was demonstrated more than once to-day. Three submarines were sighted from the and dived Immediately on the approach of the 'planes. The aircraft-carrier Eagle, already bombed," once, was spotted 200 miles south-east of the island just after dawn, and fighter "planes were sent out to attack, but she "withdrew out of ranee" in time. Reuter.

RUSSIAN REFUGEES Moscow Making a List of Them From out own Correspondent Paris, February 4. According to the "Poslednia Noyosti," the Russian Liberal paper published in Paris, the Soviet authorities are busy drawing up classified lists of all the Russian refugees living in France and other countries. They are, it says, taking a particular interest in persons with technical and military qualifications. The paper declares that in case of war the Soviet Government will proclaim an amnesty for the political refugees, and so try to attract back to Russia at least the more youthful among them. The other suggestion the paper makes, that arrangements will be made to kidnap certain "particularly valuable specialists who will not return to Russia of their own free will, seems rather more HOW NATIONS DIE Terrible Results of Falling Birth-Rate "Depopulation how nations die" was-, tee subject of a -public lecture delivered in dink Hall, John Dalton Street, Manchester, last night, by Dr.

Hatllday Sutherland. The Bishop of Salford was in the chair. The main ultimate cause of the -present decline in- our population, said ur. -autneriana, was our denial of the law of nature. Outside the Christian communities tnose tnat oeueved in unrist ana the resurrection of Christ England is -pagan.

The intellectual gangsters who run the racket deny the. existence of objective truth. That is the supreme blasphemy and supreme maaness." it was possible to prove the objective, existence of a natural law in the moral sphere analogous to the law of gravitation wnicn neia tne universe together. Furthermore, that natural law, as outlined in the Ten 'Commandments, was necessary to human existence, and accepted even by pagans. When.

people began to tinker with the Ten Commandments society was in danger. Many people wished to abolish the sixth Commandment, but if one were discarded why should the others be retained? The answer to the intellectual gangsters was that no man could make laws for himself he must accept the laws under which he was born. Losing 50 a Day The speaker quoted figures showing how steeply our population would decline in the near future. if present tendencies continued, and declared that in the first quarter of -last year we began to lose population at the rate of fifty a day. "The economic and political results will be absolutely terrible," he said.

We nave always thought of England as an expanding force, but she will be a declining force unless there is a vast awakening of national consciousness as there has been in Germany and Italy. A declining population is absolutely incompatible with an expanding market and must influence our foreign policy." It was the duty -of statesmen to think ahead, but the Ministry of Health had weakened in" Its opposition to birth-control clinics and the legal force of the obscenity, law had been relaxed. The medical profession- and the Church of had surrendered only the Roman Catholic Church allowed nn exceptions. He advocated restrictions on hire purchase and on the growth of chain-stores, cheaper education for the upper classes, and more liberal income tax allowances ior parents. It is a wonderful thing," he concluded, "how in the long run, and even in our own generation, it has been demonstrated that the laws of God and the teaching or tne catholic church' are- not only right hut essential to the wellbeing of mic uauuu, IMPERIAL AIRWAYS DISMISSALS Eight- probationary first officers of Imperial Airways yesterday received a roonths An official of the eomnanv tnM: a reporter Probationary nrst officers are not fully air-transport 1 of training -before beoinninc actual Pying service.

None of the men con-, cerned is consequently renilar rrihrt "The of 'pilots required bv any large' air-transport concern has to be estimated a considerable period ahead to allow -for the necessary interval for training, It is not uncommon, consequently, in any large cora-tany. size with TiBwrinT 7. i.a.i i-n of JrrihS unmna 1n tfnfrS 3 tunes Bupexauous. to of Warsaw, February 4. President Moscicki, Marshal Smigly- Rydz, and Colonel -Beck left here to-night for Cracow to, meet the Hungarian Regent, Coiuit Nicholas Horthy, who is.

expected to arrive. there to-morrow morning on a five- day visit as a guest of Poland A state hunting party has been specially arranged for him and a- few foreign diplomatists. The Regent will be accompanied by his Foreign Minister, M. Kanya, who to have a number of conferences with Colonel Beck and "other members of the Polish Cabinet. The foreign policies of the two countries have many principles in common.

I learn that Poland is to attempt to remove the antagonism between Hungary and Rumania. Czechoslovakia and Germany are also to be discussed. NAVAL VISIT TO LISBON Admiral's Message Lisbon, February 4. To the accompaniment of rousing cheers from thousands of Lisbon citizens the battleships Nelson, with Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse, Com-mander-in-Chief Home Fleet, on board, and Rodney, the flotilla leader Exmouth, and destroyers, left to-day for Gibraltar. Their visit, which began on Tuesday.

has been most successful. Just before leaving Sir Roger handed to the. press tne toiiowing statement We have been much honoured by the visit of his Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic to the warship Nelson. It has been a great pleasure to have met so many officers of the Portuguese services, and I am grateful lor tne Hospitality wnicn has been iunlly snown to us. I am happy to have had the opoor tunity to place a wreath on the memorial in honour of our Portuguese comrades who fell in the Great War, and that this ceremony should have been shared by men of the British and Portuguese services together.

We leave' the Tagus with regret that our stay is not longer in this beautiful country. The wreath, which was laid this morning, bore the inscription in Portuguese, Homage from the British Fleet to the gallant Portuguese soldiers lulled in Roeer-was accompanied a -detachment of British bluejackets ana a naval band. Portuguese troops, DiuejacKets, and legionaries were formed up around the memorial. Three 'planes of the Portuguese Air Force new overhead in- salute. JEWISH PROPERTY STONED Vienna Nazi Outrages From our own Correspondent Vienna, February 4.

Young Nazis committed this even ing various outrages against Jewish property in Vienna. One group stoned the windows of a synagogue when members were assembled for prayer, and several persons were injured. The windows of many shops and hotels in Jewish districts were also smashed with pieces of iron. Many arrests were made. COTTON CONGRESS Moisture Problem Not Solved at Cairo From our Correspondent Cairo, February 4.

As the International Cotton Con gress closed yesterday without achieving a settlement of the moisture problem, and as the existing agreement on February 18, a meeting of spinners and exporters and of the Joint Egyptian Cotton Committee was hastily convoked to-day. At this meeting it was agreed to prolong the existing agreement until fourteen days after the Joint Egyptian Cotton Cornmittee's meeting in Berlin in July. FIVE POLISH JEWS IN GERMANY Sudden Disappearance From our Warsaw Correspondent Five Polish Jews have disappeared in mysterious circumstances in German Upper Silesia. The Jews, three" men and two -women, left Poland on August 12 last year to go to Paris for trie exhibition. Unable to obtain visas here they crossed the frontier of Polish Upper fiilotja In Gleivitz, German Upper Silpsia, they were all arrested -and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for crossing into uermany.

without visas. Since all traces of them have dis appeared. Several attempts made by their relatives here to obtain gome information about their fate failed to bring results. When a lawyer telephoned to the German police in Gleivitz and asked about the five Jews he received the reply that "we have no dealings' with Jews." A few days ago their: relatives received information, which they are as- yet unable to verity, that all five Polish Jews are now a German' concentra tion camp. The Jewish Parliamen tary uiub here has intervened an.

veneu ant benaii mtgtw Polish Ministry for I Jews Witt tbej the to (via February '4. The first of the two passages which the Japanese censor-deleted from my message of January 27 sent direct from Shanghai by order of military headquarters continued the words: Dispatches from reliable foreign quarters in-Nanking state that 250,000 Chinese in the Nanking safety zone are in danger of a serious famine. It read: Decause tie Japanese authorities are obstructing all attempts by the Nanking International Relief Committee to replenish the dwindling supplies of foodstuffs. Inquiries in Shanghai -confirm that supplies were actually purchased here by -the. Shanghai International Red Cross, but -were held utt htraiKs iho Japanese military refuse to permit their shipment The other deleted passage, which followed mention that -the Relief Committee's appeal points out that with only two foreign doctors avail- motor-cars entering the -city.

The ships bottled up there include -four British gunboats, the Tarantula, Seamew, and Robin and the American gunboat Mindanao. Yesterday morning five Japanese warships were reported to De heading into the mouth of the river, and later in the day the Bocca Tigris forts, a few' miles below -Canton on the river, were bombed three times. Railway lines near the city were also targets of Japanese attack, and six bombs. were dropped near the market place at fifty people WPrP ktlTpf? nnH mnnv-ntfiorc nrnnnrfoil No bombs were dropped Canton, city iiseix. ARMS FOR CHINA Tokzo, 'February 4.

Mr. Hifbta, the Foreign Minister, said to-day. in the House of Representatives that he believed no arms reached China from Italy, while Germany was also controlling armament exports, though it was' not hhpossible that arms manufactured ip Germany eventually found their way to through veiiuus coiumnes. The autonomous Government of Inner Mongolia is reported to have offered 5,000,000 acres of land along the upper reaches of the Yellow River for the immigration of Japanese. The land is described as suitable for rice cultivation.

Reuter. able the health situation "has dangerous possibilities," Tead very requests to the. Japanese to' allow additional medical "asslstanpe to be sent to Nanking have been refused. It is evident that the Japanese Army's policy is to starve the unfortunate refugees out of the Safety -zone in order' that they can be forced to return to their homes, where such still exist The-British Consul General tested against the deletion of these two statements, which have since been amnlv corrohnraterl foreigners arrivins hn- wanking, one of whom estimates that- per cent or the Chinese houses there have been--burned, and 80 per cent of the shops serving also as dwellings for the poorer classes. These foreigners stated that even the Japanese officers took part in the looting, and in many cases young girls were raped in broad daylight while others looked on in terror.

Earlier reports that Japanese soldiers poured gasoline over civilians and set them on fire have also been substantiated. Correspondent the fatal wounding nf a boy. charge of firing on an Arab lorry was uiuypeo. neuter. JEWS AND PARTITION Tel Aviv.

February 4. Dr. Chaim Weizmann. addressing a public meeting here last night, said any lorm or partition would involve a real sacrihce on the part of every Jew, because every inch of -Palestine precious to them. If they were asked -to make such a sacrifice It would only in to ensure them scope for a continuous stream of Jewish enabling tnem to settle the country several millions of Jews.

Dr. Weizmann said they had had enough of commissions, but if a new one came to Palestine the Jews would co-operate with it. If the Jewish creative powers were shackled and all sorts of obstacles placed in their way an economic crisis was inevitable. It was not the economic structure of the Jews in Palestine that was at fault, but the artificial manner in which a political situation calculated to check progress had been created. DYNAMITE FACTORY EXPLOSION Europeans Among Dead CAFRtnrar, February 4.

-An explosion, at a dynamite- fkctory at Somerset West, Cape of Good Hope, to-day completely demolished the cartridging bouse and killed all the occupants two Europeans and nine -natives. Some 250 European and 900 coloured and -native workers are employed there." The', owners, Cape Explosives Works, LtjcL, re associated Imperial unenucai industries, jto. tteuter. is London, Friday, i There is some surprise here that the German press has taken the British suggestion that a new renewed attempt be made to limit aerial warfare so unfavourably. Not the slightest doubt had been left that the German Government, and Hitler in particular, were in favour of an international agreement to prohibit the bombing of civilians.

It is difficult to account for the apparent change in the German attitude. The explanation that seems most likely is that Germany regards any British proposal to limit aerial warfare as intended to push the colonial question into the background. That question turns out to be rather intractable, all the more so as tnere is no intention here of making any colonial offer to Germany without asking in return for guarantees that would, promote a general European It is known here that Germany regards her relations with Austria as an exclusive affair of her own, though without some assurance with regard to Austria status as an independent country there can be settlement," There is a strong desire here to do something" about Anglo-German BOMBED BRITISH SHIP Names of the Crew Barcelona, Febsutueh? 4. In addition to the captain and non-intervention control officer the names of the crew of the Alcira are given as follows: David Harkness, of Isley, first officer D. A.

Saunderson. second officer: Ernest Simpson, of Burntisland, first engineer J. Rintoul, of Glasgow, second engineer J. Bethune, of Glasgow, third engineer; T. Smith, of South Shields, boatswain, and G.

Taylor, of South Shields, donkeyman. seamen Ueorge oi ivaiacues-broueh J. Quinney. of South Shields D. Rattray, of Dumfries; J.

Charlton, of Sunderland: J. Dodds. and S. E. Atkinson Firemen W.

Butterfield, of Leeds; A. G. Simpson, of Fort Knockie George Chalmers, of South Shields John Bums, oi south Shields and J. uooue, oi Belfast. Thomas Murdoch, ship's cook, of Glasgow James Aiken, chief steward, of Glasgow, and Harold Selby, steward, of Blackpool.

Reuter. OFFICER OVERCOME AT FIRE Dragged to Safety When a watchman at Green Mill, Rochdale, discovered a fire in the cellar late last night and called the fire brigade it was found impossible to enter the cellar owing to the dense smoke and the fierceness of the flames. Police Constable Molyneux tried to set-down with a hose, but was overcome by the smoke and had to be dragged out by his colleagues. A hole was made through a wan and through a concrete floor in order to play on the flames, which were put out after two hours' work. The outbreak was confined- to the cellar, and the damage will not cause the employees at the mill any loss ot work.

BLACK-OUT TEST FOR BLACKPOOL Air-raid precautions plans have now been made at Blackpool, and a complete black-out of the town has been arranged for an evening in October. The black-out will last two hours, and only ten minutes warning win be given to the population. A squadron of bombers-win circle the town, people oi.n nnt tw allowed to leave their houses. electricity and gas supplies will be cut off. all transport will be at a stanostiu.

and people in motor-cars will in ir shelter. Wardens in full gas eqnipment will patrol the streets, and fire engtnes and mm answer test. caBn." The itJadwMt win on a night when. th attni jUnninasons nave enaeu. NEW APPEAL TO PALESTINE ARABS TO CEASE HOSTILITIES Nuri Pasha Sees the Mufti From our Cairo, February 4.

It is reported here that the Mufti of Jerusalem and Nuri Pasha, the former Prime Minister of are about to issue from Beirut a joint statement on the results of the latter's London visit, appealing to the Palestine Arabs to cease hostilities so as to allow discussion of their cause in a calm atmosphere. Nuri Pasha left London towards the end of last month after a mission upon which no statement' was made by either the Colonial Office or the Foreign Office. DEATH SENTENCE ON JEW Jerusalem, February 4. Sentence of death was pronounced this 'morning, by a military court at Jerusalem on Ezekiel Altaian, a 23-yearold Jewish supernumerary constable. He is the-first Jew to be sentenced to death by a military court.

Altaian was sentenced to death on theeharge of haying fired at a bus on December 27. which resulted in REFUSAL TO LOAD BRITISH SHIP War Material, for Japan MAESEttiES February 4. DoeSers here refused to-day to load the-P. and liner Naldera. which was duetto-sail to-morrow with 73" tons of aluminium for Shanghai and seven tons for Japan The dockers declare 1hat the metal material; and are striking for one day.

They are holding a meeting to-morrow. The Naldera, -passenger linerwilT-sail early to-morrow without the.