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The Southern Isr
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ICoi ornment of Palestine Betrayed the Jews
Says Noted Correspondent
U olunu'g von U ei * 1 ’ German Mens paper man, Severely Hounded in
i,,modem Hints, Lays Blame upon British Officials for Origin of
Disturbances in Palestine; Denies Allegation That Jens Responsible
Beginning of Riots; Quotes Statement to Netc York Times as
Evidence of Government Mendacity
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\, u v«>rk.—That the Palestine gov-
L m . nt betrayed the Jews, and made
the outrages that over
whelmed Jewish settlements, is the
l a ration made by I)r. Wolfgang von
noted German newspaperman,
,respondent of the Ullstein
,f Germany, in the Near East,
, severely wounded by Arabs
;rir.r the riots that took place. Dr.
n Weisl's statement is contained in
statement sent to the Zionist Organ-
,,f America, in which he ex-
the origin of the riots at the
Wailing Wall, and answers the mis
understanding that has arisen as to
the -tart played by the Jews in the
starting of the disturbances.
In prescribing the general feeling in
I’ale-tme, Dr. von Weisl writes:
"The government is to blame for
everything, says Jerusalem. One can
understand the Arabs; one must re-
-:-t their attacks, but at least one
an understand their point of view.
Th» British, however, have followed a
imte program, have consciously
intentionally forced the Jews to
11\ • opposition to the Mohamme-
The government has betrayed
ht Jew- that is the feeling that
: inmates Jerusalem.”
That nothing was done by the Brit-
n Palestine to settle the Wailing
Wall question because of political mo-
s the assertion of von Weisl,
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“It was a case of give and take.
The British officials were helping to
make the Mufti very popular before
the elections; in return the Mufti
would later, when he would be the
true master of the country, refrain
from incommoding the British. It
was a political means of insuring rec
iprocity.”
The following is von Weisl’s de
tailed description of the events which
took place at the Wailing Wall on
the ninth of Ab, August 15th, and the
days thereafter. These events are
held as of the utmost importance,
as they help to determine who was
responsible for the beginnings of the
bloody events of the days that fol
lowed.
“On the ninth of Ab, ten thousand
Jews marched in solemn procession
to the ancient Wall whose corner
stone may have been laid by King
Solomon. Silently the marchers
strode past the beloved Wall beside
which stood and lay worshippers in
rent garments, lamenting the destruc
tion of the Temple through the night.
In the other capital of Palestine, Tel
Aviv, another ten thousand Jews as
sembled and demanded the removal
of the anti-Jewish officials of the ad
ministration.
“The reply of the administration
was quickly forthcoming. The Mufti
demanded a permission for a Moslem
demonstration before the Wailing
Wall. If three hundred Jewish youth
could go there on the afternoon of
the ninth of Ab, carrying a banner
veiled in crepe and singing the Jewish
national hymn, then his Moslems
must also be allowed to approach the
Wall. Otherwise he could not prom
ise to maintain order.
“Had Field Marshal Lord Plumer
still been in Jerusalem he would have
informed the Mufti that he, Lord
Plumer, would attend to the preser
vation of order. But Acting High
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Commissioner Luke played into the
hands of the Mufti. The demonstra
tion was permitted. According to the
government’s statement two thousand
Arabs ‘visited’ the holy site of the
Jews; a table was broken ‘by the pres
sure of the crowd,’ and Jewish prayer
books were burned. The next day
the administration reported Jerusa
lem quiet.
“This communique represented the
government's attempt to calm public
opinion; but the government did not
succeed. It lied as brazenly as if it
were staging a World War. Thus its
report declared that it was false that
Jews had been beaten in the course
of this ‘visit.’ But I myself, reaching
the place immediately after the de
parture of the Arabs, heurd the tes-
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