“Britain’s most ingenious solution for handling terrorism in Palestine was revealed in Geneva last week to the league of nations permanent mandates commission by his majesty’s government’s deputy permanent Under-Secretary for Colonies, Sir John Shuckburgh. Following a suggestion of mail-fisted Sir Charles Tegart, now adviser to the Palestine government on the suppression of terrorism, a […]
A “Pillbox” from Tegart’s Wall Source: Wikipedia
Sir Charles Tegart’s Wall: “The troops (e.g. British) brought the armed bands of Arabs to battle on several occasions and trounced them thoroughly, but experience proved that warfare of this kind did not act as a deterrent but encouraged young villagers who were attracted by prospects of honour and glory to join the rebels. The […]
“The Palestine government is proposing to build a barbed wire wall across the frontiers between Palestine and the Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan. The scheme, which was suggested by Sir Charles Tegart, adviser to the government on the suppression of terrorism, will cost £90,000 and will extend for about fifty miles. “It is hard to resist […]
“The Haaretz reports from Arab sources that the increased extortion of money from Arabs by the terrorists must be attributed to their anxiety to flee from Palestine. They fear that a redoubled campaign will be waged against them as a result of the Anglo-Italian agreement, and the projected construction of a barbed wire fence (Tegart’s […]
International Herald Tribune Fate of 120,000 Jews Debated Berlin ― In contradiction to Warsaw reports last night [Oct. 28] that Poland and Germany had reached an agreement on the question, 120,000 Polish Jews today remained under German expulsion orders. Thousands, forced to flee from their German homes, spent last night and today in trains at […]
The Souther California Arab American Oil Company (SOCAL) struck commercial grade oil in Saudi Arabia Source: Wikipedia
“At the point where he path turns north, at about one kilometer’s distance from Juara, four armed Arabs lying in ambush fired between fifteen and twenty shots at them from military rifles at a range of three meters. Four bullets struck Goldschlagger in the breast and he was killed on the spot… … For on […]
“On the occasion of his 75th birthday, in 1938, Henry Ford received a medal, the Grand Service Cross of the supreme order of the German eagle, from Adolf Hitler. Such was Hitler’s regard for the carmaker that at one time he kept a portrait of ford in his office and expressed his admiration in the […]
Colonial Secretary Malcolm McDonald: “The government has to choose between its commitments to the world of Jewry and the world of Islam. This must mean that we do not contemplate even a distant future in which there could be a Jewish majority in Palestine.” Source: Sir Martin Gilbert: British Policy towards Jewish Refugees 1933 to […]