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| Keywords: The 1929 riots. August 23 to 31. Proclamation by Sir John Chancellor. Thrown from R.A.F. planes.jpg British administration statement on the 1929 Palestine riots English Arabic Hebrew The text in English was as follows <br>PROCLAMATION<br>I have returned from the United Kingdom to find to my distress the country in a state of disorder and a prey to unlawful violence <br>I have learned with horror of the atrocious acts committed by bodies of ruthless and bloodthirsty evil-doers of savage murders perpetrated upon defenceless members of the Jewish population regardless of age or sex accompanied as at Hebron by acts of unspeakable savagery of the burning of farms and houses in town and country and of the looting and destruction of property <br>These crimes have brought upon their authors the execration of all civilized peoples throughout the world <br>My first duties are to restore order in the country and inflict stern punishment upon those found guilty of the acts of violence All necessary measures will be taken to achieve those ends and I charge all inhabitants of Palestine to assist me in discharging these duties <br>In accordance with an undertaking which I gave to the Committee of the Arab Executive before I left Palestine in June I initiated discussions with the Secretary of State when in England on the subject of constitutional changes in Palestine In view of recent events I shall suspend these discussions with His Majesty's Government <br>In order to put a stop to the mendacious statements that have recently been circulated on the subject of the Wailing Wall I hereby with the concurrence of His Majesty's Government make it known that I intend to give effect to the principles laid down in the White Paper of the 19th November 1928 after the methods of applying them have been determined <br>J R Chancellor LOC-image matpc 03044 http //lcweb2 loc gov/cgi-bin/query/r pp/matpc OR FIELD AUTHOR+ 3 +American+Colony++Jerusalem+++Photo+Dept+ +photographer++ + FIELD OTHER+ 3 +American+Colony++Jerusalem+++Photo+Dept+ +photographer++ American Colony Jerusalem Photo Dept photographer PD-Matson 1929 Palestine riots John Chancellor Photographs of Palestine in the Matson Collection | ||||
