Strikes in Palestine In spite of reassuring official statements that
order is being restored, the situation in Palestine remains dangerous and incalculable. Sporadic shooting and am- bushes continue and the strike of the Arab municipalities has spread to some ten towns, and over 60 village headmen have announced their intention of resigning. Since the strike of the Arab shopkeepers shows no signs of col- lapsing, the Government is taking measures intended to break it. That is necessary and proper, for life must be carried on and order restored. Apart from that Whitehall seems to be merely waiting for the Royal Commission to report. Certainly that is the impression given by the silence of Mr. Trusted, the Attorney-General of Palestine, before the Mandates Commission at Geneva on Tuesday.. The Commission stated that it was unable to make a report on Palestine owing to Mr. Trusted's refusal to give any information on the present disorders. There is some, but not much, justification for such silence in the claim that till the Royal Commission reports the situation is sub judice, but it is alarming to see the sealed lips attitude spreading from London to Jerusalem and Geneva. Is it because there, as at home, the Government has not too much but too little to say ?
