Jerusalem, Oct. 12.
With the end of the Afsb general strike tobe called off to-day, inhabitants of the city yesterday floekplaces of worship, where special prayers of thanksgiving were tfered." Church bells pealed joy~ ussly throughout the. morning.
The momentous decision to call off the strike was taken by the Higher Arab Committice on Saturday after three meetings with local national Arab committees, which unanimously decided to accept the joint appeal for Peace from Ton Sand, King of the Medjaz and Nejé; Ibn Abdullah, Amir of Transjordan; and King Ghazi of Iraq.
Palestine Arabs returned to work to-day after having been on strike for the last six months, Shutters were removed from shops for the first time since spring, and "buses owned by Arab companies resumed operation, Sniping has occurred in several Jewish colonies, with one fatality, 2 Jewish "supernumerary constable being shot dead last night, 'A numer of lawless acts occurred during the past 24 hours, including firing on the billets of the Cameron-fans in Bethlehem. The troops in-feted we casualties "on the at:
The authorities have imposed a collective fine of £1,000 on Hebron following the wounding of three privates of the 2nd Battalion of the Cameronians and a British constable in an attack on an armoured car unit south of the city on Friday night.
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