A mossayge from Jerusalem state that the twelfth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration will be eclobrat. ed to-day in that city. 'The National Executive has ordered all Arabs to abstain from work, while shopkeepers are to close the premix wi, with other Arabs, observe tha day' as one of mourning.
As the day coincides with the Jewish Sabbath, there will be many idle people in the streets and it ix feared that there will be many clashes, particularly as it is thought that Bolshevik elements are con sidering precipitating trouble, The authorities are taking precautions to cuard against this.
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"Arabs in Jeruese and els:
Up to the present no serious di orders have cceurved, Reports from Palestine state that the Arabs, who vastly outnumber the Jews in population, made its day of mourning. (the Otd dnd Neve) presented Both ths two cities of Jerusalem
1 through. the coinciding with the general strike proclaimed by the Arabs, Almost every shop vox closed, while Black flags wre flying on ni Arab premises and. event from mminasetter and. mosques. Every: where were to ba seen inscriptioNs buch aa: "Down with the Balfoue Declaration!" Nevertheless, Arab crowds in the streets" wore quite orderly. Adequate precautions, had been taken by both the military and police to prevent trouble. Reuter.
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