Numerous questions were addressed to Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary of State for the Dominions and for the Colonies, on the subject of Palestine.
"Mr. Macdonald declared that the General Officer Commanding Palestine now had at his disposal such forces as were required for the purpose of restoring- order, suppressing Arab bands and re-establishing civil administration in outly i This, he added, might take con able time.
The casualties during August, September and October, he stated, were: 29 British, 144 Jews, 231 Arabs killed. The wounded numbered British, 232 Jews and 179 Arabs.
It was impossible to secure complete figures of the casualties among the rebel forces, Mr. Macdonald said, but well over 400 of them were known to have been killed during these three months, and many more had been wounded.
Dealing with operations in the old city of Jerusalem, the Colonial Secretary stated that every precaution had been taken to avoid injury to innocent persons.
He added that he hoped to publish the report of the Palestine Commission shortly after the new session of Parliament, when he also hoped to make a statement on the Government's intentions.
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