Negotiations for the Anglo-American accord have been going on with a special British delegation here since the end of March. The United States Jerusalem, Nov. 3.
Twelve' hundred British recruits for the Palestine police force will arrive here shortly.
Mr. William Beard, Quartermaster of the Palestine police, has taken a plane England to supervise ar-to range for the recruits.
In pursuance of the military cleaning-up now being pushed throughout Palestine, the police and a detachment of men from the 2nd battalion of the West Yorks Regiment yesterday threw a cordon round the village of Mazra Asharkiya, north of Ramal-lab. At the beginning of operations, an hostile party offered opposition, but it scattered after five of its members had been killed.
More suspected terron: s were arrested yesterday in military searches throughout the country. At Ummeltahin, an Arab was shot dead while attempting to break through a cordon, while at Jaffa a house, in which bombs were found, was demolished ish troops.—Reuter.
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