A campaign to reduce crime in Palestine was called today by Roy G. B. Spicer, Inspector General of Police.
In a letter to police precincts throughout the country, he declared that crimes have increased, and criticized the police for their inability to apprehend the criminals.
Falastin, Arab daily, commenting on the letter stated that crimes were being committed on political grounds and were prompted by the Arabs’ desperation about Britain’s policy.
The increase of crime has resulted from the attempts to establish a Jewish national home, declared El James al Islamia, another Arab newspaper.
Mr. Spicer’s letter was written following the murder of Abraham Goluthman, one of the founders of the Jewish colony of Nahalal, in the holdup of a motor bus near Tul Karem. Police searching for the murderers found a cache of 250 explosives in an Arab’s house.
Recently, police in Tel Aviv arrested 55 persons in a raid on a secret meeting of thieves.
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