Palestine will be placed under martial law as soon as sufficient British troops have been concentrated to make it effective, it was stated in informed quarters today.
With more than 5,000 soldiers already stationed in various parts of the country, reinforced by upwards of 3,000 police, additional military units continued to pour into the Holy Land today, Palestine newspapers reported.
How many troops are considered necessary for the proper administration of martial law could not be ascertained from Government sources.
Indications yesterday were that, at the rate troops were being poured into the country from Egypt, Palestine would be placed under military rule by tonight.
The fact that over the week-end the Government had asked for and obtained the approval of the Jewish Agency for Palestine for declaration of martial law, although “in principle” the Agency had stated it was opposed to it, added weight to the belief that civil law would be displaced by tonight.
Meanwhile, the gloomy atmosphere prevailing throughout the country which is in the eighth week of disorders that up to today have claimed close to eighty lives, prompted the rabbinate to proclaim a day of prayer for Wednesday, to be featured by the blowing of the ram’s horn in all synagogues, which is done only on the most solemn of religious holidays.
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