With three armored cars patrolling roads leading to this city’s fair grounds and augmented police guards stationed at the grounds, the Levant Fair opened here today in the presence of 12,000 persons.
Designed as an international trade and industries exhibition, the Fair was forced to open with only Palestine products on display, all foreign exhibitors being obliged to postpone their showing until arrival of merchandise from Jaffa where it is tied up as result of the general strike.
The Fair was opened by High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, who voiced his regrets at the recent disturbances but expressed confidence that they would not interfere with the normal economic development of the country.
Received coolly at first, the High Commissioner later was applauded. Several persons left the exhibition hall in protest when his address was translated into Arabic.
The exhibition, which will continue until May 30, was opened with singing of Hatikva, Zionist anthem, followed by an address by Mayor Dizengoff. The mayor praised the Levant Fair, declaring it was marking the economic progress of Palestine and the entire Near East.
Only three Arabs, representing the Sudan, were present at the opening.
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