(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Colonel Bewsher, Commandant of the Palestine gendarmerie, was appointed Commander of the Palestine Transjordanian force.
The director of the Palestine police, Mavrogordata, when interviewed by the correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, stated that Palestine Jews have no reason to complain against the Palestine government’s frontier force ordinance. The frontier force is intended for Transjordania and conditions there are not suitable for Jewish soldiers, he said. If Jews want to serve their country they can do so through the police force, he stated. One hundred and ten Jews from the Palestine gendarmerie have already been transferred to the frontier force. In the police force, which numbers 1,000, there are at present 200 Jews, he said, declaring that he would be prepared to include a greater number of Jewish policemen in the force.
The Jewish constable is more capable than the Arab, he stated. The frontier force totals 750, including the 200 who are now stationed in Palestine.
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