Latest reports from Jerusalem indicate that the feeling there is still tense. The building operations of the Moslem Supreme Council near the Wailing Wall are continuing with the government permission, in accordance with the White Paper of 1928. referred to in the Colonial Office’s proclamation on the Palestine situation on Sunday.
Renewed apprehensions are felt as Friday, the Moslem Sabbath, approaches.
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