The cost of sending 15,000 troops to quell the recent disorders in the Holy Land will be shared by the Palestine and British Governments, the House of Commons was told today by Colonial Secretary William Ormsby-Gore. An estimate of the cost could not be given at the present time, Mr. Ormsby-Gore stated.
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