A special edition of the official Palestine Gazette announces that the High Commissioner has been empowered, with the consent of the Mandatory Government, to employ Palestine police for military purposes for defense of Palestine during time of war or other emergency.
A Franco-Turkish military mission has returned to Beirut after a stay in Palestine of two weeks.
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