The Palestine Government met the financial strain of the Arab disorders from revenue without drawing on its reserves, The Times reported today in an article from Jerusalem.
To increase security, the correspondent said, the Government has started construction of a vast network of roads linking cities and colonies. The projects are also having the effect of alleviating unemployment.
The defense plan for the Jewish colonies during the disorders, the writer reported, proved reliable. (The regular constabulary guarding settlements was reinforced by Jewish supernumeraries. When attacked by Arabs, military reinforcements were called by telephone.)
According to the correspondent, Arabs and Jews both consider they passed the test of the disturbances. The Arabs, he said, are hoping for the success of the boycott against Jews, in effect since the Arab general strike was called off October 12.
An editorial in The Times today criticizes Iraq because Fawzi Bey Kawkaji, self-appointed commander-in-chief of the Arab guerilla bands which harried British forces and Jewish colonies during the disorders is a guest of the Government and is being treated as a hero.
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