The Palestine police today took pre-cautions to preserve order during the general strike scheduled by the Arab population tomorrow against alleged Jewish gun-running.
The Palestine police were ordered to wear protective helmets and the British police received orders to carry guns for the duration of the strike.
All-night patrols were set up around the cities. It was reported that no strike would take place in the city of Acre and that in Haifa only the stevedores would cease working.
Moslem religious services at the mosques today were marked by small attendance, especially in Jerusalem.
On the eve of the general strike, the first important anti-Jewish manifestation since the Arab riots of August, 1929, the country is quiet, but an air of uneasiness prevails.
The Jewish press today exhorts the Palestine government to stop the increased agitation against the Jews and to show firmness in dealing with the agitators.
The 900,000 Arabs of Palestine were summoned to strike against the peril of an “armed Jewry” by a conference of all Arab parties Monday. The Arab feeling against Jews was brought to a head by discovery last week of an arms shipment consigned to a Tel Aviv Jewish importer.
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