Indications that political agitation in the Near East is not confined to Palestine alone is seen in the two-day strike and inflammatory speeches at the Mosque that marked the introduction of the income tax with the new year. Energetic police measures dispersed the demonstrators, and a number of ringleaders were arrested.
Syrian papers see a repercussion of the events in India on the entire Middle East, asserting that the liberation of India spells the beginning of freedom for the entire East.
The Arab Executive in Jerusalem has sent congratulations to Nasa Pasha on the victory of the Wafd in Egypt.
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