(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The rumor of the forthcoming appointment of Field Marshall Allenby, the conqueror of Jerusalem, to the post of British High Commissioner of Palestine, succeeding Lord Plumer, has been emphatically denied here.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns from well-informed sources that there is no foundation whatsoever to this rumor.
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