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London Holds Disorders Only Sporadic

October 20, 1937
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OFFICIAL CIRCLES TODAY DEPRECATED ANY PANICKY VIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN PALESTINE, MAINTAINING THAT THE INCIDENTS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS WERE ONLY OF A SPORADIC CHARACTER.

THE DISTURBANCES, IT WAS POINTED OUT, HAVE HAD NO EFFECT ON THE GOVERNMENT’S PLANS TO SEND A SECOND COMMISSION TO PALESTINE TO NEGOTIATE A DETAILED PARTITION PLAN, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE EXPECTED TO BE APPOINTED SOON AFTER RESUMPTION OF PARLIAMENT.

IT WAS AUTHORITATIVELY EMPHASIZED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS IN NO HASTE TO SEND THE COMMISSION BEFORE PRELIMINARY WORK HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY PREPARED.

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