INTERVENTION BY FOUR FOREIGN ARAB RULERS TO END LAST YEAR’S ARAB GENERAL STRIKE IN PALESTINE WAS CRITICIZED TODAY AS A BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW BY THE PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
JOHN HATHORN-HALL, CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE PALESTINE GOVERNMENT DURING 1936 — THE PERIOD NOW UNDER REVIEW BY THE COMMISSION — EXPLAINED THAT THE INTERVENTION WAS UNDER TAKEN ON THE ARAB RULERS’ OWN INITIATIVE.
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