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Times Sees Disorders Part of Concerted Plot

October 18, 1937
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THE TIMES CHARGED IN AN EDITORIAL TODAY THAT THE PALESTINE DISORDERS WERE PART OF A CONCERTED ARAB PLOT AND DEMANDED THAT THE AUTHORITIES STRIKE HARD AT THE TERRORIST.

THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN REPORTED THAT WILLIAM D. BATTERSHILL, ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER, HAD HELD A NUMBER OF CONFERENCES WITH POLICE AND ARMY CHIEFS AND HAD DECIDED NOT TO INTRODUCE MARTIAL LAW UNLESS THE SITUATION BECAME CONSIDERABLY WORSE.

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