Word: arab
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...life and death" entrusted by His Majesty's Government to masterful Lieutenant General John Greer Dill, Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Palestine, the General himself was demonstrating how effective those powers could be. Last week under the watchful eyes of British Tommies, Arab shops which had been closed for 26 weeks during the paralyzing Arab General Strike (TIME, May 4 et seq.) displayed their wares, and Arab women thankfully began to shop again in comfort. Arab-operated taxis and buses were laboriously cranked up and put back on the streets. Village peasant women...
...crush Arab resistance to the policy of making Palestine a "national homeland" for Jews, King Edward was graciously pleased to sign at Balmoral Castle in Scotland last week an Order in Council submitted by His Majesty's Government...
...form "for the public safety," may be of any kind General Dill thinks best and unchallengeable in any court of law; 3) order the arrest, detention or exclusion from Palestine of anyone; 4) order private property forfeited to the Crown or destroyed as a punitive measure. Arab leaders last week offered a reward of $2,500 for the death or capture of General Dill...
...presence in Palestine last week of crisp, determined Lieutenant-General John Greer Dill, newly appointed Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Palestine, and the arrival at Haifa of a thousand British troops daily, there began with a vengeance the British Government's "mopping-up campaign" against Arabs who five months ago declared a general strike and began raising Ned in general to protest against Jewish immigration. In a brisk clash last week near Jenin between Arab citizens and British land & air forces, 53 Arabs and one British soldier were killed. All over the country Arabs were arrested, charged...
...received in audience last week was Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, just let out of quarantine after passing several weeks at home with chicken pox. Ready were prominent Jewish friends of Edward VIII to exhort him on the subject of the British Expeditionary Force now speeding to Palestine to crush Arab insurgence and make it a true "Jewish homeland." Ready was the India Office with suggestions requiring His Majesty's approval before it can be settled whether there will be a Coronation Durbar. And ready to be unpacked was a large truckload of souvenirs acquired by the King...