PALESTINE: Again, Shopping Days

While British newsorgans of Leftist and Liberal persuasion were crying out against "the outrageous powers over 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...

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