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 in comfort. Arab-operated taxis and buses were laboriously cranked up and put back on the streets. Village peasant women, without fear of molestation, lugged baskets of fruit and vegetables to be sold in nearby towns.

Candid General Dill, who well knows that the Arabs still hate the Jews as much as ever, was not deceived into thinking that the suspension of the strike marked the end of Arab-Jewish hostilities. Not Arab benevolence but British might, General Dill admitted, had ended the strike. Declared General Dill: "The decision of the Arab higher committee was almost entirely due to the resolute and energetic action of the British forces."

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