Negotiations for Jewish Gendarmerie Under Way
Transjordania, the western territory of Palestine, will be reunited next month with the mother country as a separate district, according to reports published in the Arab press, a cable despatch from Jerusalem to the “Jewish Morning Journal” stated* Up to the present Transjordania has been ruled as an Emirate by Emir Abdullah, one of the sons of ex-King Hussein of Hedjas.
The despatch also stated that as a result of the dissolution of the British gendarmerie, negotiations are now under way concerning the creation of. a Jewish gendarmerie in the country.
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