BRITISH RULE OVER PALESTINE.


SAMUEL, HERBERT. No 167. Advertisements Ordinance. Jerusalem: Government House, July 20, 1920. Printed broadside, 300 x 242 mm. Disbound from larger volume. Paper toned and fragile. WITH: the Arabic and Hebrew translations of Ordinance 167, and the English and Arabic translations of Ordinance 168.Two restrictive decrees issued by Samuels soon after his arrival in Jerusalem to serve as High Commissioner for Palestine (the British Mandate). The first severely restricts advertisements in Palestine: "no advertisement shall be exhibited upon any hoarding or similar structure, or on any wall, tree, fence, gate or elsewhere in Palestine," with exceptions for Government-issued postings and for advertisements exhibited by business owners on their own premises. The second announces punishments of imprisonment and fines for any Government official who "without special authorization, communicates any information which has come to his knowledge by reason of his official position to a person who is not in the service of the Government." Both 167 and 168 represent attempts to restrict free speech in the hopes of clamping down on government opposition to British rule.