ORIGINAL AUTHORS
LETTER TO "THE TIMES"
POSITION UNSATISFACTORY
'Times" Cables.
(Beceived 21st December, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 20tn December.
"As members of the War Cabinet responsible for the Balfour Declaration we view with deep anxiety the present situation in . Palestine," declare Lord Balfour, Mr. Lloyd George, and General Smuts, in a joint letter urging the appointment of an authoritative committee to investigate the whole working of the Palestine Mandate. This, they say, is not proceeding satisfactorily owing to causes which at present are obscure. They declare that the commission now inquiring into the events of last August must be supplemented by a searching inquiry into the major questions of policy and administration, which would be an advertisement to the world that Britain has not weakened in the task to which her honour has pledged her. At the' same time it would be an assurance to Jew and -Arab alike that any proved defects in the present system of Government should be made good. Commenting editorially "The Times" emphasises that political crime in Palestine is still rife, and that the relations of Jews and Arabs arc nearly as bad as they could be, and are showing no signs of improvement.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 9
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198ORIGINAL AUTHORS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 9
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