PALESTINE MANDATE
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
demanded.
Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright.
LONDON, January 12. (Received! January 15, at 10 a.m.) Tho Palestine loensus shows 589,564 Moslems, 83,794 Jews, 75,026 Christians, 7,028 Druses, and 1,454 Hindus; total, 755,853. . The Duke of Devonshire (Colonial Secretary) saw a delegation at the Colonial, Office, which asked that Lord Balfour's declaration regarding Palestine fbe abrogated and a system of responsible government Inaugurated. The Duke of Devonshire replied that the Government would consider the Question, but ho could not hold out tho hope that there would be any departure from the late Government's policy in Palestine.—A., and N.Z. Gable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18173, 13 January 1923, Page 3
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101PALESTINE MANDATE Evening Star, Issue 18173, 13 January 1923, Page 3
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