PALESTINE

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 165, 15 July 1920, Page 5

PALESTINE

NATIONAL HOME OF THE

JEWS

[Press Association.] (Reuter s Telegrams.) LONDON, July 13

A great Zionist demonstration was held at the Albert Hall to celebrate Britain's acceptance of the mandate over Palestine, Lord Rothschild presided, and many notables were present. Mr Balfour and Lord Robert Cecil were the chief speakers.

The meeting passed a resolution expressing appreciation of the Allied services to the Jewish nation, and pledging the British Jews to make every effort to rebuild Palestine as a national home.

The Empire Forestry Conference decided that the forests should be administered as a trust for the community at large by the Government.