JEWS IN PALESTINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1860, 9 July 1920, Page 6

JEWS IN PALESTINE.

BRITAIN CRITICISED,

* SAFEGUARDING ARABS

LONDON, June 29. In the House of Lords, dining a debate on the situation in Palestine and India, Lord- Sydenham, l.amington, and Islington criticised the Government s policy, especially the appointment ot a Jewish High ( oinmissioiier in Palestine, as likelv 10 lead 10 .serious trouble. They asked how the interests of the non-Jewish inhabitants would lie safeguarded, and declared that the A tabs considered I bat Groat Britain bad broken her pledges. e- . J,ord l.amington contended Unit Great Britain had no into rests either in Syria or Palestine, . . r Lord Curzon (Secretary of Slate for I-or-i !an Adairs), replying, expressed the earnest hope that Emir Eei/ul would come to Europe, a-, although he had been elected King of Syria, his election was very irregular, "and it was to the interest ol all the. Allies that his position should he regie ’ " '' JEWS MOST POPULAR. With regard io Great Britain's interest m Palestine, wo had there not only historical, traditional, and religious interests, bar, above all, important strategical interests, lie deprecated the assumption that there must necessarily bo antagonism between the Jews mid the Arabs. , , The Jewish colonies had not only lived in perfect amitv with their neighbours but the, additional wealth they had brought io Iho <301.1 titry made* thorn most popular. Lord Cmzon that no indoorh/iinatc mass of immigration oonld bo porniitiod, Rcspociiiig a safeguard lor iiou-.»Jows, Jicsaid that tboio wore clauses in the f l nrkisli Trealy affording every protection, and liu*111 or safeguards would bo inserted in i.ie mandate, which would !>e submitted io the Loatnio of Nations.