PREMIER’S MISSION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 2

PREMIER’S MISSION.

FUNCTIONS IN NEW YORK. PALESTINE MANDATE. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (British Official • Wueless). Received October 14, 1.5 p.m. RUGBY, Oct. 12. Mr MacDonald had a day crowded with engagements yesterday. In the morning he received a deputation representing the American Jewry, on whose behalf Dr. Felix Warburg handed him a memorandum stating that the implicit trust and confidence in the British mandatory Government of Palestine had induced the American Jews to enlist the co-operation of groups not heretofore interested in the affairs of Palestine. Many new enterprises were being prepared for Palestine by'the Jews of America. The memorandum expressed full confidence in the Commission of Inquiry which is inquiring into the recent disorders in Palestine. . Mr MacDonald, in reply, described the steps taken by the British mandatory Government, to restore order in Palestine and said that the Commission of Inquiry would be thoroughly impartial. He praised the extraordinary devotion with which the Jews of the world and, particularly of America had pursued their work in building _ in Palestine. The British Prime Minister was then the guest of honour at a gathering arranged jointly by St. Andrew’s, St. George’s and St. Davids societies and the English-Speaking Union of the United States. Covers were laid for no leas than 5000 persons. Sir Esme' Howard,' the British Ambassador, came specially from Washington to be present. Mr MacDonald paid a tribute to Sir Esme Howard, who, he said, had thrown down the barriers which had been erected against a good understanding between the two nations.