LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 September 1930, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

MEETING OF COUNCIL PALESTINE MANDATE EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL fßritish Official WiroleBB) RUGBY, Bth September. At the opening meeting of the League Council at Geneva to-day, M. Procope, Finland's representative on tho Council read the report of the Mandates Commission on Palestine, and outlined the measures taken by the British Government to prevent, a recurrence of tho disorders. He dwelt on the tremendous difficulties with which the Mandatory Power was faced in facilitating the establishment of a Jewish national home, and at the same time guaranteeing the political rights of the Arabs. M. Procope expressed the view that the British statement that the suspension of Jewish immigration was only temporary should allay the anxieties shown by the Jewish communities.

Tho British Foreign Secretary, Mr Arthur Henderson, dealt at length with the report and said that the policy of the Mandatory Power was to treat 'equally both sections of tho population in Palestine. In tho belief that its obligations in this respect were not irreconcilable, the British Government had sent to Palestine Sir John Hope, a recognised expert in land settlement and colonisation, and his report was now under consideration, and would be laid before the Council at an early opportunity. The British Government accepted tho report of the Commission, and would adopt all measures likely to bring about goodwill between the two sections of population, for such goodwill was necessary to the' prosperity of Palestine. Subsequent speeches expressed general confidence in the Mandatory Power, and M. Procope's report and resolution on Palestine, was unanimously adopted.