BRITAIN AND PALESTINE
/: ',("'.: :: ■ /'/<». /-; —-.:' .« NO CHANGE OF POLICY. « INTIMATION TO ARABS. * A' and N.Z. LONDON, Jan. 12. •.;•' The latest /census taken.- in Palestine, for: which; ; territory Britain : has ' a. ; man* date/shows' that Moslems number : 589,554 ■'- Jews 83,794, Christians 73,026, Druses 7028, and Hindus: 1454 a total of 755,858. '•"•, The Arab delegation that : wishes ;- to secure an abrogation of. Lord Balfour's declaration regarding Palestine and the establishment' of responsible government; . was heard to-day by the Duke of Devon-; shire, Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Duke said in reply that the Government Would consider : the, representations that 'had been : made, - but -o'he: could -noL j ; .hold out any hope that there ;would bv j any. departure from the-policy the late I -. Government; in ■ regard ■to Palestine. // ■ ■.:,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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