PROSPEROUS PALESTINE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 1 November 1933, Page 8

PROSPEROUS PALESTINE

NEW PORT OPENED TRANSFORMATION OF HAIFA (British Official Wirolnss.) Roe. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Oct. 3.1. The magnificent new harbor at Haifa, the first- to be constructed in Palestine since Herod built the port of Csesaroa in honor of his imperial patron, was formally opened to-day. ft transforms the unprotected roadstead into the finest, harbor in tho Levant. Under British rule, Palestine has regained its pre-eminence as a trading centre, and as the highway joining western Asia with northern Africa. Palestine actually is one of the most prosperous countries in the world to-day, and Haifa is the nerve centre of its commercial development. The Colonial Secretary, Sir Philip Cun liffe-Lister, in a message, made outspoken reference to the recent riots. He said: “To-day’s ceremony is overshadowed by the deplorable disturbances which have taken place. I would speak very plainly to tho people of Palestine. Thirteen years ago Great Britain accepted the mandate of Palestine. The mandate carries with it a clear duty to Arabs and to Jews. That duty will be discharged, fully and fairly, without fear or favor. There is, under the mandate, an obligation to facilitate the establishment in Palestine of a. national home for Jewish people, but, at the same time, there is an equally definite -obligation to safeguard the lights of all the inhabitants of Palestine. Both obligations will be most carefully observed. Plans are now in hand which will materially benefit all classes of the community. That work will go forward, but there is a paramount duty to preserve law and order. That duty, too, will lie most .thoroughly discharged.”