Twenty members of Parliament were on record today with a pledge to fight to carry out any pro-Arab recommendations made by the Royal Commission just appointed to investigate the causes of the Arab disorders in Palestine.
In a letter to the Times of London, the parliamentarians, under the leadership of Lord Winterton, state the purpose of the pledge is to “allay Arab fears that recommendations in their favor might not be carried out owing to Zionist influence in Parliament and press.”
All leading newspapers here devote considerable space to editorial comment on the newly-announced Royal Commission.
The Times finds composition of the body strong and well-balanced. It expresses the belief that the exhaustive terms of the commission should calm Arabs “not yet blinded by prejudice and propaganda,” declaring that the body is empowered to delve under the soil of Arab agitation where “interesting discoveries” may be made.
Likewise praising the terms of reference, the Daily Telegraph states that nothing short of that would satisfy Jews the world over who are watching “the deplorable disorders threatening disaster to colonization.”
The Manchester Guardian warns the British Government against suspension of Jewish immigration, holding it would be prejudicial to the conclusions of the Royal Commission named to investigate current disorders in Palestine.
Suspension of immigration would convey to the Arabs the impression that Great Britain could be coerced into granting their demands, an editorial says, adding that reconciliation with the Arabs is not beyond British and Jewish statesmanship.
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