Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the “father” of Palestine colonisation, and Marshal Lyautey, former French Resident General in Morocco, were present this afternoon at the opening of the Palestine Pavilion at the French Colonial Exhibition here by the Minister of the Colonies, M. Paul Renard.
The Baron and the Marshal arrived together and at the moment of their arrival a group of young Jews hoisted the blue-white Zionist flag, over the entrance, and the organisers being busy receiving the guests and with the opening ceremony, the flag was allowed to remain until after the ceremony.
The Under-Secretary of State for the Interior, M. Rene Cathala, recalled in his speech that this week is the centenary of the Abbe Gregoire, the champion of Jewish emancipation in France.
At the banquet which followed the opening of the Palestine Pavilion, M. Cathala proposed the toast of the Jewish National Home and the other speakers included the ex-Minister M. Justin Godard, President of the France-Palestine Committee, and M. Ascher, the President of the Palestine Pavilion Committee, who pointed out that France had recognised the Jewish rights in Palestine even before the issue of the Balfour Declaration.
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