Lord Beaverbrook’s Evening Standard tonight demanded stoppage of Jewish immigration into Palestine while the Royal Commission of inquiry is in session. The commission is leaving on Nov. 5 to investigate recent disorders in the Holy Land.
In an editorial, the paper sharply attacked a proposal of Lord Melchett for mass migration of Jews to Palestine and Transjordan with the aid of the European nations. “Could any wilder project be imagined?” the Standard asked.
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