Cardinal O’Connell absolutely denies, in an exclusive statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the remarks attributed to him in the American press, in which he was quoted as expressing anti-Zionist sentiments, and dissatisfaction with the rule of Sir Herbert Samuel in Palestine, when conferring with the Pope.
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