A promise that the Palestine problem would continue to occupy “the full attention” of the british government in the search for a just solution was contained in a message from prime minister Neville Chamberlain to Hashem Bekel Attassy, President of Syria, it was learned today.
The Syrian President had sent the Prime Minister a personal message appealing for his intervention to relieve “the moral and material sufferings” of the Arabs in pales tine.
His message to Chamberlain was as follows: “At a time when your name is taking its definitive place in the annals of humanity, Syria joins with all nations which look upon you with admiration and gratitude for the great services you have rendered to peace. These grave and historic hours enable me to address a supreme appeal to a great statesman, to a noble heart, to put an end to the moral and material sufferings of the Arab, christian, and non-Moslem population of Palestine and to assure peace and tranquility in justice to the Holy Land, now torn by bloody events.”
Chamberlain’s reply read as follows: “I thank you sincerely for your message and your generous appreciation of my efforts for peace. I can assure you that the question of Palestine occupies the full attention of His Majesty’s Government, which are sparing no effort to arrive at a just solution of the problem of that country.”
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