Assurance of the unshakable maintenance of the Balfour Declaration and the Palestine Mandate by Great Britain was given by Leopold Amery, Conservative M.P. and former Colonial Minister, at a reception in his honor here by the German pro-Palestine Committee. Mr. Amery was greeted by Prof. M. Soberheim, Jewish representative in the foreign office, as “an outstanding statesman and friend of the peaceful upbuilding of Palestine.”
Commenting on the appointment of Sir John Simpson to investigate land and immigration problems and the suspension of the immigration schedule pending Sir John’s inquiry, Mr. Amery said that Sir John’s mission “calls for confidence to create the possibilities for work. Perhaps the previous immigration was too rapid and a more patient tempo is now necessary which will lead to the super aims.” He expressed confidence that the forthcoming parliamentary debate on Palestine would clear up the matter favorably.
In an interview with the correspondent of the Warsaw “Moment,” Mr. Amery said that the “suspension of the immigration schedule is without consequences for the future.”
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